{"id":4392,"date":"2017-07-31T17:59:29","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T09:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.printforfun.sg\/?p=4392"},"modified":"2022-03-08T18:51:57","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T10:51:57","slug":"tried-and-tested-create-a-photo-mosaic-in-photoshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.printforfun.sg\/blog\/tried-and-tested-create-a-photo-mosaic-in-photoshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Tried and Tested: Create A Photo Mosaic in Photoshop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Am a noob when it comes to software, but Photoshop is an amazing tool, from getting rid of pimples and scars, to many other cool functions… Everyone should learn to at least do something with this software!<\/p>\n

We have gotten a number of people asking about “photo mosaics” and “mosaic collages” recently, so today, the answer as to whether we can do it… YES, WE CAN! And so can you, after going through this article hehehe.<\/p>\n

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Without further ado, let’s get into it! Let’s do it together! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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(this tutorial was based on this Youtube video<\/a> by Photo Effect)<\/p>\n

1. Get dem photos ready!<\/h2>\n

The first step would be to get all the photos (for the mosaic background) into one folder, then create another empty folder for the resized photos. Also have the final photo you want to show ready!<\/p>\n

We started off with 100 stock photos, but because of some problems we ended up using only 81 of them. We’ll show you what problems we’ve faced along the way.<\/p>\n

First problem we faced was to do with the orientation of the photos… basically we cannot have photos of both landscape and portrait orientation because of the batch processing, and we have mostly landscape photos. Hence, delete to make sure you have your photos all in the same orientation!<\/p>\n

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2. Open in Photoshop<\/h2>\n

Now that the photos are ready, time to open it in Photoshop!<\/p>\n

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3. Batch processing of photos<\/h2>\n

We have 90+ photos to resize and crop, imagine if you have to do it one by one…!!! Thanks to technology, we can manipulate it to help us do the work hehehehe.<\/p>\n

The steps gets a little more complicated\/ cheem now, but trust me, if I can do it, you can too!<\/p>\n

1. Open the “Actions” tab, “create new action” and name it.
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2. Resize photo<\/p>\n