If you’ve been wondering how to quickly and easily make a photo collage, let me show you how simple it is to use the photo collage maker built-in to Picasa! Picasa is a free photo editor and picture organizing software that is available from Google. You can easily sort your pictures, tag your friends and view pictures grouped by faces, make simple edits with your photos and so much more. Picasa is a really powerful tool and I use it nearly every day to help me create pictures for my blog.
Reasons to Use a Photo Collage Maker
First, you may be wondering why do I even need to make a photo collage? If you have a blog, a website, or even just love photos learning how to use a photo collage maker will become invaluable to you for a variety of reasons. I make collages when I want to use 2-3 pictures of a similar nature to display a certain message without having to take up the space of three pictures on my blog. Grouping pictures gives my readers a little bit more of the story while letting my website load faster without having to load three separate pictures and trying to play with and figure out the spacing of multiple pictures. Making a collage also can give your website a unique feel that does something just a bit different than the standard upload one picture and be done. I also use photo collages frequently for round-up posts where you need to be able to display several pictures all at once and want something that will be easy for your readers to share through social media such as Pinterest. You’ll also love that it’s simple to add on text to add your website link to the picture as a watermark.
Step 6: Once you are pleased at heart that the collage in the preview is just what you want it to be, click the Create Collage button. Step 7: Wait for Picasa to draft your collage. Apr 23, 2017 - Explore Picksdesigns's board 'picasso collage' on Pinterest. See more ideas about Picasso collage, Picasso, Pablo picasso. Picasa Collage creator has a handful of exclusive features which are offered by only paid collage creators. The customizable color filling option enhances the overall look of the collage. You can give it a solid color or decorate the fill by using main/centered image color shades. Easy to use and funny Collage Maker, it is amazing and free, easy way to make the collages, shared the photo to social networks. Main features: Select Collage from template. Support Drag and drop to moving the photo. Support add effect to specific photo. Support add photo frame to collage. Support add text to collage. Support rotate the photo. Derived from the French verb coller, meaning “to glue,” collage refers to both the technique and the resulting work of art in which fragments of paper and other materials are arranged and glued or otherwise affixed to a supporting surface.
How to Use the Photo Collage Maker Tool in Picasa
You’ll need to start with the desktop version of Picasa installed on your computer. If you don’t have Picasa it is a free photo software and is offered by Google. Download and install Picasa if you haven’t already.
Next, open up Picasa and load any pictures you may want to use into Picasa. Select “File” from the top menu and choose “Add Folder to Picasa”. Here, you can select all the folders you would like to include in Picasa to have available to use for your first collage and then many more to come.
When your pictures are loaded into Picasa you will then navigate through your folders on the left sidebar and pick your folder. Then, select some pictures you would like to include in your collage and hit the “Create Photo Collage” button which can be found just above your pictures you are looking at inside one of your Picasa folders. This will bring you to the collage maker where you can play with the settings, add more pictures, add grid spacing and other aspects to personalize your collage.
Photo Collage Maker Settings to Play with in Picasa
- Collage Style: There are several styles including Picture Pile, Mosaic, Frame Mosaic, and Grid. These can be found in the upper drop down menu to the left of your collage.
- Grid Spacing: This feature lets you adjust the spacing or “padding” between your pictures. It will make it so your pictures are not touching edge to edge but have some “blank” space between them. You can use grid spacing together with background color or image to create different looks.
- Background Color or Image: You can choose a solid color and adjust the color to your own preferences. You can even use the color tool to pick on of the colors from your photos. There is also an option to select an image as your background and use a photo or one of your website’s background to create different looks.
- Page Format (aka Size): You can adjust the size and dimensions of your picture collage. Different sizes will give you a different look. For example, a 4×6 image will be more tall and skinny than an 8×10 image. You can also create custom dimensions if you want a certain size.
- Image Orientation: You can switch your collage layout to be landscape or portrait orientation by selecting the small buttons indicating these orientations right below the page format size option in the settings tab.
- Drop Shadows – Adding a drop shadow can give you a bit of depth to your photo collage.
You can make some adjustments using the “Shuffle Pictures” and “Scramble Collage” buttons right below the collage your working on to help you acheive the look you want. When you’re finished with your collage the last thing you will need to do is hit the “Create Collage” button. After your collage processes it will now just be a single image file which you can add text to or one of the other adjustments available in Picasa.
Your finished collage will be saved in your File Manage if you’re using a Windows PC. Open Windows Explorer and navigate to “Libraries” and open up the “Pictures” folder found there. Next, open the “Picasa” folder and then the “Collages” folder. I create a shortcut to this folder on my desktop since I frequently use the collages I create for my blog.
Create a Collage with Picasa Step by Step
Since watching someone do it is usually easier than just reading how to do something, I made a video walk-through showing you different options and settings for making a photo collage using Picasa.
If you can’t wait to get started and make your own collages, go download Picasa! It’s a completely free editing software that will do a whole lot more, too!
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11 November Mary Hestand from Texas wrote:'It's remarkable to see Picasso's output for 1937 alone. Just the paintings he made that year would be enough to cement any artist's reputation as a master for life.'
27 September obeido from Texas wrote:
'well picasso work sold 3-4 million back in 1980s now it selling for 100 million plus what make you think that his prints sell for few hundred dollars now the price i am sure it is up there compier to back then -'
22 September Lloyd from Texas wrote:
'Love cats , so going to help with my art exam !'
11 September November from Texas wrote:
'Quarantine boredom has took me here staring at Picasso painting when he was 8. What a gifted person had ever lived!'
17 August Nascan from Bruxelles wrote:
'Bonjour Ou se trouve l’original de ce tableau « Paul en pierrot »???'
30 June Francoise Lamouche from Bruxelles wrote:
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11 June YOUR from :l wrote:
'the goat is very realistic'
21 May Roberto Dantas Araújo from :l wrote:
'Onde se localiza atualmente este auto retrato de Picasso com 90 anos de 1972 realizado a lápis de cera?' 21 May
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Steve Wirth from :l wrote:'Is the patient really his sister? Look carefully. There are male features. I read somewhere the patient is the father of the child, both beggars which Picasso paid a tiny fee to model?'
20 May stephen andras from Texas wrote:
'I believe I might have come across an early oil painting by Picasso. It is oil painting signed P. Ruiz Picasso “98” It is a painting on a church alongside a still body of water. Very realistic which was his style at that time - he would have been 17 years old. How could I find the location of this painting ?'
12 May Elva from Texas wrote: