Article · Mixed Media Artist
Digital collage using scanned background papers
By Cyndi Lavin
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2007
About this lesson
A six-step Photoshop workflow for building digital collages from scanned, hand-made background papers: desaturating and pasting cut-out elements, blending them in with overlay and hard-light modes, and using layer masks with a soft grey brush for a misty, integrated look.
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