how to create a family photo montage?

robnye

help,

i want to create a montage of different photos onto a single document (A4 size)

so that it can then be printed and framed

any ideas what software i can use to do it....

ive looked at ms-word, but that will only allow regimented block like pattern

regards

rob

Marty_J

Big Huge Labs have a mosaic maker (among other things) for Flickr users:

http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/mosaic.php

robnye

Marty_J wrote: »

Big Huge Labs have a mosaic maker (among other things) for Flickr users:

http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/mosaic.php

silly question, does that mean i woul dhave to upload the pictures to flickr then?

Marty_J

Yes, I think so. It's free to make an account though, and quite easy to upload.

I use Flickr myself, and liked it so much I even paid for a Pro account.

jmc160

Microsoft Research have just released a program called Autocollage.

http://research.microsoft.com/AutoCollage/Default.aspx

It's easy to use and creates nice collages of multiple photos.

30-day trial is free (there will be a watermark) or it's £19.90 to buy (no watermark). That gets you five licenses, so it's essentially just under £4 per computer you install it on.

Iconic

Picasa is free and will do it ....

http://picasa.google.com/

jmc160

Yes Picasa is free, but for quality there's no comparison.

Try it & you'll see what I mean.

Iconic

jmc160 wrote: »

Yes Picasa is free, but for quality there's no comparison.

Try it & you'll see what I mean.

I did and you are right. If the OP is prepared to accept a watermark or pay £20 there is no contest;)