From the course: InDesign: Elements of a Layout
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Photo collage - InDesign Tutorial
From the course: InDesign: Elements of a Layout
Photo collage
- [Voiceover] Overlapping images to create a photo collage can create a spontaneous feel, like the images have just been scattered onto the page. A photo collage can look personal, and more often contains snapshots or images that have been made to look like snapshots. It's a good option if you have a lot of images to use with only a limited space, or if the images are from various sources with different lighting conditions. Realistic drop shadows can add a sense of depth. So, to create a photo collage in my layout in progress, I'm going to move to my second spread, Option or Alt, Page Down, come to my Layers panel and target my Pictures layer where I want the images to be placed. I'll come to the File menu and choose Place, and select these 10 numbered images, holding down the Shift key, then click Open. I'm going to place these as a grid. So I'll click and drag, as I do so, tap my right arrow to divide that into two columns, and my up arrow to divide it into five rows. I'll…
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