What's the easiest way to make this? (Photo Collage)

[IDM_Instruments]

What's the easiest way to go about making this kind of image (with the images in squares), or would it be a matter of just painstakingly resizing every image to a grid?

Would this be easier in inDesign?

[melissapiccone]

I would run a batch in Bridge on all the images you want to use to make them square. Then create the x shape and use clipping masks to have the images inside the shap. You might be able to find an action to place all of your images into a single file.

[Norman Sanders · Accepted solution]

There is no swift way to create this pattern that consists of <150 image fragments.

1. Choose the 150 Images, set the Crop ratio to 1:1, position and crop the fragment. Size is not important at this time,

2. Write an Action that makes all the square images one common size, for example 1"x1"

3. Create a pattern similar to the one shown, each box 1" 

4. Open a new file and Edit > Fill with the pattern. Add the X mask

5. Open your main blank image file set to 10"x15" and place the checkerboard as a layer above it

6. Magic wand to select the first box

7. Open one of the fragment images and Select > All > Edit > Copy -- key shortcuts or small Action

8. Move to the main file and Edit > Paste Special > Paste Into -- key shortcut or small Action

8. Repeat Steps 6,7,8 for all images. Convert to blue/black duotone if desired

[angie_taylor]

You could try this script by JJ Mack?

auto tile 100's of images?

[Martin_Bns]

Hi there,

I agree with Norman.
Usa a prebuild scheme of squares and fill them with your images.
Group the whole thing and apply your adjustment layers in order to tone the image as desired.

Cheers,
Martin