| A great way to show off a collection of photos is | | | | need it later. After you have competed creating |
| to print poster collages using Adobe Photoshop. | | | | the image, you should see a plain white box which |
| Using Photoshop or other image editing software | | | | is the area of the image you are creating. To add |
| will allow you to organize pictures over and over | | | | images to your collage, Adobe Photoshop will allow |
| until you are ready to print without having to | | | | you to simple drag your image files into the |
| waste or damage old pictures. Whether you are | | | | Photoshop window one at a time. Don’t try |
| using photos from a digital camera or older print | | | | to add too many images at once, because your |
| photos that you have scanned into your | | | | computer may slow down to a crawl. When |
| computer, you will find that organizing and | | | | adding images from Photoshop to your poster |
| designing your poster print collage is much easier | | | | print collage, you must first decide how large you |
| using a computer. You will need a copy of | | | | want the image to be. If you want the image to |
| Photoshop or other photo editing software such | | | | be 3 inches by 2 inches, you must first format |
| as the free Paint.net software, a computer and | | | | that picture to fit that size. Use the cropping tool |
| the help of a great online poster printing company. | | | | in Photoshop to resize the image. There will be |
| An online poster printing company can help you | | | | fields in the top bar that appear when the |
| print poster collages quickly and affordably with | | | | cropping tool is selected. Enter the dimensions you |
| the added bonus of being able to ship poster print | | | | would like the image to be and then enter the |
| collages to friends and family who live in other | | | | original resolution number you selected. Crop the |
| areas as a thoughtful gift. | | | | image and then drag it into the poster print area. |
| The first task is to gather all the photos you plan | | | | Move it around with your arrow until you are |
| to use in one folder on your computer desktop. If | | | | happy with the positioning. Continue filling your |
| you are using scanned photos, be sure that your | | | | collage in this manner. If you wish to change the |
| scanner is set to its highest settings so that your | | | | depth layer of an image (meaning which image is |
| collage images will appear crisp and clear. After | | | | on top), click the image and then see its position |
| you have assembled your photos, open your | | | | in the layer window on the right hand side. Move |
| photo editing software and create a new file. | | | | the layer up or down to change its order of |
| There will be 3 fields you will have to fill before | | | | display. When you are ready to print your poster |
| your image file is created: Height, Width and | | | | collage, simply save the file as a .png or .jpg file |
| Resolution/DPI. Enter the height and width in | | | | and search for an online poster printing company. |
| inches for the desired poster size. When it comes | | | | This composition is projected to inform readers |
| to entering resolution it is recommended to create | | | | to learn effective ways of making poster print |
| the collage at 150 or higher (higher being better | | | | collages, and valuable information on how to print |
| quality). Write down the resolution number you | | | | poster using Adobe Photoshop. |
| selected before you continue, because you will | | | | |