I have been asked to post a tutorial on a collage against a brick wall. It is quite easy to do. First you need a photo of a brickwall. You can get a free stock photo here. You only have to register. The site is http://www.sxc.hu/
Step 1 : I have opened the photo of the brickwall.
Step 2 : Now choose a set of photos for the collage. I have opened one of Aishwarya Rai.
Step 3 : Click the Move Tool.
Step 4 : Drag the photo onto the brick wall with the Move Tool.
Step 5 : In the top panel make sure that Show Transform Controls (Bounding Box in PS7) is checked).
Step 6 : The photo has been moved to the brick wall. Note you can see the corner handles because the Show Transform Controls are checked.
Step 7 : Press SHIFT and ALT and drag inwards. This will resize the photo proportionately and make it smaller. (You can make it bigger proportionately in the same way). Note that a small bent arrow appears when you hover the cursor on a corner.
Step 8 : Use the bent arrow to rotate the photo in any direction you please. I have rotated it to the left. Then press Enter to apply the transformation.
Step 9 : Click the Add Layer Style Button.
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Step 10 : Click Stroke from the popup.
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click on Copy Layer Syle.
Step 15 : Now I am clicking back on Layer 7.
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Step 16 : I am right clicking Layer 7 and from the popup clicking on Paste Layer Style.
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Look what has happened. Since I have used only one layer style i.e. Stroke. It has been applied to the seventh photo that I have added. When you apply a number of layer styles to a layer, you copy and paste them to subsequent layers helping save time and effort.
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Step 19 : First drag the Hue slider slightly to the right to get the Sepia tone. You can of course change to any other color you like. Dragging the Hue slider will allow you to change the color. Next drag the Saturation slider depending on the saturation you want. Lastly set the Lightness slider which will brighten or lessen the brightness of the image.
And this is the finished collage. Try it out.
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