The Dapper Dans riding up and singing on Main Street USA.
Collage produced from Apple’s Aperture 3 Software.
In the past I have used Picnik.com to create collages. It is a process were I must first export photos from Aperture 3 to a JPEG file and then upload them into Picnik.com. Picnik.com has preset collage templates which you have some control over. For what I wanted to do with the set of photos of the Dapper Dans I took back in January for an AllEars.net meet, Picnik was not the answer.
In looking for a better way to create this collage, I found a youTube video by Photographer Pete Thorne explaining how to use Aperture 3 and its book function to create multiple photo images. It took me less than five minutes after viewing the video to create the collage you see above. I had a lot of control over the size and placement of each photo. I could add text in hundreds of stylized fonts and place it over, above or next to photos or use an export plug-in to create bordering effects.
This is not an ad for Aperture 3 but you might want to look at the features of the photo editing software you do own. You might be surprised at what it can do. I know I was.
This has nothing to do with what you are helping us with, but….
At first glance at the Dapper Dan in purple, I thought it was William Shatner (a little younger Will, but still).
Scott replies: And a much shorter Bill Shatner, too.