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Pamela A. Davis
 

How to Do Montages in Photoshop?


I have been trying to figure out how to do montages in my digital darkroom. In slide work, I just put the slides over each other and remounted. With PS, I am not sure. Do I open each photo and put them on top of each other and then play with opacity? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!


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December 03, 2006

 

Stephanie M. Stevens
  You can play with the opacity, or you can use diiferent transparency effects. In the layers pallet, there is a drop-down menu with effects like dodge, burn, and color. You could also erase parts of some layers to let others show through. Press all the buttons, that's the only way to see what they do. :)


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December 03, 2006

 

Linda
  I have been playing with this technique for a little bit of time and I have prepared a video tutorial which you can find here: http://manitobacameraclub.ca/montage_digital_swf.htm

It will take a bit of time to download.

Linda


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December 06, 2006

 

Janet Kinney
  I just ordered a great book from Amazon called Digital Collage and Painting by Susan Bloom. They also cover montages. It seems like a great book to me. you might give that a try.
Janet


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December 06, 2006

 

Greg S. McMillan
 
 
  The Motocrosser
The Motocrosser
A digital Montage of a young motocross racer.

Greg S. McMillan

 
 
Hi Pamela,

I have done a few Montages, but in a different way than what is shown in Linda's video. Mine consist of different images of a common subject to perhaps tell a story. I've uploaded a sample of the type I do. If you want to know more about my technique, you can email me at gregsmcmillan@gmail.com.

Greg


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December 06, 2006

 
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