If you saw the photo collage on my "1,000" layout on p. 53 of the June 2009 issue, you may be wondering, "How did she do that?" It's easier than you think to achieve this really amazing effect! Try it for yourself in Photoshop Elements by following these easy steps:

1. Open photo. Create new document and click and drag photo onto new document in project bin. Tightly crop (so only the face shows) into a square. Drag corner of photo to make the image tiny. Duplicate this layer (go to Layer > Duplicate Layer) and position directly beside the original. Select both layers, duplicate and reposition. Now select all four layers in the layers palette and repeat the above steps.

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June 2009