Four Panel Photo Collage in Photoshop
In today’s tutorial, I am going to take you through the process of creating a four-panel collage in Photoshop.
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Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:11 Create a new document
00:22 Show the Grid
00:52 Draw rounded rectangle-shaped
01:45 Insert images
02:34 Fill Background with Color
5 Steps to make a four panel photo collage template in Photoshop:
1. Create a new document.
Choose File- New (Ctrl+N).
Type a name in the Name field and enter the following information:
Width 1800 pixels, Height 1272 pixels, Resolution 72 Pixels/Inch,
Color Mode RGB color, and Background contents White.
2. Show the Grid.
Choose View-Show-Grid (Ctrl+').
Adjust the Grid, choose Edit- Preferences- Guides, Grid & Slices.
Set the “Gridline every” option to be 5 percent and “Subdivisions” option to be 1.
Choose View-Snap to enabling snaping that will help you to align any shape.
3. Draw Rounded Rectangle Shaped.
Grab the Rounded Rectangle Tool.
Make sure Shape is chosen.
Choose the shape color.
Click the color swatch in the options bar, and then choose a color available.
Enter a value for the stroke size.
Click-drag away from the starting point.
Adjust position using Edit- Free Transform Path or the Move tool.
Move the rectangle shape by clicking and hold anywhere inside the shape and drag.
4. Insert images.
Select the Rounded Rectangle layer to which you want to insert an image.
Go to File- Place.
Navigate to the folder that contains your image file then select the image you want to open.
Create a Clipping Mask.
Remember, you must stack the image layer above the Rounded Rectangle layer.
Click the image layer to be clipped, then choose Layer-Create Clipping Mask (Alt+Ctrl+G).
Adjust position using the Move tool or Free Transform.
5. Fill Background With Color.
Choose Edit-Fill (Shift+F5).
Choose a color you like. Click OK.