Thursday, May 7, 2009

Photoshop Workbench 176: Alternative Tossed-on-the-Table Collage

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About a month ago I demoed a method for creating a “tossed-on-the-table” collage effect. Since then, I discovered an alternative method that is equally fascinating, quite easy to achieve, uses only one photograph, and teaches a new and useful set of skills. This method employs a defined pattern and vector shapes. Intrigued? I know I am.

I’m not sure who submitted today’s image, but it is an absolutely breathtaking photograph of Tybee Island Light in Georgia.

8 Responses to “Photoshop Workbench 176: Alternative Tossed-on-the-Table Collage”

  1. Alec Says:
    Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 5:24 am

    Mark,

    Super great tutorial. I’m in the midst of designing a leave-behind marketing piece and will implement this technique today! Thank you.

    alec

  2. Nick Says:
    Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 9:34 am

    Mar,

    This is fantastic. Thanks. You are always wonderful for providing a creative spark.

    Nick

  3. Gary Says:
    Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 2:04 pm

    Mark,
    This is a very interesting technique worth lots of possibilities as well as the landscape genre you chose here.
    The one that jumped out at me is for a group shot eg “team” photo where the background is unimportant or distracting. There you could just throw down your images wherever the faces occur and use your gradient colored background to make the faces really the important feature.

    Gary

  4. Murry Grigsby Says:
    Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 3:02 pm

    Thanks Mark! Very clever, easy with your instructions and useful!!

    Murry

  5. Gary Spedding Says:
    Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 7:38 pm

    Another cool technique. Thanks. Important to make the document the same size as original pattern. Also a quicker way to duplicate the image is to Alt>Select>Drag the last frame. Move as many as you like and transform during or after alt copying.

  6. Kimberely Says:
    Friday, May 8, 2009 at 9:08 am

    Mark,

    As always, you inspire me. Thanks for the great tutorial! I will be playing with this technique today. :)

  7. Gary Spedding Says:
    Monday, May 11, 2009 at 5:28 pm

    Wow – This really took off. See Planet Photoshop Forums for some takes on this!

  8. Nico Says:
    Friday, October 9, 2009 at 12:48 pm

    Still not able to see the quicktime movies…just a black box. I hear the audio but don’t see the vid…

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