Tutorial Needed, 'Photo Prints' Effect

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I am looking for a tutorial to help design a splash page for a website. The site is for a family members holiday apartments in Kent that we plan to update over winter, so what I am looking for is how to create 'photos' - let me explain. I want to have a line of images running across the screen that appear to be old style prints thrown a little haphazardly across a table top, so they overlap here and there and each 'print' has a white border, and of course some shadows underneath to create a bit of 3d depth.

Yes, I know its a bit cliched, but its what she wants and I think when combined with a modern feeling wesbite, it could work. However, I have had a go using just my general photoshop knowledge, and cant quite get it right, so if anyone knows of any tutorials, either on line, or that they have sitting on their hard drives, I would be very grateful for them.

Thanks for reading, and many thanks in advance for any info :thumbs:
 
Hi LadyLens
This is how I do this kind of effect:
Border – you can either use the “Stroke” tool (Edit->Stroke) with a pixel width that suits (try 30, then play around until you are happy with the proportion), or use Image->Canvas Size to increase the overall image size with the background colour set to white.
Shadow – Create a New Layer & copy the image into it; resize to fit. The select Layer->Layer Style->Drop Shadow, and play with the settings until the shadow looks soft and authentic.
Remember to apply the same shadow settings to each “photo” or they won’t look right.
Good luck!
Phil
 
Just create a new blank document the size you want for the completed montage. Then paste all the photos you want into that document as seperate layers. Then use the layer styles to add a white stroke as a border and use the drop shadow effect. Use the transform tool to rotate and move each one into the desired position and rearrange the layers to 'stack' them the way you want. Job done!
 
Doh! Beaten to it!
 
Yep - what Garry and Phil said - that's how I'd do it. Pretty straightforward LL, you shouldn't have any probs with it. :)
 
Use a small 'distance' setting or it will look like the photos are floating rather than sitting on a table. It should really only be a hairline shadow considering the width of a photo!
 
Gotta be quick Garry when there's a damsel in distress here!!!
 
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