Today I will teach you how to make a collage with photos to obtain spectacular results in a super simple way. Because thanks to the fact that design programs are becoming more and more intuitive, making a collage is very easy, fast and successful .
Making a collage or mosaic of photos can be a good idea as a gift, to put in a frame and give life to your photographs , as a profile picture, for your social networks , even to print your own ID photo at home , etc.
WHAT IS A PHOTO COLLAGE?
A photo collage is a set of images placed on a support (digital or physical) with the intention of creating a unique image through the set of different photographs.
TOOLS TO MAKE A COLLAGE WITH PHOTOS
These are some of the tools to make a collage with photos that we most recommend for being free (most require creating a user), intuitive and complete:
- Photo Collage
- PicMonkey
- canvas
- photo
- picsart
- Moldiv
- pixlr
- google photos
PHOTO COLLAGE
Photo CollageIt is a very simple online tool where you only have to drag or upload the images to the application and there, in a very simple and intuitive way, you can change the frames, change the photos to black and white, change the background, or the arrangement of the photos . In a minute you have a most interesting collage.
PIC MONKEY
In Pic MonkeyYou will find many options to customize your collages. To use it you must register with an email. It is probably one of the most complete collage creation programs you will find.
CANVAS
canvasis a very complete design tool that is free to use (expandable to Premium with some more features). Among its many options, you have the possibility of creating a collage through predetermined templates.
PHOTO
Another interesting application to make photo mosaics is Fotor. It allows you to choose different formats and is very intuitive and easy to use. You can change the background, the frames, the number of photos, round the edges, etc.
PICSART
on picsartYou can easily create collages through its numerous default templates that you can customize very easily. It has many formats of all kinds, for social networks, and all kinds of content (posters, dina4, etc).
MOLDIV
Moldiv is another of the applications to make collages. you got it for androidand iOS. In this video you can see all the possibilities of this editor:
PIXLR
in pixlrYou have different templates to create collages with different numbers of photos, formats that you can use in a very simple and intuitive way.
GOOGLE PHOTOS
If you use Google PhotosAs a cloud storage system, you don't need to go anywhere to make your collages. With Google Photos you can do it easily by simply selecting the images you want to add to your collages.
HOW TO MAKE A PHOTO COLLAGE STEP BY STEP (CANVA)
To make a collage with photos step by step, the first thing I recommend is that you choose the photos that you are going to use carefully.
If they have a similar style, for example, all the photos aesthetic , or all in black and white , it will help you maintain a visual thread and, therefore, better results when making a photo collage.
To illustrate this article, I have chosen Canva, but most programs look similar and are very intuitive.
1. Choose your photos: as I have already told you, if they have a similar visual thread, much better.
2. Try the programs or applications to make collages that I recommend above.
3. Open the program. In my case I am going to use Canva.
4. After registering with your email and password, you will have access to all non- premium content (which is very extensive).
5. Then go to Start > (…) More > Photo Collage
6. Choose a default template from the left side of the browser. You will see that it offers sample images appropriate to the tonality of the background or the borders, and with the same style.
In many of these templates, it suggests shades that match the template in question. If you don't have much idea about design or combining colors, etc., this can be a good way to solve it ? .
You will find numerous templates with different themes: fashion, travel, birthday, pets, school, sports, babies , heart-shaped, etc.
7. Click on the template and drag it to the blank page on the right.
8. Upload the photos you have selected through Upload > Upload Files and select the photos that will be part of your collage.
9. Next, drag each photo on top of the carousel where you want it to be. You can change the color, size, font, etc. Templates are a great base to build from, but everything is modifiable.
Just by changing the photos and the text a bit, I already have a collage of my vacations ? .
10. When you have your collage to your liking, go to export, in the upper right part identified with the icon of an arrow pointing down.
11. In File Type you can choose the download format: JPEG, PNG, PDF, GIF, SVG, etc.
12. You already have your carousel ready to use wherever you want ? .
HOW TO MAKE A COLLAGE WITH PHOTOS ON MOBILE
To make a digital collage with photos on your mobile, you have several options, the ideal is to download an application compatible with your operating system.
Here are some of the collage maker apps you might be interested in:
- Moldiv for Androidand iOS
- PicCollage for Androidand iOS
- Photo Collage for Android
- Layout from Instagram for Androidand iOS
- Canva for Androidand iOS
- Google Photos for Androidand iOS
Once downloaded, its use is usually intuitive, once you give it access to your photos, all you have to do is select which photos you want to be part of your collage. Then, all you have to do is select from its templates, colors, and other customizable options.
Play around with a couple of options, see if they are applications that have a lot of advertising, if they are easy to use, if you like their designs, etc., and choose only one, it is useless to have a mobile phone full of applications that we do not use.
Here's a quick example of how to easily create a digital photo collage with Google Photos:
Making a collage with photos, today, is very simple and also a great way to give prominence to your images, to tell a story, to gather your best memories or your old scanned photos , to teach the evolution of a baby and a long list of possible applications.
