Triptych type images

[avantimages]

Can anyone tell me how to create (or where to find instruction on the net) a

triptych type image in Photoshop like the example below? I can do it pretty

easily in IrfanView (albeit, in multiple steps) but I dislike using two

programs where I know one will do the trick.

 

Many thanks,

 

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[patricklavoie]

create a new document to your specification, white background.

 

create a frame using the marquee tool, use stroke color to add a black color around.

 

copy your 3 image in this document

[errolyoung]

The 3 images and the background will all be on different levels. Use Save As to save as JPG.

 

Errol

[emre]

Different 'layers'...and that's a good thing. It enables you to swap images in and out without cutting.

[steven_clark]

In fact I might even make the "matte" the top layer with a mask presenting the holes so you get sorta an automatic crop even if the images don't start out perfectly matching in size.

[frans_waterlander]

You will have alignment problems if you create one larger image and copy the smaller images onto it. Take your first image, enlarge the canvas in one direction and copy your second image onto it using the snap function. If your first image is a portrait format and measures say 6x9", enlarge its canvas area to the right to a total of say 13" and in the process choose the canvas extension color. When the second image snaps to the right edge you have exactly 1" between the two images. Flatten to mimimize file size. Then repeat the process for the third image. After that, enlarge the canvas again to create borders.

[patricklavoie]

You will have alignment problems if you create one larger image

 

Thats why guides exist : )

[frans_waterlander]

In my honest opinion, guides are a pain to use and that's why I use Canvas Size.

[greg lockrey]

You could use Qimage to do this very thing or make your images different sizes and then "frame" them all together as in a collage.

[avantimages]

Hey thanks for all the input everyone :) Quite helpful!