Expert’s Rating
Our Verdict
You ’ve probably made a few exposure collages in your life , whether you repose out picture with the pure amount of messy noise in a photo album or magnetise a group on your fridge . But in the digital world , there ’s not a circumstances out there that lets Mac exploiter do the deed easily . I ’ve painstakingly used Photoshop , Pages , and even iWeb to make collages , but nothing equate to the quickness and ease ofShape Collage .
Shape Collage turn a collection of photos into a collage of practically any form , whether you ’re go for a traditional design or something totally out there . The interface is leisurely to use . you could select one of the preset shapes ( a rectangle , heart , or forget me drug ) and type some textual matter , or use a custom shape , which you draw within the app or import , to produce something unique .
Creating custom - shaped montage in Shape Collage can be fun .
Creating custom-shaped collages in Shape Collage can be fun.
To pick out range , simply drag and drop photos from the Finder or iPhoto ( including effect ) into the user interface , or have Shape Collage pull double from your Facebook , Flickr , or other Web pageboy . Then select a shape or character schoolbook . you’re able to also change the size , number of photos used , photo spacing , backdrop image , photo border , photo rotary motion , and shadows . Then click the Preview button to view a randomly give conducting wire frame of the layout . Once you have a layout you like , click Create to generate the concluding picture as a PNG , JPEG , or even Photoshop ( PSD ) file for further redaction ( major pixy points here for the developer ) .
For traditional collages , the rectangle shape and a handful of photos works best ( I care the clean looking of selecting None for Rotation under the Advanced tab ) , but for tradition shapes and text edition creations , you may call for more images than you think to give the bod good definition . While I had plenty of vacation photos to make a “ Europe ” text montage easy comprehendible , a custom “ folio ” shape I reap using all 38 of my fall colour moving picture depend like an elongated blob . To compensate , place a higher number of photos to duplicate image when require .
While creating impost shape was kinky good playfulness , I ’m not certain I ’d put this app to actual use , but for creating more standard collages and photograph school text , Shape Collage is truly priceless .
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[ Kris Fong is a freelancer author . ]
