Friday 28 December 2012

Keep Memories Forever With Digital Collages

By Celia Ayers


A collage is a simple way to make art out of your pictures. Although photographs are already artworks themselves, piecing them together to make a patchwork of images adds a different twist in them. And sometimes, even a different story. However, making one manually takes time and is often tasking. It is usually these reasons why only few people partake in this creative act. But thanks to technology, it is no longer hard to make one. Today, making digital collages is already possible.

As a traditional visual art, a collage can be an assemblage of pictures pasted together to make another image, story, or an abstraction. It can also be a collection of pictures glued and painted on canvas. Aside from pictures, it can also be made from an assortment of many things and then arranged to form another thing. Basically, it is a combination of various things.

On the other hand, as a digital art, it can only be made with images. The reasons are obvious. Several images may be made into new art by cutting, skewing, and changing their colors. Then it can be printed, framed, and given away as a present, or can be published over the web.

Apparently, both modern and traditional ways of making a collage have their limits and advantages. The former is limited to pictures but through an image enhancing and editing software, one can change the color, size, lighting, or mood of any picture. The latter on the other hand will limit an individual to the existing characteristics of the raw materials but he or she can add almost anything to his or her work.

But speed marks the difference between the traditional and modern methods. Undoubtedly, even with thousands of pictures to work with, the modern method will always be faster than its counterpart. With free or cheap photo collage makers scattered online, one can make a photo assemblage in just one or few clicks.

Further, mistakes are not eternal in the electronic world. A person can always make erasures or delete or correct mistakes. A collage done digitally can be made, unmade, and remade in a matter of seconds. And the best part is versions can be made for juxtaposition. Through this, one can easily determine which one is good for printing or publishing.

T-shirts, mugs, and pillow cases can be transformed into personalized gifts with computerized photo montages. Moreover, these modern collages can even be a part of a mixed media artwork. And when possible, they can even be made into a specially tailored photo-collage wallpaper. They pose endless possibilities.

Digital collages are easy to make. Getting the hang of the software may take some time but once you get used to it, you become limitless. You can make personalized gifts in a breeze or add a personal touch to your mug or coffee tumbler. But more importantly, you can immortalize memories creatively.




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