How to create card photos in Photoshop

Photoshop software is famous for its professional features and maximum support for professional card photography. In this article, the Software Tips will guide you how to create card images in Photoshop.

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In this article, we will have 03 main parts as follows:

1. Create a green background for the card image (if the photo does not have a blue background)
2. Crop card photo according to the ratios (3x4 and 4x6)
3. Create photos to print (There are many photos in one sheet to save money when printing)

If your photo has a green background, then you go to Part 2, but if the photo is free, please follow the steps from the beginning.

1. Create a green background for card images

Step 1: You proceed to open the image you want to make a card image and select the Quick Selection tool . Then, you use the Quick Selection tool to select the subject to be separated from the background.

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Step 2: Once you've selected the subject to be separated, you select Select and Mask . to edit for softer, smoother strokes.

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Step 3: After selecting Select and Mask . we will have the Properties window . You proceed to set the parameters as follows:

1. Radius: 5 pixels (px)
2. Select Smart Radius

Finally, click OK to save.

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Step 4: You Right-click on the subject and choose Select Inverse to invert the selection.

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Step 5: Next, select Layer -> New Fill Layer -> Soild Color .

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Step 6: Then, you proceed to name it and choose Color Blue to distinguish it. Finally, click OK to move to the color selection step.

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Step 7: The Color Picker window will appear for you to choose the color. Now you need to choose blue to replace the background image. Most people today use blue with the code # 1694ff to tag images. You can enter the code to select the color faster.

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Finally you click OK is finished, so we have replaced the green background image successfully!

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2. Cut the card photo to the proportions

Step 1: Select the Crop Tool to crop the image.

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Step 2: After that, you turn to set the following parameters:

1. Mode: W x H Resolution
2. Width: 3 cm (3x4 photo) or 4 cm (4x6 photo)
3. Height: 4 cm (3x4 photo) or 6 cm (4x6 photo)
4. Resolution: 300 px / cm

Next, you use the mouse to align the image area to create a card in the center of the Crop frame to make them beautiful. When the calibration is complete, click OK to crop the image.

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Step 3: Next, you select Image -> Image Size to Resize the image to scale.

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Step 4: You proceed to set the following parameters:

1. Photo 3x4cm: 354 x 472 Pixels, Resolution 300 px / cm
2. Photo 4x6cm: 472 x 709 Pixel, Resolution 300 px / cm

Then you click OK to save.

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Step 5: Next, select Image -> Canvas Size .

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Step 6: Continue setting the parameters as follows:

1. Photo 3x4cm: 390 x 600 Pixels
2. Photo 4x6cm: 570 x 870 Pixel
3. Color White

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Finally, click OK to finish! So you have finished the photo cropping and resizing according to the ratio of 3x4 and 4x6 images.

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3. Create an image to print

To save money on printing, we will create a card photo into a 10 x 15 cm photo frame to print once.

Step 1: Select Edit -> Define Pattern to create a Pattern image.

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Step 2: You name it arbitrary so that it is easy to remember and click OK .

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Step 3: Choose File -> New (Ctrl + N) to create a new working file and set the following parameters:

1. Width: 10 centimeters
2. Height: 10 centimeters
3. Resolution: 300 centimeters

Then, click Create to create.

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Step 4: Select Edit> Fill to paste the newly created Pattern .

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Step 5: Select the newly created image Pattern above the article and click OK .

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And this is our result after framing the image for printing.

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If you want to print always, just select File -> Print . (Ctrl + P) is done.

In this article, Software Tips guide you how to create card images and create multi-card photo frames on Photoshop. Good luck!