How to create Art Fragmentation of Photos

This tutorial will show you how art fragmentation of photos can be done using Photoshop.

Glimpse of the Photo effect

How To:

Step 1:

Take the photo of your choice and open it in Photoshop. (Source of the below image: Flickr)

This effect is best suited for close-up photographs. So, choose an appropriate photo.

Step 2:

If needed, crop the image in the desired size. For this, make the selection and go to Image > Crop.

The cropped photo is shown below:

Step 3:

Let us now modify the contrast of the photo. For doing that, duplicate the layer.

Step 4:

Change the layer mode to Overlay on the new layer.

The image looks similar to what is shown below.

Step 5:

Now duplicate the new layer again and change the mode of the layer to Screen.

Step 6:

We shall now merge all the layers together using Layer > Merge Visible.

A single merged layer is now seen.

Step 7:

Apply Image > Adjustments > Levels and modify the presets of the layer.

Select Custom preset and in the RGB channel, change the preset.

Step 8:

Repeat this step again, but this time with Red Channel.

Step 9:

Again go to Image > Adjustments > Levels. Now we will adjust the Levels with the Blue Channel selected.

Step 10:

Duplicate (Ctrl+J) this layer.

Step 11:

To apply blur effect to this layer, Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur

Increase the blur radius to the desired pixels from the current radius.

Step 12:

Select this layer and change the layer style to Multiply.

Step 13:

Pick the Rectangular Marquee Tool and make a selection similar to the one shown below.

Hit the Delete button to clear the area selected using the Marquee tool.

To remove the selection hit Ctrl + D

Step 14:

The final step is to apply Stroke layer effect. To do this go to Layer > Layer Style > Stroke.

We will create a frame by setting the below attributes to the layer.

Finished Image

You can use these tools to create different fragmented effects. Experiment as you please!