Creating a collage for print in PS

[Geoff]

Hi all,
Just wondering if anyone had a good technique on how to put a whole heap of images on one page (say A3+) in PS. I'm wanting to make a collage for my sister and was wondering the best way to do this. I've had a play with making a contact sheet but I want the images in some instances to overlap and fill the entire piece of paper. Thanks in advance troops

[Laurie]

i know you can do this in iPhoto from Here

this probably doesnt help if you dont have iPhoto. perhaps substitute iPhoto with Picasa??

[Alex]

Hi all,
Just wondering if anyone had a good technique on how to put a whole heap of images on one page (say A3+) in PS. I'm wanting to make a collage for my sister and was wondering the best way to do this. I've had a play with making a contact sheet but I want the images in some instances to overlap and fill the entire piece of paper. Thanks in advance troops

Geoff,

I was faced with the same task several month ago in an attempt to produce one for my dad's 60th. Took me a few weeks (i had to scan some old photos) and the final size of the file (in jpg) was 200 mb. I used technique outlined in Scott Kelby's book. Basically you creat a layer for each photo and then use gradient to mix them up. Quite simple once you get a hang of it. Let me know if you want copies of the pages from the book and I will send it to you as pdf.

Alex

[Geoff]

Thanks mate - PM sent

[shutterbug]

pm sent

[stubbsy]

Geoff

I use Canon's photo album software I got with my old Canon Pixma printer

[BBJ]

Alex, i wouldn't mind this info as well if possible.
Will PM.
Thanks John

[wendellt]

if you would like to do this in a more manual way

iv'e done thsi before in adobe illustartor. I got 50 images from someone's life
made 50 even squares that fitted i a DL format (1/3 of A4 sheet)

then manually cropped each individual pic to one square each
I ended up with a historical mosaic of this persons life

i choose 50 pix because they had turned 50

not sure if photoshop can layout like this automatically but it's a nice concept sweet and simple if you have the time to play

[Alex]

Alex, i wouldn't mind this info as well if possible.
Will PM.
Thanks John

John PM sent
Alex

[BBJ]

Thank s Alex.
Cheers

[wendellt]

i'm never good at explaining things so here is an example of something i designed with the mosaic concept, it folded into a DL envelope
the design is elegant and simple

[BBJ]

It's nice to be creative hey??? well glad some are and i am not that creative so yeh would not make a wedding photog, something in life are just left to those who know better and wendelt you are one of them.

[obzelite]

if you have enough images you could do a mosiac

http://dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Grap ... _Creation/

lots of software to do it.

[shutterbug]

This is what I use http://www.lumapix.com take me 1 min to do a collage

[Geoff]

This is what I use http://www.lumapix.com take me 1 min to do a collage

Vince - this software looks excellent on first glance! Thank you!

Wendell - my photoshop/illustrator skills are no where near yours, I don't know if I'd be able to do what you have done too easily.

Obzelite - thanks for the info, now I have to make a choice

[stubbsy]

This is what I use http://www.lumapix.com take me 1 min to do a collage

Vince

2 little minuses:

Std version costs US$39.95 and for that you get "Lumapix banners" on your finished product ("There is a subtle banner under emailed and published collages. Printed Collages have no banner"). Have to pay US$89.95 not to.

2nd minus - requires internet access. This is OK if it's only for activation, but if you have to be online to use it - yuk!

Featurewise it looks interesting.

[Alpha_7]

I gave the shareware copy a go, I was actually going to hand design before this was posted, I love the auto collate feature.
But as Peter said it is very pricey.

[Geoff]

Nice collage there Craig. The price is a let down I agree Peter. What a bummer.

[big pix]

very very easy using photoshop.........

[MATT]

Thanks for the links also


MATT

[Alex]

Geoff. This is a very small version of what I did. I basically used one 3008x2000 photo from D70 as background (I first upsized it using GF to 16 x 24) and then added all the other bits.



Will send you the pages tomorrow.
Alex

[shutterbug]

Yes, it is abit pricey, but it does the job. You don't have to be online to use it.