| Making a digital photo collage is not as difficult as one | | | | collage. Move the pictures around to see what looks |
| might think. It's really very simple with most photo | | | | letter where, try to create some balance, perhaps |
| editing software. It just takes a little time and patience. | | | | choose a focal picture to place in the middle and be |
| Even basic photo editing software that normally come | | | | larger than the others. But the focus does not have to |
| with the purchase of a digital camera or printer. A very | | | | always be in the middle, see what works best with the |
| good photo editing software is PhotoShop Elements | | | | pictures you are using. |
| and older versions of it, which are perfectly fine, often | | | | Now comes the most difficult part, the blending. For this |
| come included with a new digital camera, printer or | | | | we use the eraser tool. Choose your eraser tool and |
| scanner. | | | | the size you want based on the size of your pictures. |
| Photoshop Elements 2.0 is the software I have used | | | | You want a blurred edge eraser for better blending. |
| for my step by step guide, How to Make a Photo | | | | Erase the hard edge on each picture first then one by |
| Collage. | | | | one, blend into each other, resizing the pictures where |
| The basic steps in making a collage are simple. The | | | | necessary. This is not something that can be taught, |
| first step would be to open a blank document in your | | | | you have to just jump in and try it, if you make a |
| photo editing software. Your blank document should be | | | | mistake you can always delete the layer of that |
| the size you want your finished photo collage to be, | | | | picture and open the picture again and drag it back in |
| example, 8x10 and of a resolution of 300 for good | | | | and try again. Use the step backward tool as well to |
| printing quality. | | | | undo any mistakes when you can. |
| Next choose your pictures, keep it to about 10 pictures | | | | You've made a photo collage, time to look around and |
| or less to begin with, till you are used to working with a | | | | make any final touches and adjustments. Save your |
| lot of pictures so as not to be overwhelmed. Open | | | | document as a PSD, the default Photoshop Elements |
| them and drag them into your blank document. | | | | file type and then save it again as a jpeg so you can |
| Next resize the pictures as necessary. A tip, hold | | | | print and/or share it. Keep the PSD file in order to |
| down the shift key as you drag from a corner to | | | | make any changes to your photo collage as you |
| resize the picture, holding the shift key will keep the | | | | cannot change or adjust the jpeg file, it is just a copy. |
| proportions of the picture so as not to distort the | | | | See, was that so hard? For an illustrated step-by-step |
| image. You can resize back bigger or smaller as | | | | guide you can print and use to help you along the way |
| needed as you work to decide the layout o the photo | | | | please visit my website. |