Photopea Steps: Dress Up Animal Digital Collage

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Today’s essential question: How can I use the Photopea app to create a digital collage?

Today we will dress up an animal using the free app Photopea. We will combine a MINIMUM of 3 images – an animal of your choice and at least 2 accessories. If you are a fast worker, try to add more!

How to create a digital collage in Photopea

  1. Go to Photopea.com. Click “Create New”
  2. Create a new file. Set the dimensions to 1080 x 1080 px and then hit “create”.
  3. Import the first image you would like to use in your collage by selecting “File -> Open & Place

How to Move Objects

  1. Use the move tool to drag objects around the canvas.
    Make sure you are on the correct layer or you might accidentally move things you do not want to move! (The layer you are on will be a darker shade of gray than the other layers in the layers palette on the lower right side of the screen.)

How to Make Objects Smaller or Rotate them

  1. Go to Edit-> Free Transform to scale and rotate objects as necessary
    Note: Do not make objects larger. This will cause them to pixelate and become blurry.

How to Duplicate Objects

  1. To duplicate an image, Go to Layer-> Duplicate Layer:

How to save your images:

  1. Click File -> Save as PSD (This will automatically save your image with layers to your downloads folder)
  2. Upload the PSD to the Google Classroom Assignment

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