10:24 November 6, 2009 http://www.creativepro.com/article/photoshop-how-to-quick-and-easy-collages-

In photoshop, one of the most powerful features that it has is the ability to create layers. Layers are very useful when it comes to creating collages or montages, because with the help of layers, you can place each image wherever you want and edit them in any way you want. You can also put masks or layer masks and apply effects to the image. To create this montage/collage, you have to go hunting for pictures or images. You cannot have a collage or montage with 3 pictures, you are going to need a lot more than that. Once you get all these images you have to place them all into one document. This document will allows you to choose among all of the images without having to continuously opening and closing different files. You also have got to make sure that you set the resolution and color mode to match that of your other images. Then just drag and drop each image onto the new document, and they will automatically be placed in separate layers for you in photoshop. One thing that is important, you have go to name your layers, because you don't want to be struggling to find that specific layer. After just edit and apply effects to your images, transform them in any way, and your collage/montage will be done.