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Yes, I am biased... But I really do think we have one of the better online tools for making a photo collage on Snapfish Lab. Anyway I did a quick Google search and didn't run across anything I'd rather use.

A caveat - I didn't download any of the PC softwares to try. About a year ago I went looking for a free PC app to create collages and found what seemed to be a decent one (after not finding any online ones). I then spent about an hour making a family collage, only to be told, when I tried to save my masterpiece, that it would cost me $29.99 to do so! Agh!!! Of course they don't tell you this up front! And no, I didn't pay. I got disgusted at this tactic and deleted the whole thing and don't go through the trouble of downloading and installing PC apps anymore...

The Poster Creator tool we have on Snapfish Lab is absolutely free. No ads, shareware payments, or any hidden fees. You do need a Snapfish account - it's called 'Snapfish' Lab after all - and we would appreciate a note letting us know whether you liked it or not from time to time. I think the Snapfish people would appreciate printing the poster through their service, too, but it's not required. We're doing this really just to get the user feedback.

Why do I like the Snapfish Lab photo collage tool over others? Many of the photo collage tools out there lay the photos out in a grid pattern like a cookie dough in a pan or a sheet of stamps. Ugh. Then there are others that have templates for a fixed number of photos. Those are okay, but most of the time I don't have those exact numbers. Plus I really a layout unique to my set of photos, not generic ones that a few thousand people out there also have.

The engine that Brian created powering Poster Creator is smarter than that. It can take an arbitrary number of photos and generate half a dozen or so layouts for you to choose from. You can end the process there and have a pretty nice photo collage. Or if you like to tweak things and optimize to the nth degree like me, you can go through and swap photos in the layout, do minor editing, etc. It's a lot of fun. I created my Christmas card last year this way.

Here is an example of a collage from the Thanksgiving dinner last year.

Try creating your photo collage with the Poster Creator here!

Oh, and if you have a photo collage tool you like, please post a comment here. We'd sure like to hear about it!

Posted 04-11-2008 7:34 AM by BlogArchive

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