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Choose a digital photograph.
1a. For this tutorial copy this photo of Portland to your hard
drive
1b.Open it in Photoshop.
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2a. Copy this template to your hard drive.
2b.Open it in Photoshop.
Resize template, depending on photo used.
3a. Click on Image-Image Size
Change width to 8 inches.
3b. Save template, as a PSD, call it Portland-m.psd
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4. Make a pattern. For this tutorial we will
use six sections.
(The other colors will not be used in this tutorial)
4-1.
Click on the green section with the Magic wand tool.
4-2. Right Click, choose Laver via Copy
4-3. Drag the green section onto portland.jpg photo.
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4-4. Change Layer 1 to 40% Opacity.
4-5. Press Ctrl-T to move and rotate pattern over the section you
want to use.
4-6. Press Enter to accept.
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4-7. Hold down the Ctrl key while you click
on Layer 1, on the layer panel. This will select the wedge shape.
4-8. With wedge shape still selected. Click on Background layer,
on the layer panel.
4-9. Copy using Ctrl-c. This puts a copy of the pattern on the clipboard.
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First Section
5a.Click on portland-m.psd
5b. Use Ctrl-v to paste 1st section onto portland-m.psd
(You should see a section of the Portland photo)
5c. Close Portland.jpg
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6. Ctrl-t to move 1st wedge into place
7. Ctrl-v to paste in 2nd wedge
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8. Click Edit-Transform-Flip Horizontal
9. Ctrl-t to move 2nd wedge into place |
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10. Ctrl-v to paste in 3rd wedge
11. Click Edit-Transform-Flip Horizontal
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12. Ctrl-t to move 3rd wedge into place
13. On the Layers panel, click on the eye next to Background Layer,
to make it invisible
14. Press Shift-Ctrl-E to Merge Visable |
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Create Second Half
15. Drag the Layer 3 copy to the Create New Layer icon at the
bottom of the background layer.
(You will now have two halfs, one on top of the other)
16. Click Edit-Transform-Flip Vertical |
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17. Drag 2nd half into place with Ctrl-t.
18. Ctrl-e to merge down. |
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19. Mandala is now complete |
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