Using AutoCollage 2008

1. Click on a folder name in the Image Browser.
2. Once at least seven images have loaded, click on the Create button.

AutoCollage uses complex technologies such as face detection, saliency evaluation and graph-cut segmentation. It takes time for AutoCollage to process your pictures, so please be patient. As a rule of thumb, a typical PC needs half a minute plus one or two seconds per image to make an AutoCollage. If you make an AutoCollage from a folder with 150 images, that means anywhere from three to six minutes before you see the finished collage. It may sound like a lot, but it's a fraction of the time it would take to make a similar collage any other way.

After you've finished your collage, if you want a different collage from the same folder, just click the Create button again. The next collage will come up much more quickly, as AutoCollage has already loaded and analyzed that folder's images.

AutoCollage is designed to make it easy to automatically create collages. It provides several options for customizing collage results:

• You can pick the image folder to make collages from
• You can specify how many images to include in the collage
• You can choose output collage sizes suitable for printing, such as 4"x6", 5"x7", and 8"x10". You can also create an AutoCollage the same size as your computer desktop, or define a custom output size from 1"x1" to 48"x48".
• You can choose advanced options that affect the size and blending of images in the collage.