In the Box Photoshop

In the Box Sample Video

Step 1:

• Open the In the Box Template provided for you in class
• When you open the file you will have a lot of layers already there

Step 2:

• On Layers Pallet
  • Click on the layer called Top Left

Step 3:

• Go to
  • File
    • Place Embedded

Step 4:

• Find the folder with your box photos
  • Select the photo you want to go into the Top Right of your project
    • Click Place

Step 5:

• The photo will appear in the middle of your template
• The photo will be placed on the layers pallet above the top left box

Step 5:

• Move the photo to the top left corner
  • It is ok that it is bigger than the black box in the corner.
    • We will fix that in a couple steps

Step 6:

• Make sure you are still on the layer of the image you just moved
  • Right click on this layer
    • Create Clipping Mask

Step 7:

• Click Control T
  • Hold the Shift Key
    • Make the photo start to to fit into the box

Step 8:

• Line up the edge of the box with the edge of the image
  • Make sure that you can not see anything outside the box
    • Click Enter when you have the image perfectly in the box

Step 9:

• On Layers Pallet
  • Click on the layer called Top Mid

Step 10:

• Go to
  • File
    • Place Embedded

Step 11:

• Pick the next image you want to go into the template
• Click Place

Step 12:

• Move the photo to the middle top box
• Make sure you are still on the layer for this image
  • Right click on the layer
    • Create Clipping Mask

Step 13:

• Click Control T
  • Hold the Shift Key
    • Make the photo fit into the box
      • All the edges should line up

Step 14:

• On Layers Pallet
  • Click on the layer called Top Right

Step 15:

• Go to
  • File
    • Place Embedded
      • Pick the next image you want to go into the template
        • Click Place

Step 16:

• Move the photo to the top left box

Step 17:

• Make sure you are still on the layer for this image
  • Right click on the layer
    • Create Clipping Mask

Step 18:

• Click Control T
  • Hold the Shift Key
    • Make the photo fit into the box
      • All the edges should line up
        • Click Enter when done

Step 19:

Continue steps 2-8 for the the 2nd and 3rd rows untile every box is filled

Step 20:

• On the Layers Pallet
  • Click on the layer called Background Layer
    • It has a brown box

Step 21:

• Select the Eye Dropper Tool
  • Click anywhere on the inside of one of the boxes
    • This will select the color of the box

Step 22:

• Select the Paint Bucket Tool

Step 23:

• Zoom in closely so you can see the brown lines that are between the boxes
• Make sure you are still on the brown Background Layer
  • Click the Paint Bucket Tool directly on the brown lines
    • They will now have turned the new color that matches the box you sampled