How To Plow A Photograph Into A Collage Of Hexagons Inwards Photoshop

How to Turn a Photo into a Collage of Hexagons inwards Photoshop How to Turn a Photo into a Collage of Hexagons inwards Photoshop

In this Photoshop Collage tutorial, We are going to larn how to plough a photograph into a collage of Hexagons using the Custom Shape tool, Clipping Mask (Layer>Create Clipping Mask) as well as Free Transform (Edit>Free Transform) that comes amongst Photoshop. Once you lot convey arranged it to your satisfaction, you lot tin play approximately amongst other Photoshop's tools to add together your ain artistic effects. Let's acquire started!

Video: How to Turn a Photo into a Collage of Hexagons inwards Photoshop

1. Create a novel Document.

Open Photoshop as well as thence become to File> New ascendance inwards the overstep menu. In the pop-up window, piece of occupation inwards the next information: Width 3000 pixels, Height 2000 pixels, Resolution 300 Pixels/Inch, Color Mode RGB color, as well as Background contents Transparent or White. Click OK.

Picture: Create a novel document.

2. Create The Grid.

Our commencement footstep is creating the grid to assistance us inwards laying out rectangle shapes precisely. It is pretty slow to brand a grid inwards Photoshop. To add together the grid, direct View>Show>Grid.

Choose View>Snap as well as thence direct View>Snap to Grid, to enabling snaping that volition assist you lot to align whatever object (including shape) you lot want.

Open upwards the grid preferences, direct Edit> Preferences> Guides, Grid & Slices. This volition opened upwards a preference dialog box. Choose the color you lot desire for the grid lines. I volition ready the “Gridline every” pick to hold out 10 pixels as well as “Subdivisions” to hold out 1.

Picture: Show Grid.

Picture: Set the “Gridline every” pick to hold out 10 pixels as well as “Subdivisions” to hold out 1.

3. Choose the Polygon Tool.

Click the Polygon Tool icon inwards the toolbar. If the Polygon Tool is non visible, right-click or concur downwards the Rectangle tool almost the bottom of the toolbox. Make certain Shape is chosen from the card inwards the options bar. Then direct a color of the shape. To direct the color of the shape, click the color swatch inwards the options bar, as well as thence direct a color from the Color Picker. Lastly, fill upwards the stroke size as well as fill upwards sides amongst 6.

Picture: Polygon tool.

Picture: Option bar for Polygon tool.

4. Draw Polygon Shape.

Drag mouse inwards the document window to depict a polygon shape. Duplicate the polygon shape nosotros convey been made past times choosing Layer> Duplicate Layer, or past times pressing Ctrl + J. Then reposition it using Edit> Free Transform Path. Duplicate the polygon shape equally many equally you lot desire as well as thence arranged it all to your satisfaction. When you lot are done, hide/remove grid past times going to View>Show>Grid.

Picture: Draw a polygon shape inwards the document.

Picture: Duplicate the polygon shape equally many equally you lot desire as well as thence arranged it all to your satisfaction.

5. Insert Picture.

Select the layer to which you lot desire to insert a picture. Go to File> Place ascendance inwards the overstep card to opened upwards the flick you'd similar to insert. Click on the picture, thence click OK. Press Enter to commit transform. For this Photoshop tutorial, I'll purpose a stock photograph that I downloaded from Pixabay, here.

Picture: Insert epitome to your collage template.

6. Create Clipping Mask.

On the Layers Panel, brand certain the layers to clipped are listed consecutively. Stack the base of operations layer—in this case, the Polygon, below the layer to hold out clipped—in this case, the images' layer.

Choose Layer> Create clipping mask. Now the content of the base of operations layer clips the layer higher upwards it.

Picture: Clipping Mask.

7. Duplicate Image's Layer.

Click image's layer thence direct Layer>Duplicate Layer. Drag this duplicate layer only higher upwards the other hexagon layer. Choose Layer> Create clipping mask. Repeat these steps for all other hexagon layers.