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Picasa Tip: Outdoor-Indoor Collage

When you think of a collage, most people think of a bunch of photos strewn about on a page. I want to use Picasa’s background feature to make you think of other ideas. Here’s a collage I did of our motorhome. Click on it for a larger version – then click your Back button to return.

Seems to me this would be great for pictures of a house for sale – as one example. So, how did I do it? First, you select the two pictures, then click on the collage button at the bottom. Choose Picture Pile as the top level setting. Under Background options, select Use Image. You can also use the tabs above the collage itself to select an image and Set As Background.

Now, you probably have the background photo also in the foreground. Just select it and click on the Remove button at the top. The remaining image looks best, I think, with a white border to set it apart. Just click on it and click the Picture border option in the middle.

You’re done, Create your collage.

You can also watch our free ‘Show Me How’ video called Picasa 3: Collage. You’ll find it on the Geeks on Tour Picasa tutorials page.

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1. Picasa Tip: Make a Banner Collage
2. Cover Slides and Collages
3. Resizing Photo Files
4. Picasa Tip: Picasa to Facebook
5. Picasa Tip: Using the text tool

Tags: background photo, photo collage, picture border