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This tutorial demonstrates how to fill a cube with images. To work along exactly, you are welcome to download the start images Here. Unzip the file and open the images onto Photoshop’s workspace.
My tutorial here demonstrates how to create cubes.
Note
Positioning images onto cubes utilising the Distort command is relatively simple; once the corners of a photograph are lined up with the cube’s corners, the photograph snaps into
position. The Vanishing Point command can also be implemented. My tutorial Here demonstrates how to utilise the Vanishing Point command.
Undo and Navigation Steps
Two ways of undoing steps are from the top menu, Edit then Step Backwards.
Alternatively, click a previous snapshot in the History Palette.
Navigate (zoom in and pan) your image using the Navigator Palette,
or the Zoom Tool. 
Activate The Hand Tool by tapping the Spacebar, keeping the Spacebar pressed, pan your image in the usual way. 
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Open your start images, and cube - onto Photoshop’s workspace; then extend the cube’s grey workspace by dragging out one of its corners.
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Now, activate your first image, and ensure it has been Cropped to a square (ish) shape. Then activate the Move Tool. 
Then left-click, and drag your first image onto the cube. To save PC resources, delete the original (first) image.
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Working with the first (poppy) image, from the top menu, choose Edit then choose Transform then choose Distort. Your image will then be surrounded by a vector transformation bounding box.
Now, to resize the image, so it fits inside the right-side panel, left-click the following square repositioning box, then gently tug it, so it lines up with the cube’s bottom-right corner - as illustrated below.
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Then left-click the (photograph’s) bottom-left square box, then drag it - so it lines up with the cube’s bottom-left corner.
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Now, tug the top-left square box, and line it up with the cube’s top-left corner, as illustrated below.
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Then line up the top-right square box, with the cube’s top-right corner, as illustrated below.
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Now, zoom into your cube, and readjust the photograph, so it fits the panel, snugly. When you are satisfied with the fit, press your Enter/Return key to effect the change.
Note
You can make final adjustments, later.
 
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Now, activate the second image, then drag it onto the cube; and Distort it, so it fits inside the top panel - exactly as you did with the first. Remembering to take your time, and position your image, one corner at a time.
 
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After you have positioned the top panel’s photograph, drag the third image onto the cube, and position it into the remaining panel - using the Distort command.
 
Note
If you notice part of the cube displaying through the photograph, activate the corresponding layer (in the Layers palette), then carefully line the photograph up, utilising either the Distort command, or the Free Transform command (Ctrl then T).
Tip
Press Ctrl then V to activate the Move Tool, then nudge a photograph into position (pixel by pixel) by tapping your numerical keys.
Tip
Experiment with different Blending Modes, to see how the photograph’s pixels interact with the cube’s.
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When you are completely happy with your cube, from the top menu, choose Layer then choose Flatten Image. Then drag your cube onto a different background - or (prior to flattening the layers), fill the transparent background with either a Solid Colour, Pattern or Gradient, (top menu, then Layer then New Fill Layer).
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When you are completely happy with your work, it is ready to save.
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