Step 1 - photos
Download a picture of yourself to the computer. You can use the same photograph for all nine portraits, or use different ones.
Download photographs that you want to use for your portrait "transformation".
All photographs should be good quality.
Keep in ming that the final portrait will be a square. That means that some cropping will occur.
Step 2 - combining photos
Work on one portrait at a time. Be creative.Save each portrait as a separate file.
Special attention to the quality of the selections, blending techniques, color and contrast matching.
Step 3 - putting together
1. Open New file: 15 x 15 inches, resolution 100ppi. Save it.
2. Place the grid: View>Show>Grid
3. Set the grid size:
Edit>Preferences>Guides, Grid&Slices
Grid line every: 5 in Subdivisions: 1
4. Open you first portrait file.
Merge all Layers.
Choose Crop Tool. Hold Shift and define your cropping area - it should be a square. Hit Enter.
Choose Move Tool. Drag the image onto the newly created file.
Close the portrait file. Do Not Save the changes!!!!! You want to still be able to go back and use the layers if necessary.
5. Repeat the steps with the rest of the portraits. Resize them to fit their cells in the grid. Remember to hold Shift while resizing to constrain proportions.
6. Type your name in the bottom right corner. Use a small font size (size 8 or below).