4 Picture Collage Tutorial- PhotoShop 7.

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1. Go to File then Open
2. Select two pictures with similar colors and sizes
that would collage well together.
3. To view Thumbnails of the images click on the
View Menu button and select Thumbnails.

4. Click on the image you wish to use and then click

Open. You will have to go through this step for each
image you pick.

5. Resize the images to the same width by going to

Image and then Image Size. Make sure the Constrain
Properties box is checked to ensure each picture is the
exact same size.
 6. Select one of your images to be
your background by clicking on it.

7. Go to Image and Canvas Size.

8. Click on the proper anchor box

for your image. I am putting mine
horizontal so I chose the side one.
Change your length to double the
original size (about 9). Then click
OK.

9. Now take your move tool

and drag your second image to your
background image, and overlap
them where you would like to
collage them.

10. Click your Add layer mask

button. NOTE: This step is crucial
for the collage to work.

Start Gradient Stop Gradient

11. Click on your Gradient Tool and make sure the

linear gradient is selected

12. Draw a line from where your background picture

ended to where your layer one picture started.
 This is how it should blend. If it
turned black and white you
missed a step. Make sure you
clicked your layer mask button
before you do the gradient.

13. To make four-picture collage

find two NEW pictures and
collage them together like you did
the first two.

14. To save your images, open

Paint Shop Pro and Screen capture
them. To do this hold the Shift+c
keys or go to File, Import, Screen
Capture, Start.

15. Once you click Start your PhotoShop

will pop up. Right click once and you
will get a little + sign. Then, position it in
the corner you wish to start and Left click
once and let go. Then with your mouse
move it until you have enclosed
everything you wish to capture. Then
Left click once more and it will bring you
back to Paint Shop Pro. There you can
save your image.

16. Once your images are saved you can

go back to PhotoShop and open them up.

17. Select one as your background and

change the canvas size. Then Click OK.
Follow the same steps you used in making the 2-
picture collage. Your Gradient line will go Vertical.

Starting here

Stopping here

Crop the picture if you need to- this is an

example of a four-picture collage.