Please recommend a high quality collage maker

[Acamerainjapan]

Hello,

I would like to make a poster size collage (maybe about 1m X 1m). I would like to know some good software for the mac that could handle this. Preferably something simple, as I am not really wanting to jump into Photoshop for something like this. Basically I just want something that won't destroy the quality when it creates the final collage as I want to enlarge the collage to a poster size print.

Thank you very much,

J

 

[firedept]

Pixelmator, only $14.99 in App Store. Should do the job for you. Does a lot of the things PS does, just cheaper.

 

[Acamerainjapan]

Pixelmator, only $14.99 in App Store. Should do the job for you. Does a lot of the things PS does, just cheaper.

OK, thanks a lot. I'll check it out.

 

[Cheese&Apple]

Pixelmator, only $14.99 in App Store. Should do the job for you. Does a lot of the things PS does, just cheaper.

Pixelmator...definitely!

I just did a collage of travel shots for a poster print and Pixelmator made the job a breeze. Just drag and drop the shots onto a blank canvas and use the alignment guides to line them up perfectly...you can even add text if you want.

Highly recommended.

 

[throttlemeister]

Lightroom will do it just great in the print module.

 

[blanka]

I don't know if Pages can handle this, but I prefer InDesign for it: not a Photo program but a layout program. You can arange everything with low res thumbs, then when it's finished, you export the full resolution thing. Making an A0 poster at 300 dpi with many layers in a photo program will deliver headaches.

 

[Apple fanboy]

OnOne software will do this. It's available for a 30 day trial (as is Lightroom), so you could check these out at no cost.

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/thankyou_2.0.cfm?product=photoshop_lightroom&loc=en_gb

http://www.ononesoftware.com/products/suite7/

 

[glenthompson]

I tried a program called CollageIt for making a single collage I wanted. Free version has some limitations but not enough to mess me up.

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I tried a program called CollageIt for making a single collage I wanted. Free version has some limitations but not enough to mess me up. Pro version is $20 and adds a few features including up to 12k x 12k pixels. Free is only 2k image.

 

[Boogsephine]

I watched a few of the tutorial videos for the app and it looks amazing. Stuff that would take me 15 minutes in Photoshop would take me 5 minutes in this app. Definitely going to check it out and see how it works! Maybe I'll make a collage too.. once I figure the app out.

 

[666423]

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