Creating picture package in Photoshop: (Tutorial)

Professional photographers always need a method to make an array of passport photo or we may say picture package of passport photo. Here I am explaining step by step process to do the same thing.

Scanning a photograph:
Step 1: Scan the photograph for which you want to make a picture package by your scanner and save the scanned image file.

Step 2: Open the scanned image file in Photoshop.

Resizing the image:
Step 3: Now change the image size by clicking “Image menu > Image size”. Image size dialogue box will be appeared on the screen. Set the Document size type in width as 2 and height as 3 inches and set the resolution as 200. Before doing this also uncheck the Constrain Proportion checkbox and then press “Ok” button to resize the image. For more details on how to resize the image click here and read. After resizing the image your image should look like this.

Making a border around the photo:
Step 4: Now Click “Select menu > All” to select the entire image. Now click “Edit > Stroke”, Stroke dialogue box will be appeared on the screen.

Step 5: Now type in stroke width 5 px and choose Color of stroke as white and choose Stroke Location is “Inside” and Blending mode is normal, Opacity is 100% and then press “Ok” button. Now the image will be looked like the following picture.

Defining a pattern of image:
Step 6: Now click “Select > All” to select the entire image again and then click “Edit > Define Pattern”. “Define Pattern” dialogue box will be appeared on the screen. It asks for name of the pattern which you want to create. Type in a desired name there and press “Ok” button to close the window. Now we have successfully created a pattern.

Creating Package of defined pattern:
Step 7: Now click “File > New” to create a new file. New file dialogue box will be appeared on the screen set width as 8 inches and height as 12 inches and resolution of the image as 200 pixels/inch and then press “Ok” button. A blank 8x12 inches page will be appeared on the screen.
Here you may see that we have created a blank page of size 8 width and 12 height and our image size is 2x3 means 2 inches width and 3 inches height so that photo array will be 4x4 means total 16 passport photos. By this way you can calculate the measurement by your requirement and alter the above sizes.

Step 8: Click “Edit > Fill” then Fill dialogue box will be appeared on the screen. Choose “Pattern” from the Use drop down list box and Choose your define pattern from Custom pattern drop down list box. You may find newly created pattern at the end of the custom pattern list. Leave the opacity to 100% and Blending mode as normal and then press “Ok” button to fill the created pattern in blank page and you are done.
Hope that you will like this method. If you face any difficulty you can feel free to mail me.
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