4 Sided Polygon Photoshop Collage

I am going to stimulate got you lot through the procedure of creating a four Sided Polygon Photoshop Collage

In today's tutorial, I am going to stimulate got you lot through the procedure of creating a four sided Polygon photograph collage inwards Adobe Photoshop. We volition purpose Guides (View> Show> Guides) to assistance us seat polygon shapes precisely, the Polygon tool to depict polygon shapes, Drop Shadow Layer Style (Layer> Layer Style> Drop Shadow) in addition to Clipping Mask (Layer>Create Clipping Mask) to clips the paradigm layer into the Polygon layer. Let's larn started!

Video tutorial: 4 Sided Polygon Photoshop Collage tutorial.

Stocks for this Photoshop tutorial: friendship-1081843, hiker-1082297, man-1527374, mountain-1436079, person-984059, photographers-1150033, shoes-1638873, walking-1694137.

Background: snow-1185474.

1. Create a novel Document.

Open Photoshop in addition to thus exercise a new, blank document. Choose File> New dominance inwards the exceed bill of fare or else merely press Ctrl+N. The criterion New dialog box appears. In the pop-up window, type a refer inwards the Name champaign in addition to come inwards the next information: Width 3000 pixels, Height 2000 pixels, Resolution 300 Pixels/Inch, Color Mode RGB color, in addition to Background contents Transparent or White. Click OK.

Picture: exercise a novel document.

2. Create Guides.
Guides assistance you lot seat whatsoever object (shapes or images) precisely. We volition exercise iii horizontal in addition to v vertical guidelines.

Create a vertical guide. Choose View> New Guide. In the dialog box, select Vertical orientation, come inwards 500 px seat in addition to click OK. Repeat this stride for chiliad px, 1500 px, 2000 px in addition to 2500 px.
Now exercise a horizontal guide. Choose View>New Guide. In the dialog box, select Horizontal orientation, come inwards 500 px seat in addition to click OK. Repeat this stride for seat chiliad px in addition to 1500 px.
If you lot didn't come across the guidelines, thus lead View> Show> Guides. If you lot wishing to lock all guides, lead View>Lock Guides. This agency you lot can't movement them yesteryear accident.

Picture: exercise v vertical guides (500px, 1000px, 1500px, 2000px, 2500px).

Picture: exercise iii horizontal guides (500px, 1000px, 1500px).

3. Select the Polygon Tool.
Select the Polygon Tool from the Tools panel, or else merely press U. There are vi available shape tools to lead from, the Rectangle Tool, the Rounded Rectangle Tool, the Ellipse Tool, the Polygon Tool, the Line Tool, in addition to the Custom Shape Tool. Press Shift+U to wheel through the vi available shape tools until the ane you lot wishing is active.

In the Options Bar, brand certain Shape is chosen from the bill of fare thus lead shape color. To lead the color of the shape, click the color swatch inwards the options bar, in addition to thus lead a color available. You tin also lead a color from the Color Picker. Lastly, fill upwards the stroke size in addition to fix the publish of sides inwards Sides champaign alongside 4.

Picture: The Polygon tool. Press Shift+U to wheel through the vi available shape tools until the ane you lot wishing is active.

Picture: Click the color swatch inwards the options bar, in addition to thus lead a color available.

Picture: You tin also lead a color from the Color Picker.

Picture: Set the Sides champaign alongside 4.

4. Draw four sided Polygon Shape.
To depict a Polygon shape, click within your document in addition to drag away from the starting point. When you lot loose your mouse button, Photoshop completes the shape in addition to fills it alongside your chosen color.

Now duplicate the polygon shape nosotros stimulate got been made yesteryear going to Layer> Duplicate Layer, or else yesteryear pressing Ctrl+J. Then resize in addition to reposition your duplicate shape layer using Edit> Free Transform Path. You tin edit the shape equally follows:

Resize the shape yesteryear dragging whatsoever corner piece belongings downwards the Shift primal to proceed the shape does non distort.
Move the shape yesteryear clicking in addition to concur anywhere within the shape in addition to drag.
Rotate the shape yesteryear moving your cursor further out from whatsoever corner until you lot come across ii arrows. Click in addition to hold, thus drag the shape.
Press Enter primal when you lot are done.

Duplicate the polygon shape layer equally many equally you lot wishing in addition to thus arranged it all to your satisfaction. When you lot are done, hide/remove guides yesteryear going to View>Show>Guides.

Picture: To depict a Polygon shape, click within your document in addition to drag away from the starting point.

Picture: Duplicate the polygon shape.

Picture: Then resize in addition to reposition your duplicate shape layer using Edit> Free Transform Path.

Picture: Duplicate the polygon shape equally many equally you lot wishing in addition to thus arranged it all to your satisfaction.

5. Add Drop Shadow.
Once you lot stimulate got arranged all the Polygon shape to your satisfaction, you lot tin immediately add together a drib shadow. Choose Layer> Layer Style> Drop Shadow. The Layer Style dialog box appears alongside the Drop Shadow choice checked. Set your desired angle, distance, in addition to size. Click OK.

Now add together a drib shadow to each polygon shape layer. You tin re-create drib shadow layer agency to some other layer yesteryear dragging the Drop Shadow layer agency to the other layer--while pressing the Alt key.

Picture: Add a drib shadow layer style.

Picture: While belongings downwards the Alt key, click in addition to thus drag the Drop Shadow layer to some other polygon layer.

6. Insert Picture.
You must stack the paradigm layer inwards a higher house the Polygon layer. Select the Polygon layer to which you lot wishing to insert a picture. Go to File> Place dominance inwards the exceed bill of fare to opened upwards the pic you'd similar to insert. The Place dialog box appears. Navigate to the folder that contains your paradigm file thus select the refer of the file you lot wishing to open. If your file does non appear, endeavor to stance all files yesteryear selecting All Formats from the Files of type list. Click the Place button.

You tin immediately edit the pic equally follows:

Resize the pic yesteryear dragging whatsoever corner piece belongings downwards the Shift primal to proceed the pic does non distort.
Move the pic yesteryear clicking in addition to concur anywhere within the paradigm in addition to drag.
Rotate the pic yesteryear moving your cursor further out from whatsoever corner until you lot come across ii arrows. Click in addition to hold, thus drag the picture.
Press Enter primal when you lot are done.

Picture: The Place dialog box.

Picture: Insert paradigm to your collage template.

7. Create a Clipping Mask.
On the Layers panel, brand certain the layers to endure clipped are listed consecutively. Remember, you lot must stack the paradigm layer inwards a higher house the Polygon layer. Click the paradigm layer to endure clipped, thus lead Layer>Create Clipping Mask dominance or else merely press Alt+Ctrl+G to exercise clipping mask. When layers are set into a clipping mask, the content of the bottommost layer (the Polygon layer), clips the layers inwards a higher house it (the paradigm layer).

Picture: Stack the paradigm layer inwards a higher house the Polygon layer.

Picture: Clipping Mask.

8. Insert Other Picture.
Repeat steps seven through 8 to opened upwards in addition to manipulate each pic you'd similar to insert.

Picture: Insert all the images.

9. Group All The Polygon Layer.
While belongings downwards the Shift key, click on all polygon layer thus lead Layer> Group Layers.

Picture: piece belongings downwards the Shift key, click on all polygon layer.

Picture: Group layer.

10. Add a Background Image.
If you'd similar a background for your Collage, lead File>Place... dominance inwards the exceed menu. The Place dialog box appears. Navigate to the folder that contains your background paradigm file thus select the refer of the file you lot wishing to open. If your file does non appear, endeavor to stance all files yesteryear selecting All Formats from the Files of type list. Click the Place button.

Picture: The Place dialog box appears.

Picture: Add a Background Image.

11. Save your document.
Choose File>Save or else merely press Ctrl+S to salve your projection file. The Save As dialog box appears. Navigate to the folder where you lot wishing to store your projection file. Type a refer inwards the File Name text box in addition to larn out the default Photoshop (*.PSD;*.PDD) format. Click Save to store the projection file.