Instant Photo Collage Action – Friday Freebie
It’s a case of two for the price of one with this Friday freebie Photoshop action as I’ve recorded a version for portrait (upright) and landscape (wide) format images. This action is an extension of the four part split action I made a few weeks back and generates a collage of small scattered prints from one single photo. There’s also the option at slightly alter the exposure of each print which really adds to the effect.
You can download the action here: photo-collage-gavtrain
To use the action, start with the photo you wish to use already open in Photoshop and then play the landscape or portrait version of the action as appropriate. The first thing it does is make a copy of your photo so the original will be untouched and safe. There’s a lot of things for Photoshop to do with this action so it may take a minute or two to run through. DO NOT switch to another image whilst running the action.
Towards the end of the action you’ll be given the option to automatically adjust the exposure of each print, it’s a subtle effect but well worth doing. After the action is run you’ll notice plenty of layers which I’ve left so you can move, alter and tweak to vary the effect to your taste.
As with most actions, the size of your image will effect the final effect small images (less pixels) will get a bigger border and wider shadow although these settings can always be adjusted after the action has completed.
The action will work with Photoshop CC, CS6, CS4, CS4, CS3 and should work with Photoshop Elements 11 and beyond too.
Usage rules
The action is copyright Gavin Hoey 2014. Use is limited to any personal, non-commercial purposes. Please share the Friday Freebie by linking back to this page. Do not redistribute the original action without my permission.
Download instructions
The direct link to download the actions is https://www.gavtrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/photo-collage-gavtrain.zip
You must UNZIP the action before installing it in Photoshop / PS Elements
No support is provided with the Friday Freebies. If you need help Google or YouTube the question and you’ll almost certainly find the answer 🙂
Wow, very nice!
Thanks Tim 🙂
Very nice Gavin! Love it. 🙂
I’ve been following you for a long time, while I was living in Denmark. I have now relocated to UK, and hope to be able to take part in one or more of you workshops, some time in the not too distant future.
Thank you – works great.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/15197342@N03/14391861046/
Thank you Gavin – really fun and usable action. 🙂
Thanks once again Gavin 🙂 it looks fantastic.
Just to confirm: Yes, it works with Photoshop Elements 11… Thank you, Gavin!
G’day Gavin.
Thank you for this fantastic action, I will have a lot of fun with this.
Barry from Tassie
Hi Gav,
Thanks for the action! Been a follower for years now and still take your tips and tricks to my daily workflow. Here is how I used it: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10204152875291174&set=a.10202010863422216.1073741828.1504855446&type=1&theater
http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag323/baryychampion11/PhotoCollageGreatWall_zpsaec4ae7c.jpg
G’day Gavin.
This is my very first attempt at establishing a link. I chose your photo collage to try it out. The action works beautifully, I will get a lot of fun using this. Thanks.
Barry in Tassie
Outstanding Gavin. Thanks very much, keep up all the great work, very inspiring.
Cheers
Blair (from the West Coast of Canada)
Gavin, love the action, however in portrait action it gives me the outside corners which is the rounded look. Was this the intent? Yours are inside corners on your example.
Thank you, your work is great!!!!
For some reason, the borders of the individual panels come out very fat. Did not see an adjustment for that.
It’s all down to the pixel count in the image. Low res files will result in bigger borders.
Thank you so much, I have been working on your tutorials all afternoon, they are amazing! I’ve made some alterations to Cromer Pier here 😉 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10206894160416353&set=gm.877095472371534&type=1&theater
PS I have amended FB entry to add a thank you/credit to you Gavin.