Making Collages
While you are creating a photo collage, you are arranging images in a particular order (even if they look to be placed at random). Once a proper size and location for each image are found, you may want to use the design with different images in place of existing ones.
The technology introduced in Disc Cover allows to replace images in saved collage templates. Collages are based on filling Smart Shapes with images. Images from the Smart Shape collection are used as place holders (image frames) in the design. In addition to this, they create different image boundary shapes.
The program is supplied with a collection of photo collages.
To make a collage from a template:
- Open the Gallery tab of the Source panel and choose Collages in the pop-up menu (menu: Window > Gallery > Collages).
- Click on a collage template or drag it into your design.
- Replace place-holder images with yours. Import images, so that they are shown on the Source panel. Then, select an image in the collage and drag a new image over it from the Source panel.
Repeat this step with other images.
If needed, adjust the way the image fills its frame (use Scale type options).
To make a collage from scratch:
- Open the Smart Shape collection on the Source panel (menu: Window > Clipart > Smart Shapes).
- Open the Fill & Shadow tab of the Inspector window (menu: Window > Inspector > Fill & Shadow).
- Add several Smart Shapes into your design. Select them, set the Fill option in the Inspector. Click a drop-down list in the Fill section and select Image Fill.
- Select a Smart Shape and drag an image inside it. Smart Shapes work now as frames for images.
- If you want to make images replaceable at a later import: select them, go to the Format > Image menu and click Replace Image at Import.