TUTORIAL ARTICLEBeginner3 min

Tip: Use Harmonize to blend layers in Photoshop on mobile

Take advantage of AI-powered blending to seamlessly match color, lighting, and shadows between layers.

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What you’ll learn

Add a new subject to the scene

Start with an image for the background of the scene, then tap the plus icon to add a photo of a subject that you want to blend with the background layer. The new photo will be added as a separate layer above the original image.

Remove the background on the new subject image

Tap Actions and then choose Remove background to automatically remove the background of the new subject image. The background will be hidden by a layer mask. Drag on the image to reposition it or drag on the corner handles of the bounding box to scale it larger or smaller.

Match color and lighting with Harmonize

Tap Actions and choose Harmonize to automatically blend the new image with the background. Photoshop will modify the layer to match the color and lighting of the background scene and will even add shadows.

Fine-tune the lighting with an adjustment layer

If you feel that the subject layer needs further modifications, choose Select area and subject. Then tap Adjust and add an adjustment layer to apply additional color or tonal corrections.


Instruction by

Lisa Carney

Adobe Stock Contributors

R. Gino Santa Maria

Shuo

January 28, 2026

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