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Photoshop Me Collage
In this project, you will learn the basics of photography, image composition, and
elements of visual design by creating a collage in Adobe Photoshop.
Objectives:
take photos and gather images from various sources that reflect correct and fair
use of copyright
identify and use elements of visual design that reflect good composition.
use Photoshop to retouch and manipulate these photos and images to build a
collage that reflects correct image size for the intended file output
create a final PDF in Adobe Acrobat.
Examples of student work

Other examples of artist

collage

Hannah Hoch

Jesse Treece

Michel Keck

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Project Criteria:

1. Your collage must be exactly 8 inches high by 10 inches wide; landscape or

portrait.
2. The resolution should be 300 dpi. in RGB Mode.
3. You must have an image of you that is visible to identify you within the collage.
4. An additional nine or more images of what represents who you are ( include
pictures of your family, friends, pets, music artists, sports, hobbies, food, etc). 10
minimum and 2 files must be appropriated fairly and cited in your copyright
works cited.
5. Save your final output in multiple file formats. One for the web, one for offset
printing, and one for print.
6. File labeled as yourlastname_collage_web (_offset, _print)
7. Upload to Google Docs and share for evaluation.
8. Add a print quality opy to the creative cloud or your personal storage device for
your portfolio in a folder labeled Breadth

Copyright Works Cited: List the web URL for all images you have appropriated
(borrowed) below, and indicate how you have used it within the boundaries of copyright
laws. (You must use at least 2!) If you run out of space attach on a separate paper.
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HELPFUL TIPS & TRICKS TO CREATE YOUR

COLLAGE
You can create a collage or montage in Adobe Photoshop in several ways, but the
following method is the simplest. Following the steps below, you'll add each new image
to the collage image as a separate layer. This process allows you to manipulate each
image individually. When all of your images are assembled in the final image, you can
resize or move the layers (the added images) so that they are in the desired position.
If the Layers palette does not appear, choose Window > Layers. See Photoshop or
Photoshop Elements Help for more information about using Layers and the Layer
palette.
To create a collage:

1. Choose File > New to create a new blank image. Specify image size. Set image
to be landscape. Note: If your images differ in resolution or pixels per inch, they
might display at an unexpected size in the collage image. You can use the steps
below on transforming layers to resize the images appropriately. See Related
Documents or online Help for more information about resolution.
2. Choose File > Open, and open the first image (Image 1) to be added to the
collage image. You now have the collage image and the first image (Image 1)
open at the same time.
3. Select the Move tool. Click anywhere within Image 1, drag from the Image 1
window to the collage image window, and release the mouse button. Image 1
displays in the collage image window. Note that Image 1 is on a new layer, called
Layer 1.
4. Double-click the words Layer 1 in the Layers palette, and rename Layer 1 so that
you can keep track of your layers.
5. Close the Image 1 window so that only the collage image is open. Your Layers
palette now contains a Background layer and the new layer that you renamed.
6. After you add your first image to the collage image, open the next image to be
added. Repeat steps 2 through 5 to add all your images to the collage image.

To resize, reposition, and rotate the images or layers in the collage:

1. In the Layers Palette, click once on the layer that you want to adjust, to target the
layer.
2. Choose Edit > Free Transform (Photoshop) or Image > Transform > Free
Transform (Photoshop Elements). Note: Before you transform your layer, make
sure the correct layer is targeted in the Layers palette. Note the bounding box

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around the edges of the layer and the anchor points on all four corners and sides
(eight total).
Resize the layer by dragging the anchor points.
Reposition the layer by clicking inside the bounding box and
dragging.
Note: If a layer
displays larger than the collage image, drag the layer in any direction until you
can see a corner of the image. You can then transform the image using the
anchor point on the visible corner.
Rotate the layer by positioning your cursor just outside the bounding box,
clicking, and dragging. You can rotate the layer when your cursor changes to a
curved double-headed arrow.
In the option bar at the top of the screen, either click the check box to accept or
commit the transformation or click the circle with the slash through it to cancel the
transformation.
Repeat steps 1 through 5 to resize, reposition, and rotate each of the other layers
in the image.

To rearrange the stacking order of the layers:

1. To change stacking order of the layers or the way the layers overlap, drag any
layer in the Layers palette above or below another layer.

Resources:
http://sjacommtech.weebly.com/34--me-collage.html
http://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/3318/top-10-collage-artists-hannah-hoch-to-man-ray

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