How to quickly and correctly create a collage
You can create a collage using differentfacilities. Experienced users use Photoshop, but this program is quite complicated. To work in it requires serious preparation. You can use online services that you do not need to install on your computer. They are easy to use, but, perhaps, this is their drawback. Too simple: the three-step algorithm does not leave freedom for creativity. However, there is still the best option.
One of the most simple and convenient ways to work with collages is the Goodgle Picasa program. It allows you to select different types of combined images.
To start creating a collage, you need tofirst pick up suitable photos for him. This means that they must be of good quality, clear, contrasting, so that the result is as effective as possible.
This program for creating a collage allows alldo automatically. After selecting a photo, in the open window you need to click the "Collage" button, which is located directly in the area of the photos placed in it. If you want to use all the photos at once, select the "Create a collage" button, which is located in the folder / album header. You can manage content from the creation page using the Settings and Clips tabs.
To set the style of the images, you need againUse the "Settings" button: six possible styles are automatically defined. The "Image stack" style will create a collage of chaotically scattered photos that are easy to drag, move up and down, set them scale at their own discretion, choose the rotation angle of each image. If you click on a photo, the parameter control wheel appears.
The style of "Mosaic" provides for automaticFit photos around the central image. "Grid" builds images by rows and columns, giving everyone a certain equal size. "Overview sheet" will exactly build up the photo in a reduced form. "Multiple Exposure" will superimpose photos on each other.
To understand how to properly make a collage,you must first explore the "Settings" tab. Here you can select different parameters that change the appearance of the images. Each type of collage corresponds to an individual set of settings.
The main sub-items of the "Settings" are as follows. "Grid step" specifies the thickness of the frame that separates the photos. "Image boundaries" add white or Polaroid edges to the frames. Using the "Page Format" you can choose the size of the collage. By default, Picasa configures the appearance of images automatically. "Orientation" allows you to place photos horizontally or vertically. If you check the "Draw Shadows" check box, you can give the images a volume and a depth. If you want to add captions, you need to click on the "Show captions" checkbox (only for the "Photo stack" style).
If you want to create a collage from scratch, and continuework on an existing one, then additional photos can be selected using the "Clips" tab in the image creation window. In it you can open a folder with a photo and add new ones. To open the next folder, click the "More" button and click the "+" icon.
You can delete an unnecessary photo by simply pressing the corresponding button, which is located under the collage.
When the creation work is finished, you need to pressthe final button "Create a collage." By default, it will be saved in the "Collages" / My Pictures folder. Also you can save and still unfinished work as a draft.
You can edit images as in the process of theircreation, and after saving. To do this, open the necessary work in the Picasa library, click the "Picasa" button and you will go to the page of the collage where all the tools necessary for making changes will be available. Create a collage in this way on the strength of even a beginner. Good luck!
