Steps 1 :

  • Pick 5 Images of a similar topic. (sport, cars, hobby, food, person, objects, etc.)
  •  These objects do NOT have to be blue. We will be changing their color in the next few steps.
  • I choose 5 different photos for Ice skates for my topic.

 

Step 2: You will be changing each image to a blue hue

  • Click on the Adjustments circle at the bottom of Layers Pallet (circle half black half white) 
    • Go to Hue/Saturation
      • Click the Colorize Button
        • Move the Hue Slider to create a Blueish color
          • Move the Saturation to make the Blue stronger or lighter
            • Flatten and Save images  

 

Step 3:

  • You will be making a New Canvas.
    •  Go to the File – New
      •  11 x 11 inches
        • 72 Resolution 
          • Background Color White

Step 4

  • Go to View 
    • Guide
      • New Guide Layout

 

Step 5:

  • Columns 
    • Number  3
    • Gutter  0.2 in
  • Rows

    • Number 3

    • Gutter  0.2 in

 

Step 6:

  • Select the Rectangle Tool
    •  Fill: any color of Blue you would like
    • Stroke:  White with Red / through it

Step 7:

  • Draw a box in the first square 
    • Follow the grid lines to make sure you are inside the black line and leaving a TINY bit of a white space

Step 8:

  • Click
    • Control J on Layer Rectangle 1 to duplicate the layer
      • Move the duplicated blue square to the next box

Step 9:

  • Click on the Paint Bucket Tool (if you don’t see it right click on Gradeint Tool)
    • Pick a different shade of blue
      • Click the paint bucket tool anywere on the square and it will change it’s color

Step 10:

  • Click
    • Control J on Layer Rectangle 2 to duplicate the layer
      • Move the duplicated blue square to the next box
  • Click on the Paint Bucket Tool 
    • Pick a different shade of blue
      • Click the paint bucket tool anywere on the square and it will change it’s color

Step 10:

You will be repeating step 8 and step 9 until the entire graph is filled with blue squares

Step 11:

  • Click on Rectangle 1 Layer (the first blue box you made)
  • Go to
    • FilePlace Embedded
  • Pick one of the photos you picked and edited earlier
    • Click OK

NOTE: ALL EMBEDDED photos will show up in the middle of the graph 

Step 12:

  •  The embedded photo will be the 3rd Layer, right above Rectangle 1 layer
    • Move the image ontop of the top left square 
      • Make the image a little bigger than the square
        • Click Enter

Step 13:

  • Right click on layer 3
    • Choose Create Clipping Mask
      • The photo will now be in the square

Step 14:

  • Click on Rectangle 1 Copy Layer
  • Go to
    • File- Place Embedded
    • Move the image ontop of the second box (top middle) and make it sized little bigger than the box
  • On the Layers pallete, Right click on the image
    • Pick Create Clipping Mask

Step 15:

  • Repeat adding embedded above each square and adding the clipping mask until you have the entire top row with photo
  • Repeat the steps for the left column
  • When you are done you will have 3 images on the top row and 3 down the left side