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 03/24/2006 05:47:54 AM · #1
I have seen a number of images done similar to the one I am interested in.... re four square images of the same size, set into one square, and would love to know how this is done.

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I have photoshop, so hopefully if you use that maybe you could send me the steps on how the 4 images are made into one image. I will be working with the one image repeated four times of equal size, if that helps.

I don't actually want a border until the four exact size images are set a one larger square image, and then add a border. Can this be done.....

I need to do this with some of my images.

I have not been to good lately, but love to have a go at this, as it helps pass my hour at home.

I do hope you will be able to help me and would appriciate ever so much if you could tell me in this thread or email or private message if you want.....

Thank you so much and I do hope I get the solution with this problem from some of you experts, please.....

from sherpet
a BIG thank-you.....

03/24/2006 06:02:31 AM · #2
Lots of ways to do it. Here's one of mine:
-New File (set total size you want for all four images)
-open image1
-You can hold down the CTRL key and drag image1 right into the empty image. (or CTRL+A, CTRL+C, then click on the empty image and CTRL+V) - if you missed it, that's Select All, Copy, Paste. :)
-CTRL+T to (Free Transform) hold down SHIFT to maintain aspect and size image1 down to appropriate size and hit enter to finish the transform.
-Hold CTRL down (or use the MOVE tool) and move image 1 to upper left corner
-Repeat for other 3 images

Each image on its own layer, you can select that layer, move them around and use the mask tool to mark off areas to trim and use delete to trim.

Holding down CTRL (with most any tool selected) and using the cursor arrow keys allows you move the lyer one pixel at a time for precision

You can create a new layer on the top of the four and use the line tool with a thick pixel size to make the panes (hold SHIFT to constrain horizontally or vertically) and/or use CTRL+A (select all) ALT+E+S (edit, stroke) to add the outer border.

As you can tell, I'm a keyboard guy mostly - when you learn the shortcut keys, you can be a lot faster at photoshop. Hope that helps. Good luck Shez. Practice, practice, practice! :) And have fun!

edit: a little more clarification.

Message edited by author 2006-03-24 06:04:16.
 03/24/2006 06:06:32 AM · #3
sherpet, this is almost too easy: create a new document with at least four times the dimensions of the pics you want to combine (e.g. 4200 x 4200 pixels). Open the four photos. Make a selection with a fixed size (e.g. 1000 x 1000 pixels). Copy from each picture, paste to new document. Now you have five layers in your new doc (Background + four new layers). Now align them as you like (guides or grid may help), add or change colour of background, reduce to background, save, done.

2fast4me, Art

Message edited by author 2006-03-24 06:07:47.
 03/26/2006 02:14:29 AM · #4
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 03/26/2006 02:43:47 AM · #5
I do it a little differently; I open each image and do whatever photoshopping it needs, then flatten the image after saving it, and resize.crop it to fit my projected arrangment. I do this for all 4 images.

I then create a new, empty document with the BG color I want my borders to be and large enough to hold all the images.

Now I just DRAG the BG layer from the layers palette of image 1 onto the new document; it copies itself there. I close image 1 and DRAG image 2 over, close image 2, repeat until all are dragged and dropped.

I do this with the "move" tool active, so each time I drop a new image on the composite I can immediately drag it into roughly the position in which I wish it to be.

Finally, I fine-tune positioning by making rulers visible and dragging guidelines into position, and enabling "snap to guides" so I can drag each layer in turn until it snaps into position.

There's no actual need to use copy and paste at all; drag and drop works fine :-)

Robt.

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