Photoshop production Polaroid mosaic photo effect

Description: in this time of Adobephotoshop tutorial, we'll learn how to add a single photo to turn it into a Polaroid photo collage effect, each Polaroid contains a small part of the overall image. You can use this effect to the many different types of images, photos are a person or several persons. For family or friends in photos, vacation photos, very

Description: in this time of Adobephotoshop tutorial, we'll learn how to add a single photo to turn it into a Polaroid photo collage effect, each Polaroid contains a small part of the overall image.

You can use this effect to the many different types of images, photos are a person or several persons. For family or friends in photos, vacation photos, or even as a creative effect to the wedding photo is too great. This is a very simple photo collages, we will see later in the tutorial, most of the work is a simple repeating the same steps over and over until you are satisfied with the results. This photo is a Photoshop tutorial will apply to.

Original image:

The following is a map is finished we want renderings:

Tutorial:

Step 1: duplicate the background layer

We want to do first is to copy our background layer.

Open an image in Photoshop, we can see in the layers palette, we currently have only one layer, the background layer, which contains our original image: fast duplicate the layer, use the shortcut keys CTRL + J (win)/command + J (Mac). Copy of Photoshop background layer, name is the "first floor", and place it in our top of the background layer;

Step 2: in between the two layers, add a new blank layer

Next, we need to have created a copy of the background layer and the background layer between the addition of a new blank layer.

Step 3: Add a new layer fill black we intend to create a black background layer of the effect, if necessary by pressing the D key on the keyboard to adjust our foreground and background colors black as the foreground color and white as the background color, we can at the bottom of the tool palette to see the foreground and background colors of the swap.

Now we are in the layers panel, select the new layer with black as the foreground color, using the shortcut keys Alt + Backspace (Win)/Option + Delete (Mac) will fill the new layer to black.

The image itself is not what happens because "Layer 1" which contains a copy of the original image, blocking "Layer 2". But if we see in the layers palette "Layer 2" thumbnail we already filled in with black. Step 4: Add a new layer

We select "Layer 2" (just fill in black), and then click in the Layer palette at the bottom of the new layer icon:

Step 5: pull the rectangular marquee tool to select the first Polaroid photos

Select the rectangular marquee tool, or press the M key on the keyboard: