Large trade show graphics - question on laying one graphic all across

Question

Hi I am using PSCS4 and I am on XP.
I thought I would ask this before I began my project.
I have a job to create a trade show booth display. There are 13 wall panels graphics set up. I normally design each one by one in Photoshop. 11 are the same size, one is half the size and one doesn't really apply to this question as it is small and above a door.
I have been instructed to apply a background image of a map of the world to these graphics, but not on each separate graphic, but acorss the whole area of panels. (might be splitting it up in half because there is one side and then other, like an L shape. Here is a photo of a drawing I received with no artwork on it yet.
I wanted to know if there was a way to do this as I think it would get tricky with bleeds involved and such. There are also slats inbetween each panel (as you can see from the photo) and I guess I kinda want things to line it up right. I could do it the way I normally would, just making sure I crop in the right places, but wondered if there was a way to lay it all out somehow differently.
Thank you.

Answer 1

Hi Stella.
I'm a little confused about whether you are talking about making the full sized panels for the booth or panels for a perspective view rendering. MTSTUNER has addressed the second possibility. Here's some more info you might find useful either way.
There are 13 wall panels graphics set up. ...11 are the same size, one is half the size and one doesn't really apply to this question as it is small and above a door. ...I have been instructed to apply a background image of a map of the world to these graphics, but not on each separate graphic, but acorss the whole area of panels. (might be splitting it up in half because there is one side and then other, like an L shape.
If I understand you correctly, you are asking how to create the something like below. Except that there will be additional graphics on each panel over the map.
Here is one way.
Make a front view of the walls: First create a rectangle the same aspect ratio as the panels. Size it appropriately. Then copy it and move it to the right the width of the panel. Repeat the process until you have made 13 panels. I have marked the corners with yellow. The door is black (duh!) Now scale the panel to the left of the right inside corner to width 50% to make it a half panel. Now move the panels on the right left until everything lines up again.
Now paste your map in and transform it to match your wall view.
Now split the map into two parts. We need to split it over the door. Thanks to the miracle of plate tectonics we have a convenient place to split the map there. The Atlantic Ocean on a line east of New Foundland and west of Africa. With the Marquee Tool set to Show transform controls, I selected the left half and dragged the right handle to the corner (yellow line). Then did the same thing with the right half, aligning the left edge with the right side of the door. (To avoid resampling the map twice, you could split it before you add it, then transform each half to fit.)
Below is the result. Now you can create your individual panels.
To create the first panel on the left, Ctrl+Click on the panel layer's thumbnail. Select the map layer.
Now copy the selection to a new layer (Ctrl+J). I would name this layer Map Panel 1 (brilliant!). It is now the background for the additional graphics. Repeat for each panel, including the half panel.
Below are the first five panels, comprising the left wall (I would group them). I added a stroke to the outside of the panels to simulate the panel frames.Then nudged each of them right to realign them. Now you may select each panel and add the additional graphics over the map. You will work on one panel at a time, but you can see how the wall looks as a whole. Repeat for the remaining three walls. (Or you could consider the three panels right of the door going aroud the corner as one.)
Whether you are creating full size panels or a perspective view, the above method could work for you. At least conceptually.
To apply the finished artwork to a rendering of the booth, create a perspective view of the room as described by MTSTUNER. Then merge a copy of each wall group into a new wall layer. Apply each new wall layer to the perspective grid. Below, you can see the result. The artwork has been forshortened and skewed to the proper perspective.
(The following Screenshot is presented in DogVision)
FWIW.
Peace,
Lee