Photo collages are very popular, as they allow you to combine multiple photos together in a creative and fun way, for a result with a certain effect both if shared on social networks and if printed on photographic paper. A collage can be a nice idea useful to create personalized greeting cards to collect the significant moments of a holiday, an event, or to compose a story. In this guide we will then show you the best free PC programs to create collages quickly and easily . For those who do not want to use programs, we will also show you various web applications that you can use to create the college of photos and images without downloading anything but only using the web browser.
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Create collages
In the following chapters we will show you how to create a nice photo collage using both PC programs (with any operating system) and web apps, accessible online with any browser without installing any programs.Programs to create photo and image collages
The most classic method to create photo and image collages is to start the computer where the photos are to be used and use a free program, so as not to have to spend even one euro for the creation.One of the programs that we recommend you to try right away is Collagerator, available for free for Windows and Mac.
With it we can create fantastic photo collages starting from predefined or user-uploaded templates, who will only have to add the photos in the various boxes offered and save the result on disk. In addition to the simple creation of collages it also allows you to change some parameters of the background of the photos, so as to give a touch of personalization.
Another very good program for creating photo and image collages is Shape Collage, available for Windows, Mac and Linux.
Shape Collage can be used to create the classic collage or to create a mosaic composed of various shapes such as hearts, circles or rectangles, or in customized shapes such as written texts or drawings. Additional options include customizing the background which can be a single color, a transparent effect, a gradient color or a selected photo.
Among other options, you can create borders around the photo collage, custom frames, select a size for the final image, choose the size of a photo, select the number of photos you want to use and define the spacing between the photos.
If we are looking for a valid alternative to the programs mentioned so far, we can also try Free Photo Collage Creator, available for free for Windows.
From this program we will be able to choose every aspect of our collage, starting from the background (one-color or with a personalized image) up to the number of photos to be inserted inside, with the possibility of changing the size of each frame.
Other useful programs for creating photo and image collages can be viewed from the following list:
- CollageIt: light and easy-to-use application, it allows you to create photo collages instantly in just three steps.
- Quick Collage Maker: relatively simple program that allows you to create collages on your PC and combine up to 10 images with 100 different predefined layouts.
- Photoscape : program to combine images and create photo collages from the computer to which I have dedicated a special article.
- PhotosSpills: a free collage software that comes with 5 different photo arrangement templates.
- Collaizer: it is the most difficult collage program to use, since it has a more complex interface.
- Fotowall: a simple open source program where you can combine multiple photos together on one page, using the mouse.
- Pic Collage: a convenient, easy-to-use Windows 10 app that provides predefined templates for creating a nice collage without obligation.
Web app to create photo and image collages
If the current computer cannot install programs or we want to avoid installing new ones for reasons of space or system cleaning, we can create collages of photos and images using Web apps, that is, real sites with applications, reachable with any web browser for PC and with any operating system.The first site we recommend you visit is Canva, which can be used free of charge upon free registration.
Once we have gained access to the editor, we will be able to upload all our photos to it and use one of the many layouts offered to create a nice collage or mosaic of images, with the possibility of also making quick photo editing operations. Once our collage is created we can choose to share it on social networks or download it to PC as an image file to be printed.
Another very good site for creating photo collages is Louge Collage, which can also be used without registration.
Once the site is open, simply click on Add Photos to add the photographs or images to be used for the collage; in the next screen the site will allow us to choose the layout or model with which to compose the collage, with a large variety of artistic themes (in fact we also find the heart, the shape of a person or a flower). At the end of the work we can always download the created work, so that we can share or print it.
As a valid alternative to the sites seen so far we can also try the Photovisi site, which can also be used without registration.
This site is excellent for creating collages quickly and with beautiful graphic quality without downloading anything, choosing from the numerous models already available to create new collages and mosaics of images. We also talked about this site in depth in our guide to creating online photo albums .
If we want to try other websites and Web apps for creating photo collages, we can try the ones indicated in the list below:
- webGobbler is a small program for Windows, Mac and Linux PCs, specialized in artistic collages. In fact, you can create photo mosaics with different effects that mix the images together even in no particular order and using a lot of shades.
- Fotor is one of the best web applications ever to make changes to photos, which also has the function to create albums and photo collages, in a simple and intuitive way.
- Fotojet is another very powerful and free website, specialized in Collage, already mentioned to create photo postcards, design and graphics projects .
- Google Photos offers, among other things, the function to create a collage composed of multiple images.
- Ribbet is an easy-to-use and very beautiful web app that creates photo collages by placing images on one page.
- Photojoiner is a website for creating collages and photo stories with a simple to use, full screen editor, with large buttons and a clear and intuitive interface.
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