How to Make a Digital Collage

If you have PowerPoint then you can create a quick a digital collage of your favorite pictures. I used this method to create my Christmas card from places I visited this year.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• PowerPoint
• jpeg images

1. Gather all of your digital images and put them in one folder, the images need to be edited before beginning, for example cropping or correcting red eye, you will be able to resize them in PowerPoint.

2. Open Power Point

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   Step 3

   Decide what you want your background to be, to change the background color on the slide, right click on the background then click on "background".

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   Step 4

   A new box will appear, using the drop down menu (1) choose the color of the background you want your collage to be. Explore "more colors" and "fill effects" for more options. After you have made your choice click on "apply" (2). Now your background should have a color.

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   Step 5

   Now it is time to add the images.
   * Click on "insert" on the tool bar (1).
   * Click on "picture", (2)
   * Click on "from file", (3)
   * Navigate to the folder where you have your images.

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   Step 6

   Click on the picture you want to insert (1).
   Click on insert (2)

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   Step 7

   Resizing your picture..
   By "grabbing" the "white dot" at the corner and holding the "shift" key you can resize the image.
   By "grabbing" the "green dot" in the center you can rotate it.

8. Resize, rotate and place the image where you want it.

9. Repeat adding images (from step 5) until you have added all the pictures you want.

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    Step 10

    Insert text boxes to add text. Click on "insert" then "text box".

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    Step 11

    After you have your collage just as you want it, you need to save it as a jpeg... so click on "file"
    Click on "save as"
    Type in a name
    Click on "save as type"
    Scroll down to "jpeg"
    Click on "save"

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    Step 12

    Last step, click on "current slide only"

13. Now you are ready to send your collage or upload and print at your favorite photo printing place.