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on 6/2/2008

Photoshop Tutorials!

Multiple Backgrounds Tutorial





1. Open up several images that you would like to use as a background.

2. On each file go to Edit > Define Pattern...

3. Next, open your image. I used this one (click it to view full size):



4. Outline the person. If you don't know how to do that, refer to my other tutorial: here.

5. After outlining, make the person on a new layer. A shortcut to do this is pressing control J.

6. Now go to your layers palette, and press the little f button! Then click on 'Stroke...' It looks like below.



7. I set the size to 30px, and Fill Type to pattern. My settings look like below:



8. Press okay.

9. Now my image looks like below (click for the full size):



10. Now here's the tricky part...

11. Go to the layers palette, and create a new layer by pressing this button:



12. Your layers palette should resemble below:



13. Drag Layer 1 above Layer 2. So it looks like below:



14. Now click control + e. Or go to Layer > Merge down. It should look like this:



15. Press the little F button again... select Stroke... and repeat step #7.

16. You should now have two backgrounds... repeat steps #11-14 to add more backgrounds to the photo! For the typical 'preppy' signs found on myspace, everyone does it twice. Do what you please though.

17. You're done! :D

18. My final outcome looks like this (I did it all the way) Click to view full size: