Here's my photo collage clipping mask thing for the project achievement. It wasn't too difficult. First, I got a bunch of pictures and then turned them into Polaroids. It was A LOT EASIER to make all of the photos into Polaroids when I used the action that I downloaded. I like getting to just push a button and have Photoshop make the Polaroid effect for me instead of having to do each step individually on every picture. Anyway, after that, it was pretty simple. I created an 8 1/2" x 11" landscape document in Photoshop with a 300 ppi resolution, and then I had to change the resolution to 300 ppi on all of the photos so they wouldn't look blurry when I put them on the document. Then, I just copied all the photos into the document, made them all the same size and smaller, and arranged them on the page. Next, I added "Class of 2014" and "2010-2011" in a font that I liked that was also thick enough that you'd be able to see the photos. Then, I clipped the photo on the text, added a drop shadow and a bevel, and then added the word "YEAR" on the hyphen between "2010" and "2011." Anyway, that's about it. Hope you enjoy!
Okay, here's the first part of the collage we had to do. I used various pictures and used the vintage Polaroid effect on them like in the tutorial, so there's not much to explain about that. I used the same background as in the vintage Polaroid tutorial, but I made a layer on top of the background called "circles" and I set the blending mode to "Overlay." Then, I drew random white and gray circles on the layer to create darker and lighter circles on the background to make it look cool. The silhouette was pretty simple, too; I just made my selection from the picture, moved it over to the collage, and filled it with black. Then I gave it a white outer glow. To make the stroke, I just followed the same steps as in the design pattern tutorial, so, once again, not much to explain there either. Next, I added a layer below the background with a blue radial gradient in the lower right corner; then, I added a layer mask to the background and used a soft black brush to make it fade into the blue layer. Next, I added the word "Memories" and converted the text into a shape. After that, I followed the same steps as in the design pattern tutorial to make it spiral around in the corner. Finally, I added the "Remembering 2010-2011" in blue at the top and gave it an outer glow. Hope you enjoy!
