- 1). Open Photoshop, click the "File" menu and select "New." Name the file "Wallpaper" and set your preferred collage dimensions, such as 1280 pixels by 1024 pixels. Pull down the "Color Mode" menu and select "RGB Color." Click "OK" and the Photoshop workspace opens.
- 2). Click the "File" menu again and select "Open." Navigate to where your collage pictures are located on your computer or flash drive. Photoshop supports multiselect, so press and hold down the "Ctrl" button on the keyboard, click once on each photo to use for the collage and click the "Open" button on the screen. The photos tile into the Photoshop workspace. If the photos are in multiple places on your computer, navigate to each one and open them individually until they are all on the Photoshop screen.
- 3). Press and hold down the "Ctrl" key, click on one of the photos for the collage and drag and drop it onto the "Wallpaper" box. Resize the picture as desired by pulling down the "Edit" menu, clicking "Transform" > "Scale" and shrinking the image to size. Drag it into place. Close that picture to remove it from the screen.
- 4). Repeat the "Ctrl" and drag-and-drop process until all the images are dropped onto the "Wallpaper" box.
- 5). Pull down the "Window" menu and click "Layers" to open the "Layers" palette, which may already be open by default. Notice that each picture on the "Wallpaper" box is on its own layer.
- 6). Click the "Move" tool, which looks like a black arrowhead at the top of the "Tools" palette, click a layer and drag the picture around. Make sure no pictures overlap the "Wallpaper" box onto the gray Photoshop workspace or they'll be cut off. Position the pictures as desired, such as overlapping pictures or tiling them next to each other.
- 7). Click the small lines icon at the top right of the "Layers" palette. Select "Flatten Image." Click the "File" menu, then click "Save As" and select "JPEG" from the "Format" menu. Save the collage to your computer in a folder where you keep graphics or can easily find it again.
- 8). Right-click your computer desktop and select "Personalize." Click the "Browse" button at the top of the "Choose your desktop background" window and navigate to the folder where you stored the collage. Check the top-left corner of the picture and click "Save Changes," then close the window and your collage becomes your wallpaper, automatically filling your screen.
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