How to Create a Photo Collage in Photoshop | Day 18

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It's day 18 of 30 Days of Photoshop, and today we're making a photo collage! Learn best practices to creating photo collages, such as using Smart Objects, loading your photos into a stack, and using align and transform to make your photo collage look perfect.
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[@isaacolander8291]

How can it be so unintuative, why does photoshop not have a simple "make collage" button is beyond me

[@Graigshooter]

normally i have trouble staying motivated to do tutorials each day, but I am actually looking forward to see u in a new video and learn sth. my favorite tutorials so far

[@arthurmee]

I came here for a refresher. Been away from Ps for a few years. Excellent tutorial. Thank you very much . . . now I just have to remember all those shortcuts I used to use .

[@jlid1]

Awesome! My wife asked me about an hour ago, if we could get the family pictures we just took over Christmas put into some sort of photo collage, then I open my phone and see that there is a notification that you are covering this very subject in today's lesson. So, following along with you just now I was able to do just that and it looks great. Loving all these lessons, thank you SO much!!! Have a great Sunday Aaron!

[@OnlyMon0]

OMG Load Files into Stack. . . . ! Literally a Game Changer!! I've been following along since day one and have been wanting this since we first had to drag over photos one by one. You are Awsome, Thank you!

[@AlevOzten]

Great tutorial. I love the visuals with the shortcuts on the lower left corner. Thank you!

[@moovieman693]

Wow, I totally needed this tutorial! I've been making the collages the hard way for a long time. Thanks!

[@ZackJenkins]

Alright, I'mma slap a like on this video. This was a fantastic tutorial! Thank you!

[@JP-zh6ss]

I want to congratulate and thank you for these marvelous tutorials. It is a lot of fun to do these exercises with you and there is no better way to learn all those PS tools.

[@Badboy4281]

This is great. I really enjoy your tutorials Aaron. Thanks again.

[@JoanFeldvary]

The best tutorial on creating a photo collage I have seen. Thank you.

[@TekraCorporation]

Fantastic tutorial! Really learned a lot on this tutorial and I love all of the highlighted shortcuts. One suggestion, at 4:12, you talk about clipping masks, then suddenly you've moved from the newly created document into the stacked images. It might be helpful if you explain how you got from the newly created document to the stacked images. Just a thought.

[@GlenBarnett]

Thanks again for another great tutorial Aaron. Really enjoying 30 Days of Photoshop!

[@garypeterson555]

I love your easy to follow method of explaining things. Thank you!

[@ejamas]

Great tutorial. The only missing information is that the image you want in a certain square has to be above that square. Maybe it is obvious, but it wasn't for me until I tried a second time and figure it out. Also when dragging images from the stack to the grid document (square document), it is less confusing to have the imported images on the top of the layers and not between. Just drag them from there to the top of the layer square you want to have your image in.

[@boostedrival5505]

He said it in the video

[@theriskengineer4307]

I always enjoy your tutorials! ... many thanks. My only wish is that you slow down just a bit when you talk about the various keyboard commands. Give us more than two seconds.

[@kerryamp582]

I have been looking for a simple tut for clipping masks and this is perfecto! Thank you so much.

[@eamonobroin]

Thank you for this upload. It really helped me as I spent ages trying to find the way to create a collage. Much appreciated :) Thank you!

[@Aprendizzz2009]

Sunday... a nice tutorial from Phlearn, it is a nice plan for today...!!! Thanks!!!

[@suedonoghue8226]

Excellent. Very clear instructions. Than you.

[@damienabbott9805]

Thanks Aaron - so beautifully explained and so vital in my day-to-day work in using Photoshop!

[@rp8973]

I am lost, great tutorial, must watch several times, thank you...

[@shutteredwings7090]

I'm lost, too.

[@vanessathenot4376]

ME TOO but still a great video

[@JoanFeldvary]

I usually watch tutorials a few times. I hope you understood it in the end.

[@MrPinkfloydian]

Always learning, teacher, even with the simplest tutorials. Thank you, teacher Aaron 🤗

[@LifeThruAMoka]

Amazing video, clean, slow, explained everything in a super easy way to follow.

[@chilechocodiva]

Yes, I was constantly pausing and going back and getting frustrated, but I'm glad I stuck with it. He lost me on the control point when he made his first layer; I had no such thing. I went under Preferences, then Tools, and checked the "Show Reference Point When Using Transform" option. Then I had control points for each layer. Hope somebody finds that helpful. Learned some things that will be very useful! Thanks!

[@gokharol]

"Relaxing in my infinity pool, yes, please" LMAO

[@ilkawiland3792]

Great tutorial. I agree with a comment below from Eric Maas. I had the same problem and got confused. Thanks for all the short cuts.

[@celestecelestial90]

This is incredibly useful. I don’t have social media but I could use it for a business’ IG. Thanks!

[@uateva]

You are a lifesaver, thanks so much for this!

[@victorycraxi]

What a FANTASTIC tutorial, thank you so much!

[@gregcole5693]

Great tutorial but I keep losing the stack and don't know why I can't get it on the same page as the grid.

[@LIPIKA09]

my friends loved the collage I made by the same way you did!

[@thersten]

excellent tutorial. thank you so much!!

[@johncross9488]

The structure for your method of teaching is excellent

[@box.10]

Hawsomeandsome. A trifle too quich for me though and might have to revert to a Dummies book. Mind you this is EXACTLY what I wanted to do. Thanks

[@iyanadoyle1977]

This was so helpful thank you !

[@richardcoomber925]

Great way to make those old fashioned, multi -image postcards

[@markr3930]

Love all your tutorials. when i size the box on a layer, the whole layer becomes black. how do i show just the box section on the layer so i know where this corresponds to the whole image?

[@mikemcsween1847]

Thank you for the video. How does this process work if I’m not doing a square grid? What integers do I enter beyond “50%”? Cheers!

[@ChrisHunt4497]

Great tutorial, thanks. Would love the sample template but cannot see it in the notes only the sample images.

[@dancemeraswag1114]

Thankyou,teaching method is really fantastic

[@graham_T]

Whilst I applaud Phlean for this series of tutorials......surely there has to be an easier way to collage . I found this very very difficult to follow along with and gave up in the end . I earlier commented that I could not get the two files side by side like at 4.19 . I tried going to ‘Window’ , ‘Arrange’ and ‘tile all vertically ...that seemed to enable it ...however so far in these 18 tutorials I think that has not been covered . There are loads of collage templates out there . As another user has commented there is no template to download . Yet another look at this..at 5.52 as he is talking he switches off all the layers but does say that he has done it ...you just have to watch closely and observe that that happens . I’m still trying to work out how come the cubes are individually black but now with a white background at this part of the tutorial...now sussed thar it is by hiding the other black squares I still think that there must be an easier way of creating collages

[@Michael-rs3to]

With this he is making a template; meaning you only have to do this once.

[@cee2615]

I think the problem is he is using an old version of Photoshop as I couldn't either and I am using 2020 version. I had to drag down slightly on the tab where the filename is on both the stack and the template and I could then arrange the two files side by side. To get them back, move the filename tab up slightly to under the menu bar and then a blue line appears and the file will 'snap' to under the menu again. I found it frustrating that he wasn't using the latest version of Photoshop - doesn't everyone have it with their subscription?

[@LadyJaneG]

@@cee2615 Thank you for your comment. I also had a difficult time finding the file tabs. I am also using the 2020 version.

[@johnswilley5896]

You lost me at when we made the template for the collages and somehow you made the stacked pics appear.??????

[@rissiepit8056]

me too

[@chilechocodiva]

So he has two documents at the same time. One document has the pics, the other document has the template for the collages. On the document with the pics, you just select the layer of the pic you want, and drag the pic over to the other document. If you weren't in Full Screen mode (I wasn't because I find it annoying), you can still do this by going to Window ----> Arrange ----> 2-up Vertical (This is for Windows; I'm sure Mac has something very similar). This allows you to drag stuff between the two files. Hope this helps.

[@gabem9373]

Very helpful, thanks!

[@jonteboe748]

excellent - I just subscribed!

[@wenhaoyang969]

been wanting to learn this for a while! Thx

[@anthonycrothers_Photography]

Excellent! Thanks for sharing.

[@mdbasarbd20]

Thanks so much for your great tutorial.

[@KQzActAsSuch]

Thank you for posting this!

[@Jpthomas76]

I really appreciate this video. It's great!

[@ACB2K]

You going very fast, I think your style is for those are well versed in photoshop. I'll keep looking for my level.

[@aladdinkrogh]

If you go to the settingwheel in the bottom of the youtube window, you can set the speed of the video playback. You may want to set it down a bit. :)

[@ACB2K]

@@aladdinkrogh Ok, I will try that because I do want to learn it.

[@mrhenry1112]

It's so helpful! Thank you!

[@tsmith3139]

Good tutorial, but I'm not sure we are all using the same version of Photoshop. I'm on CC 2020. I've watched the tutorial 3 times and I don't know where the template is nor can I follow how you are placing the images in the boxes. It seems like you are making it look easier than it actually is. Surely, there must be a less confusing way to create a collage.

[@felinabacker9610]

Same thing with me! He keeps using commands and I don't know how to set up my commands....🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️. Craziness!!

[@alipsettphoto]

Perfect!

[@jackyleecs]

Impressive. This is exactly what I am looking for! :)

[@tlderose]

Hey Aaron- great video! I have a question. So, I want to create a collage mimicking a class photo (where each kid is in their own square). I am working on my daughter's class graduation video. I have 45 images at 9 across and 5 down. I'm going to show this on-screen (my resolution is 1920x 1080). I'm looking to pull this into premiere pro and animate the collage. How can I best do this?

[@shaughanask571]

Excellent. Thanks for sharing.

[@gtaspeedguy]

wow thank you so much for this!

[@mamunalmahmud1396]

u can explain simple thing in simple way.. talktive guy

[@hirun6459]

Really Really helpful , and also thanks for the shortcuts....

[@1salacious]

Another helpful video thanks. @ 1:30 you're resizing the image to make it smaller by pressing a key?? or combination of keys?? and it also changes the window / border around the image with it, so that the size of the resized image and the border / window are the same, without having scroll bars on the border window from the original size that it was imported with. You do this simple resizing thing in several of the videos but I don't know what you're doing to achieve that. What key(s) are you pressing to do that? Thanks

[@benmylangquanghien5665]

Thankyou very much for this video!

[@sanjayranawake]

Thank You Very Much Its Super easy to understand

[@nimrapervaiz7204]

very helpful thanks

[@sherrymajeedi2]

WoW ,Thank You🌻

[@it-specialistmagicplanet1642]

it's so cool man..very useful one..thank you so much

[@addvalue44]

A mazing way I like it as I like all videos in ur channel u r amaZinG 😉🌹

[@mihai62834]

Cool technique. One question though : is this ok for printing? I can't say I understand what magique is going on in those smart objects but if you're messing with transforming a smart object there has to be some kind of interpolation. In image size command you can chose one you think is best but you're technique bypass that entirely.... Is it ok for printing? Thank you

[@berniechiaravalle]

Very helpful video! Thank you!

[@Born_to_learn2801]

I really love your tutorials 🙏

[@most.nusratsadia-0158]

This video Just saved my life, love it

[@Pegisus2501]

This is So Awesome! :-) Thank You Very Much!

[@collinmariorosell8906]

thanks so much, very helpful!!!

[@abhinav2702]

I want more series like this ❤

[@gui.almusic]

exactly what I was looking for, thank u so much

[@masseylad1972]

Excellent dude. Thanks a lot.

[@alaashnewer5097]

Thank you so much, this is really helpful

[@krishnanc5269]

thank you wonderful video, helps if it had been bit slower.

[@jeffreyspaulding5849]

Great video, Great teacher, but at the point you talk about smart objects and you make two adjustments using the keyboard. Im sure its simple to an experienced person but not to a novice using your video to learn. What did you do to get the photos and black squares on the same screen? Could not proceed and was disappointed because of this not being explained.

[@marcovaleri7279]

Thanks for this video

[@AnicaPetkoska]

Awesome! Ready for the next tutorial.

[@mountaineer71]

omg! thank you for this.... super helpful, especially for a beginner like me. thanks so much... by the way, i love how you say "super easy" LOL ....

[@bemblob]

Thanks man, just made my Best looking KZbin Thumbnail by far

[@joecolletti]

Another great video! It's amazing how easy you made that! Just curious-- that would be great place to use alignment tools, right?

[@JorgeLopezGallardo]

Thanks. Unfortunately, it didn't work for a beginner like me. I never could figure out how to make two widows appear on the screen at the same time (min 4:18) and could not continue from there :(

[@brianchristie6346]

Very helpful, thank you

[@fifigalat6258]

Great! Great! Great!

[@Stalkeruser-30]

Amazing Tutorial!!!!!!!!!! I needed this! I just can't figure out how to feel the lines with color?????????

[@rosegold-beats]

Just make the a smart object then use a color fill effect

[@karraryahya8496]

Many thanks

[@adrianabarrios5317]

Great tutorial as always. I have a question or request. As you mentioned and did one collage for print, can you make a tutorial on rgb and cmyk and preparing files for printing please?

[@luisrafaelgabriel9290]

Thank you sir!

[@neil139]

Great tutorial man. 👌

[@Affdol]

Thanks man. Helped a lot

[@danieln6356]

Wow, thanks

[@karen__stop]

I was just about to b!tch about the squished photo. One of my biggest pet peeves was anyone who squished or stretched my company's logo or photos and you ask 5 people what is wrong and not one of them notice it! lol PS. Love all your tutorials and shortcuts you use!

[@marzieli]

That was great. Thanks 😊

[@humblepie3472]

Where's the template Aaron? Why no response to those who have already asked about this?

[@convertedtrancelover]

Excellent tutorial!

[@Exevium]

Hi Aaron! Love your vids, you always cheer me up! In these cases I normally use an unlinked layer mask, this keeps all adjustments on one layer. Is there any benefit to using clipping masks instead?

[@saeedabed4612]

how do u use that ?can u explaine it to me plz?

[@michelemoran3607]

At 4:40 in this video the photos are magically next to the collage grid without explanation on how to see both. How do I do that?