Fun With Photoshop: Turn Your Photos Into Striking Collages

Learn basic/intermediate techniques in PS CS5. PERFECT for beginners who want to CREATE right away, NOT just theory.

Created byTina L. Scott

Last updated 1/2014

English

What you'll learn

By the end of this course, you'll know how to create a basic portrait collage using 5 of your personal photos
By the end of this course, you'll know 6 different enhancement techniques you can use to customize your collage
Learn a variety of Photoshop skills and techniques you can use in any future project ... including but not limited to ... working with text and fonts, brushes, layers, images, clipping masks, and LOTS more!

Course content

5 sections • 25 lectures • 2h 26m total length

Welcome - Meet the Instructor - Brief Bio1:13
Course Objectives - What You Will Learn2:10

Open and Set Up a New Document4:54
Lay Out Collage Design10:20
Use grids and guides to center five image placeholders (8-inch square and four 5.5-by-14-inch shapes), create black placeholders on separate layers, and save as a layered Photoshop file for reuse.
Add Photographs to Collage16:42
Saving Two Ways and Why6:01
Save the collage as a layered Photoshop document to preserve editability for future tweaks, then save a high-quality JPEG for a flattened, print-ready or online-sharable version.

Bleeds and Borders7:37
Changing the Background7:34
Using Brushes to Enhance/Create Depth and Dimension24:39
Lessons in Layers8:44
Precursor to Handout - Taking Precautions3:00
Resource: Free Brushes/How to Load Brushes2:00
Viewing Your Project - Zooming and Panning3:52
Design Tips4:08
Text as Word Art10:06
Give It a Little Style6:35
Keep It Clean - Organize Your Layers2:49
Precursor to Handout Take Precautions - Revisited0:47
Resource: Free Fonts/How to Install Fonts2:00
Text as a Border14:15
Recap - Less is More?5:45

Requirements

Must have Adobe PhotoShop CS5 Software installed on their computer

Description

In this course, attendees will learn how to create a collage in Photoshop CS5 using their own images. They'll also learn six different enhancements they can use to customize their collage, and they'll learn many skills and techniques in Photoshop along the way ... skills they can use in all of their future Photoshop projects. Structured so attendees can follow along every step of the way, and pause between lectures to implement what they just learned on a collage of their own, this course is designed to make working in Photoshop FUN!

So if you've always wanted to learn how to get creative and make some fun collages in PhotoShop ... this is the perfect course for you!!!

The best part? It's not just dry theory and instruction. You'll finish up this course with a completed collage of your own ... and know how to create many more unique and varied collages, so this isn't just a one project course. This course will open up a whole world of possibilities for you! And ALL of the skills you learn will prove invaluable to you in future courses ... text, fonts, brushes, layers, images, clipping masks, transform, grouping, file format, and so much more!

Who this course is for:

Anyone who wants to learn to create a collage in Photoshop
Beginning PhotoShop users who want to CREATE while they learn
Intermediate PhotoShop users not yet familiar with clipping masks

Fun With Photoshop: Turn Your Photos Into Striking Collages

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Welcome & Objectives2 lectures • 3min

Create a Basic Photo Collage Layout4 lectures • 38min

Beyond Basics - Customizing Your Collage with Enhancements15 lectures • 1hr 44min

Repurposing This Design2 lectures • 4min

It's a Wrap2 lectures • 2min

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