How do you do this?

KTBoom2006-E510

My friend takes awesome pictures, and well I envy her.... But I want learn how to do something of the things she does. Here is an example. I know it isn't hard, but can I use PhotoShop? I haven't seen that template before.


http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m298/KTBoom2006/n20702940_32771499_4284.jpg

pathfinder

KTBoom2006-E510 wrote:

My friend takes awesome pictures, and well I envy her.... But I want learn how to do something of the things she does. Here is an example. I know it isn't hard, but can I use PhotoShop? I haven't seen that template before.

"http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m298/KTBoom2006/n20702940_32771499_4284.jpg"

Katie, Is this YOUR image? Or does it belong to someone else? If it is not your own image that you created, we REQUIRE that you only post the link and not the image.

The technique is called Montage - images are reframed, made smaller, and placed on top of other images in the Layer palette.

KTBoom2006-E510

That is not my picture. But the link goes to a webpage that requires a username and password. It is located in FaceBook.

Would that type of background be part of the software, or is it a theme? Photoshop Elements have some themes I can use, but nothing as nice as that.

anderiv

Katie - it's quite difficult to know exactly where that bg came from. There's a good chance that the original creator of that montage made the background from scratch. That sort of thing is quite easy to re-create from scratch in photoshop or your image editor of choice.

SloYerRoll

Photoshop cliff notes:

Create blank canvas with background color of choice.
Use the selection tool to create the shapes you want.
Fill the selection with color of choice.
Repeat if necessary.

Open images separately.
Place border on them.
"drag and drop" into the image w/ the background.

Done.

Professionals use a program called Illustrator to create the b/g image since it creates vector objects and looks allot cleaner. But you can still get the job done in Photoshop. They have vector options in Photoshop, but it is kind of convoluted and confusing...

anderiv

SloYerRoll wrote:

Professionals use a program called Illustrator to create the b/g image since it creates vector objects and looks allot cleaner. But you can still get the job done in Photoshop. Using vectors in Photoshop is kind of convoluted and confusing though.

FYI - for those who don't have access to Illustrator and would like to play around with Vector graphics, there's free GPL-licensed vector illustrator called Inkscape. No, it doesn't have all the capabilites of AI, but it is remarkably well-equipped for a piece of Free/Open Source software.

aktse

This is also known as a collage.

I suggest using Fotofusion by lumapix.

Do a search on dgrin for examples...

KTBoom2006-E510

Thank you! EVERYONE! I am going to try the different programs and see what one a prefer. I am so happy to have found this website. It will help me in becoming a better photographer in every prospect. You all are very quick to help, and I appreciate that

ImJogi

Hey Katie,
It takes a while to learn how to work with layers. I'm still learning but I use Corel Paint Shop Pro X2 and it does a nice job. The example that you showed is a nice one but should be easy to replicate.

ShepsMom

Is there anything like this for Mac? I can do it in photoshop, but it would be nice to have it done quicker.

SloYerRoll

Yup, It's called illustrator.

Illy is very intuitive and easy to learn.