You can create a collage using different means for this. Experienced users use Photoshop, but this program is quite complicated. To work in it requires serious training. You can use online services that do not need to be installed on a computer. They are easy to use, but perhaps this is their drawback. Too simple: a three-step algorithm leaves no room for creativity. However, there is still an optimal option.
One of the easiest and most convenient ways to work with collages is the Goodgle Picasa program. It allows you to select various types of combined images.
To start creating a collage, you must first choose the right photos for him. This means that they must be of good quality, clear, contrasting, so that the result is as effective as possible.
This collage maker lets you do everything automatically. After selecting the 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, then select the “Create Collage” button, which is located in the folder / album header. You can manage the content from the creation page using the "Settings" and "Clips" tabs.
To style the images, you need to use the Settings button again: six possible styles are automatically set. The “Image stack” style will allow you to create a collage of randomly scattered photos that are easy to drag, move up and down, set them to scale at your own discretion, and select the rotation angle of each of the images. If you click on the photo, the parameter wheel will appear.
The Mosaic style provides automatic fitting of photographs around the central image. The "grid" builds the images in rows and columns, giving everyone a certain equal size. The "overview sheet" will smoothly line up the photo in a reduced form. "Multiple exposure" will overlay the photo on top of each other.
To figure out how to make a collage correctly , you must first examine the Settings tab yourself. Here you can select various 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. The “grid step” sets the thickness of the frame separating the photographs. Image Borders add white or polaroid edges to frames. Using the "Page Format" you can choose the size of the collage. By default, Picasa automatically adjusts the appearance of images. "Orientation" allows you to place the photo horizontally or vertically. If you select the "Draw Shadows" checkbox, you can give the images volume and depth. If you want to add captions, click on the "Show captions" checkbox (only for the "Photo stack" style).
If you want to create a collage not from scratch, but to continue working 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 photos and add new ones. To open the next folder, click on the “More” button and click on 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 completed, you need to click the final button "Create Collage". By default, it will be saved in the Collages / My Pictures folder. You can also save and still unfinished work as a draft.
You can edit images both during their creation and after saving. To do this, open the necessary work in the Picasa library, click the "Picasa" button and you will be taken to the collage page, where all the tools necessary for making changes will be available. Even a novice can afford to create a collage in this way. Good luck!