How to create collage in Photoshop CC?

[bdphotoart]

I have an original image.

I selected four sections of the original image and saved the four sections as separate files/images.

Therefore I now have five images/files.

I need to make a collage using all five images/files.

How do I bring the five images into a new image/file and then arrange the movement and size of each image within the new file.

[sarsaxen · Accepted solution]

Hi Brunog,

Its very easy to create a collage in Photoshop, please check the below article to create one:

Create collages, montages | Photoshop, Photoshop Elements

Let us know if it helps.

Regards

Sarika

[bdphotoart]

When I move the first image to the collage image there isn’t a new layer created.

Please advise.

[sarsaxen]

if its not creating a new layer you can try another way of placing images into the blanl document

1. Open a blank document

2. Go to file> Place Embedded

3. select the file you would like to include in your collage

4. Click Place

5. Arrange your image accordingly

6. Repeat steps 2 to 5 to get all the other images .

Let us know if it helps

~ sarika

[bdphotoart]

Thank you very much Sarika - it worked !!!

[sarsaxen]

Great..

Glad to help

[JJMack]

Photoshop Scripting can help and you need not write any code just desing simple template PSD files. Create the templates psd file and use my scripts.

Photo Collage Toolkit

Photoshop scripting is powerful and I believe this package demonstrates this A video showing a 5 image collage PSD template  being populates with images:

The package includes four simple rules to follow when making Photo Collage Template PSD files so they will be compatible with my Photoshop scripts.

1. Size the photo collage templates for the print size you want - width, height and print DPI resolution.
2. Photo collage templates must have a Photoshop background layer. The contents of this layer can be anything.
3. Photo collage templates must have alpha channels named "Image 1", "Image 2", ... "Image n".
4. Photo collage templates layers above the background layers must provide transparent areas to let the images that will be placed below them show through.

There are twelve scripts in this package they provide the following functions:

1. TestCollageTemplate.jsx - Used to test a Photo Collage Template while you are making it with Photoshop.
2. CollageTemplateBuilder.jsx - Can build Templates compatible with this toolkit's scripts.
3. LayerToAlphaChan.jsx - Used to convert a Prototype Image Layer stack into a template document.
4. InteractivePopulateCollage.jsx - Used to interactively populate Any Photo Collage template. Offers most user control inserting pictures and text.
5. ReplaceCollageImage.jsx - use to replace a populated collage image Smart Object layer with an other image correctly resized and positioned.
6. ChangeTextSize.jsx - This script can be used to change Image stamps text size when the size used by the populating did not work well.
7. PopulateCollageTemplate.jsx - Used to Automatically populate a Photo Collage template and leave the populated copy open in Photoshop.
8. BatchOneImageCollage.jsx - Used to Automatically Batch Populate Collage templates that only have one image inserted. The Collage or Image may be stamped with text.
9. BatchMultiImageCollage.jsx - Used to Automatically Batch Populate Any Photo Collage template with images in a source image folder. Easier to use than the interactive script. Saved collages can be tweaked.
10. BatchPicturePackage.jsx - Used to Automatically Batch Populate Any Photo Collage template with an image in a source image folder
11. PasteImageRoll.jsx - Paste Images into a document to be print on roll paper.
12. PCTpreferences.jsx - Edit This File to Customize Collage Populating scripts default setting and add your own Layer styles.

Documentation and Examples