Film Strip Photo Collage in Photoshop - Part 2
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Step 29: Fine-Tune The Image Inside The Film Strip With Free Transform
Press Ctrl+T (Win) / Command+T (Mac) to once again bring up the Free Transform command and use it to move, resize and/or rotate the image as needed inside the film strip. I'm going to make my photo a bit smaller so more of it fits within the viewable area of the film strip, and I'm also going to rotate it a little. Notice that, even though we can only see the part of the photo that's within the film strip itself, the Free Transform box and handles appear around the actual edges of the image, which is much larger than what's visible in the film strip:
If you can't see the Free Transform handles because your image is too big to fit inside the document window, press Ctrl+0 (Win) / Command+0 (Mac) to select the Fit on Screen command and have Photoshop resize the document window.
When you're happy with how the image looks inside the film strip, press Enter (Win) / Return (Mac) to accept the changes and exit out of the Free Transform command.
Step 30: Add Photos To The Other Film Strips
To add photos to the other film strips in the collage, simply repeat the same steps. First, open the image you want to place inside the film strip. Press Ctrl+A (Win) / Command+A (Mac) to select the entire image, then press Ctrl+C (Win) / Command+C (Mac) to copy it. Switch over to the photo collage document and twirl open the film strip's layer group. Select the photo area layer inside the layer group, then press Ctrl+V (Win) / Command+V (Mac) to paste the photo into the document directly above the "photo area" layer. Use the Move Tool to drag the photo into the gray area in the center of the film strip, then go up to the Layer menu and choose Create Clipping Mask to clip the photo to the shape on the "photo area" layer below it. Finally, press Ctrl+T (Win) / Command+T (Mac) to bring up the Free Transform command and resize, reposition and/or rotate the image inside the film strip as needed. Press Enter (Win) / Return (Mac) when you're done to accept the changes.
Here's my final photo collage after adding photos to the middle and bottom film strips:
And there we have it!
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