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Basically the same as Johns technique, except with Smart Objects.


Create your document.

4 inches by 6 inches at 300ppi

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Go to LAYER > NEW FILL LAYER > SOLID COLOR


A color picker will appear

Make your color white (#ffffff)


Go to VIEW > NEW GUIDE

A menu will appear

Set the orientation to Vertical

Set the position to .250

Hit OK

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Go to VIEW > NEW GUIDE

A menu will appear

Set the orientation to Vertical

Set the position to 3.750

Hit OK

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Repeat this for the horizontal guides.

Your document should look like this....

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Next

Select your Rectangle Tool (not the Rectangular Marquis Tool)

In the Tools Option bar, Make sure shape is chosen, set your Fill Color to a grey, and make sure stroke is turned off.

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Click once on the document in the document window.

This will open a "Create Rectangle" menu

make your width 1.5in and your height 2in.

Place a check mark in the "From Center" selection.

This will create a rectangle shape layer!

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With the shape layer selected/highlighted, hit Cmd/Cntrl + J 3 times. This duplicates the shape layer.


Select your Move Tool and move the shapes to the corners or wherever you want them!

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Now rename all of the shape layers according to their positions.

Your layers panel should look like this...

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Choose any layer.

Right click in the body of the layer (not the thumbnail) and choose "Convert to Smart Object".

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Repeat this for the remaining 3 shape layers.



FINAL STEP

Now choose a SmartObject/Shape layer and double click the thumbnail.

This will open a PSB document in a new tab.


In the PSB doc,

Go to FILE > PLACE EMBEDDED

Select the baby image you wish to be in this rectangle (panel)

Use the control handles to resize the image to fit in the rectangle/panel.

When done, hit OK

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Close the PSB file and hit save!

Back in your original document you will now have the baby in that panel.

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Repeat the same "Final Step" for the remaining 3 rectangle/panels.

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Your final layers panel will look like this......

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Everything is editable.

The background color can be changed.

The rectangles can be resized and moved to different positions.

If you want to change a baby's photo, just repeat the "Final Step" for each.


Here, I have repositioned the panels and changed the BG color.

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