Today most web designers, magazines, and newspapers are making collages or merged images by combining multiple photographs. Wouldn't it be great if you could do that, too?
With Adobe Photoshop, you can. Photoshop has all that you need to create some amazing digital collages from many different photos. In fact, Photoshop is the choice of professionals when it comes to editing and manipulating digital photography.
More and more, merging two or more images into one image is becoming the standard in the graphics industry. Examples are everywhere. Learning to merge images yourself will benefit you if you are a web designer, a graphic artist, or a photographer. You will definitely benefit from learning how to merge photographs.
Spending time planning your final image is an important step before you actually begin working on the merging of the photos. How do you want your final project to look? It is important to do the planning and laying out of your image before you begin using Photoshop.
In Photoshop, the Layers Function is what you will use. This is great for being able to experiment with all of the options available.
When planning a photo collage image, you will want to consider several things.
Choosing Photographs is important and something you want to take time to consider. Since the images are going to be merged, you may want to choose images that are complimentary in terms of a general theme. Or perhaps the settings will be similar. Or maybe it is the color scheme of the photographs that will help them to merge. Photoshop has an "eyedropper" which will check colors and look for complimentary colors.
After you have decided which photos you are gong to use, you will need to think about the composition. Browsing the Internet to find some examples of digital collages that you really like is a good way to start. Really look at them. What about the image really attracts you? Is the message intended by the advertiser or artist relayed? Consider the composition. What is it that makes the images blend together so well?
With Adobe Photoshop, you can work in multiple layers. This function allows you to spend some time playing around with your composition. You are able to get it right before it is placed permanently. - 30452
With Adobe Photoshop, you can. Photoshop has all that you need to create some amazing digital collages from many different photos. In fact, Photoshop is the choice of professionals when it comes to editing and manipulating digital photography.
More and more, merging two or more images into one image is becoming the standard in the graphics industry. Examples are everywhere. Learning to merge images yourself will benefit you if you are a web designer, a graphic artist, or a photographer. You will definitely benefit from learning how to merge photographs.
Spending time planning your final image is an important step before you actually begin working on the merging of the photos. How do you want your final project to look? It is important to do the planning and laying out of your image before you begin using Photoshop.
In Photoshop, the Layers Function is what you will use. This is great for being able to experiment with all of the options available.
When planning a photo collage image, you will want to consider several things.
Choosing Photographs is important and something you want to take time to consider. Since the images are going to be merged, you may want to choose images that are complimentary in terms of a general theme. Or perhaps the settings will be similar. Or maybe it is the color scheme of the photographs that will help them to merge. Photoshop has an "eyedropper" which will check colors and look for complimentary colors.
After you have decided which photos you are gong to use, you will need to think about the composition. Browsing the Internet to find some examples of digital collages that you really like is a good way to start. Really look at them. What about the image really attracts you? Is the message intended by the advertiser or artist relayed? Consider the composition. What is it that makes the images blend together so well?
With Adobe Photoshop, you can work in multiple layers. This function allows you to spend some time playing around with your composition. You are able to get it right before it is placed permanently. - 30452
About the Author:
Before you decide Photoshop is too difficult for you, make sure you check out these extremely well done video tutorials. Jeanene is an amateur photographer as well as a writer of articles and digital e-books.
