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01/25/2004 10:05:48 AM · #1 |
I was hoping to use several of my pictures to create a poster sized collage. Unfortunately, I am finding that what I am producing has an extremely amateur look to it. The original design is aligned and looks to sterilized. I tried using different sizes but it just doesn't seem to work well together. It looks very disorganized. Does anyone have any recomendations on how to make this look better. Or better yet, if anyone know of any examples or tutorials on the web, I would greatly appreciate it.
Latest attempt: 5x7 images on a 20x30 print
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01/25/2004 10:22:28 AM · #2 |
The first thing I notice is that the photos do not appear aligned. With the design you are using, I thnk all the photos need to be the same size and equally-spaced. I'd like more info on a poster, either as a subtitle, or in a text block at the bottom.
I don't particularly care for the background color you chose; I'd go either a little lighter (like an eggshell off-white) or a little darker, and probably put a thin black (or maybe white) border on the images themselves. |
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01/25/2004 10:24:26 AM · #3 |
| Just re-read your original post -- if you don't want the photos aligned, I think you need to make them wildly different in size and placement; people expect that in a "collage." |
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01/25/2004 01:27:34 PM · #4 |
General, thanks for the tips. However, I think I misrepresented my needs. What I posted was no where a finished product. The misalignment was a function of just throwing something together to illustrate my original idea. What I am really hoping for is a template showing different layout posibilities with different size/placement oprions.
I do like the idea of placing thin borders around the photos. The alternative is to blur them into the background, but that can look really cheesy if not done just right. |
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01/25/2004 02:10:57 PM · #5 |
| not a big fan of the background colour. i'd prefer a much darker colour with white borders around each pic |
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01/25/2004 02:48:24 PM · #6 |
Consider taking your best portrait-oriented photo (from that shoot), and ghosting (fading) it and blowing up up to fill the entire background, with a 1/8-1/4 inch border around the photos, to replace the background color.
I think the overall design is fine for that number of photos you're trying to show. Another possible layout would be one photo really large, spanning your current columns, and then the others smaller in a horizontal row underneath. |
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01/25/2004 03:27:58 PM · #7 |
nice stuff. Some have borders while others don't though.
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01/25/2004 11:44:29 PM · #8 |
| Try looking at the triptichs in DPC, found under the photos - galleries menu. Very informative. |
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