Digital Light & Color

May be trying to do something that is not possible:

Opened three images - Base(1), Overlay(2), Mask(3) (of an object in image 2).
Wanted to place object from 2 into 1 and try a couple versions to see about best placement.

Composite, which resulted in correct first placement. Result is image 4.
Now have three main images across top, with 4 just below and two thumbnails of image 2 and 3 beside. All OK so far.

Composite with 1 (not 4) and 2 again, with mask 3 again, this time with 1-point alignment to move object. Prior to OK, image 5 results, with small 2 and 3 beside, but this trio is above 4. Can see correct placement of object in thumbnail of 5.

Press OK, and image 5 OK, but now see same object replicated in image 4 also (if the placement of object sits in location that partially overlaps object in 4, it is partially blocked by object in its first position - as if mask associated with 4 is still active). Did this a couple times and object always gets replicated in 4 from actions associated to 5. Don't want second object in 4.

By doing above, I was hoping to click back and forth on images 4 and 5 to compare the object placement, before saving the correct version.

Marv

If I understand your question, you are trying to create two different composites from the same 3 images.

To do this you right click on the base image and select Add Side Branch. This inserts a splitter which effectively gives you two copies of the base image, one on each of the two branches. You can create additional side branches if you need them.

Next click on Branch 1 and do your first composite. Then click on Branch 2 and do your second composite. The two composites will be independent and the result of one will not affect the other. You can compare the two composites by clicking alternately on their thumbnails.

Perfect, thanks