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© Cyndee Wanyonyi

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Uploaded: November 27, 2005

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on collages with no photographs, the squares are to be exed out and replaced with portraits.

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April Narby December 04, 2006

Beautiful Collage! How did you do this? What program did you use? #567097

Cyndee Wanyonyi December 05, 2006

Hi April,
Thanks for the compliments. I used Photoshop Elements 3.0 to create this collage. If you have PSE, I will tell you how to do this simple collage.

Cyndee <>< #3667781

April Narby December 05, 2006

Cyndee,
I do have PSE and I would love to know how you did this. Thank you so much for sharing!
April #3669000

Julie Lee December 16, 2006

Cyndee, I have been searching everywhere for instructions on how to make a collage like this. I have the same camera as you, and photoshop elements. Will you please clue me in?
email address is michaeljulielee@msn.com

Thanks,
Julie #3710276

Cyndee Wanyonyi December 17, 2006

OKay, Ladies, here goes:

1. Open new document (I like to use 12x12), dpi should be 300 and background should be white
2. Go to your rectangle marquee tool (the one that makes rectangles and circles) and make sure your tool bar is check where it says, "Fixed size" (it may be a drop-down). Make the size 3x3.
3. Now click on a part of the 12x12 canvas you created and it will make a box that is 3x3. Ctrl + J will create a layer for you with only this box. Color this box black. Do this nine times, so that you will eventually have boxes that look like the above, only with black instead of w/photos inside.
4. Now save this as a template for you to use in the future.
5. Now flatten the image, or merge layers until it is only one canvas w/no other layers.
6. Take your magic eraser tool (the eraser with a star to the side) and erase each of the boxes. This will create a transparent box where you can place your photos.
7. Now drag your photos from another document on PSE to this new canvas voila! There you go. #3712059

Beau Hudspeth Photography December 17, 2006

Nice montage. Can you tell us the name of that script font? Thank you! #3712549

Julie Lee December 17, 2006

Thanks Cyndee for taking the time to explain this. I learned so much from this project, and my collage turned out pretty good for my first try. Not as nice as yours though.

Thanks again,
Julie #3713154

April Narby December 18, 2006

Cyndee, Thank you for the directions! I am going to give it a go this evening. I'll let you know how it turns out! Thanks again, April #3714359

Julie Lee December 18, 2006

If anyone is looking for a similar font, I found one at www.dafonts.com called Scriptina.

Happy Holidays everyone!
Julie #3714424

Beau Hudspeth Photography December 19, 2006

Thank you for the info Julie! #3716828

April Narby January 10, 2007

Hi Cyndee,
I am stuck! I've got up to step 6 following your directions. Now I can't seem to figure out how to drag my photos into the template. Once I drag them into the sqare, they just inlarge and take over the screen. Any idea what I may be doing wrong?
April #3805475

Julie Lee January 10, 2007

Hope you don't mind my two cents, and Cyndee you might have an easier way, but I found I have to uncheck maximize mode under images, under window, for my collage layer, then switch over to the move tool and drag my photos to the background. Hope this helps. Julie #3805690

Beau Hudspeth Photography January 11, 2007

Another issue that will cause the same result is that your images are of different DPI.

If the collage is say 72dpi and the images you are dropping in are 240 or 300dpi, they will be HUGE in comparison.

Might give it a look ... good luck! #3808241

April Narby January 11, 2007

Julie & Beau, thank you both for your tips. I will look into it! #3808983

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