Master Class Composites in Photoshop with this Must-Have Tool

[@christellaney629]

you have saved me HOURS!!!!! THANK YOU THHANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!

[@bc9409]

Rob, thanks for this tutorial!

[@Dabosfotos]

This blew my mind. I had no clue you could do this so quickly. I used to do all this manually, and took me HOURS!! Thank you for making this video!!

[@HeikeCODay]

OMG! Where have you been?!! ;-) Thank you so much!!! I knew there had to be a way to do this fairly easily, just didn't know how. This helps a ton!!!!

[@RobSigler]

Lol...I'm glad it helped. :)

[@bc9409]

Rob, This is awesome! Thank You so much!

[@FLANOsFOTOs]

Rob, thank you. I was unaware of this ability and tool within PS. I'm working on an idea for my local rodeo and this has given me more ideas. Thank you !

[@RobSigler]

Awesome!

[@csinszkacs]

Wow! Thank YOU! Wish I knew these years ago! ...but now! :D

[@betterliving206]

Great video. We learn something new every day!

[@gilbalden6920]

Hello Rob, I did not know this tool existed. Question: In addition to adding the images to the composite, I need to put the student's last name and first initial under their photo. Is there a simple wat to do this, perhaps by creating a text box, duplicating and filling (or auto filling) it? I have 191 students on a 24"x36" composite.

[@RobSigler]

Hi Gil! I wish there was an easy way, but I'm afraid there isn't. Perhaps you could find someone on Fiverr to create a photoshop script? Just an idea. Best of luck!

[@sarahcapozello685]

Hi! How do you have all of your images on the right to drag into the composite? I can’t figure out how to do that, I only see how to open photos one at a time.

[@benchikopa402]

Thank you for this

[@yoleidyreyesjonhson2031]

Brother, I don't have to pay you for all the usefulness of this video. God pay you. Thank you.👏👏👏

[@imagevisions101]

Hello, it's been a year since I've used your video here I do School Pictures and I'm creating class pictures. This was very helpful last year and I'm assuming it's going to be even more helpful this year. Right now I'm trying to click shift and move Frame's together or apart and when I do that I don't have any of the tools that you have at the top of Photoshop. I'm using Photoshop 2024 and I don't have those tools. How do I get them back Thank you. Mark

[@jeepofmike1]

Great helpful video. A question though, how did you get all those photos open on the right side?

[@manusara]

Great

[@melissasamluk3536]

Because "frame" starts with K. 🤣🤣🤣

[@RobSigler]

Similar to the history brush...it's shortcut is "Y." I always think to myself, "WHY is the shortcut Y?" That helps me remember. :)

[@Byron4343]

We're going to be using is there a way to put the name under the image

[@scotthalbrook6606]

I have the move tool selected - however holding the option key down I cannot duplicate the boxes?

[@TedLassosmom]

Hi Rob, thank you for the great tutorial. I am able to get to 1:20 where I select the move tool and V but it doesn't duplicate anything, it only drags what I selected to the other side. I'm new to Photoshop, what am I missing with the hold down option? Thank you!

[@RobSigler]

Hi Amanda...you need to hold down the option key on your keyboard before you click and drag. Hold it down the entire time. I hope that helps! Rob :)

[@TedLassosmom]

@@RobSigler Thank you so much, it worked great! You have saved me HOURS of work at my job and I appreciate you.

[@TimVerdouw-itmobilesupport]

HI, what if I want to add the students name under each image? Would I just add a text box under the first and then duplicate as you have done for the first box?

[@RobSigler]

Correct! Names are a little bit of a pain. I have yet to find an easy way to include their names. Let me know if you ever find anything! :)

[@TimVerdouw-itmobilesupport]

@@RobSigler I just treated them the same as a frame and it worked great. One thing I had to do is right click and select Free Transform to get the images resized and positioned correctly in the frame. Either way I got it to work in the end. Thanks Rob.

[@73dorothyparker]

can you change the shape of the frames

[@marknowak8176]

thank you for this video... it saved me tons of time.... however I am having problems figuring out how to "group" all the images together.... I can't seem to get the little square boxes to come up when select a box? thank you, Mark

[@RobSigler]

Hi Mark...not quite sure what you're asking...but, to put layers into a folder, or group, shift click each layer, then hit command/ctrl G. This will put the layers into a folder. Let me know if this isn't what you're asking. Happy to help! Rob

[@marknowak8176]

@@RobSigler Hi Rob, First off let me say thank you for this wonderful video on how to make class compositions. I've been searching for something like this for three or four years. I knew about the frame tool but I never had much use for it I just didn't understand it. But this helps tremendously. Secondly thank you for getting back to me. I know I've written several responses to other videos with questions and for some reason I never get an answer from other people so it's very encouraging to see that you do answer peoples questions. By the way I did save you as a subscription and hit the little bill also. I think my question was because I've been working with your video I watched it a dozen times at least trying to figure things out I can't figure out how to select all of my frames at one time so I can hit command/control G and make them a group. The selecting an image compared to selecting the frame is a little sketchy for me but I'm playing with that and trying to figure this out. But just the fact that I can eventually get these into a group and put a drop shadow and a line around each of them all at one time is phenomenal. That saves me a ton of time. One more question :-) I need to save the file with all the different layers in it so I can open it again next week or next year with those layers showing and I can't figure that out every time I close it is a PSD it compresses everything and I basically have to start over. If you know how to do that that would be wonderful also. Thank you I do appreciate you getting back to me, Mark

[@marknowak8176]

Hello, I am having a problem selecting them as a group and then doing something with them... help thank you, Mark

[@RobSigler]

@@marknowak8176 shift click each layer in the layers panel to get them selected. With the move tool, make sure “auto select layer” is turned off.

[@marknowak8176]

@@RobSigler i have done that in the layers panel, I am trying to do them all at once?

[@curtalexander7320]

I am stuck. I don't have the K option in that command. What to do?

[@louiscipollini1332]

Can you add names automatically?

[@RobSigler]

Working on that. There is no easy way to do it. You can name your files as the kid's names, then copy and paste from the layer name into the text field...but no easy process as far as I can tell, but I"m still working on it. I'll keep you posted. :)

[@louiscipollini1332]

@@RobSigler I have been trying to figure that out for years. I know it's possible when you make a photoshop contact sheet. Great video by the way

[@kevinjamesgrace]

This is a great video I want to thank you very much for it. However I am having one problem, and that is resizing the photos once they are in the frame tool. When I click on the photo once it selects the photo, there is a blue frame around it, however there are no handles and I cannot resize the photo. What am I doing wrong

[@vanathisanthuru3605]

Click Command+T and you'll see resize/move handles

[@MillerFoto]

Rob, is there a way to Add the Names automatically ?

[@RobSigler]

Sadly, no.

[@eoslove2022]

we'll be back for more!!!

[@ShemaGoodness]

How do you select all of them at once?

[@RobSigler]

You can select multiple layers by holding down shift and clicking the layer. (Not quite sure if that was what you were asking.)

[@dhivya11234]

Can we add school name Or sticker

[@RobSigler]

Yes, you can add anything you want...one of the nice things about doing it like this...you aren't locked into what you software can provide.