Hello Sailor Guy,

Though it would be possible simply to join two photos using Photo Composer, PhotoDirector doesn't have any dedicated photo stitching module.

Photo stitching is a specialised process for combining images seamlessly.

There are quite a few free ones available - http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-digital-image-stitcher.htm - and some cameras (e.g. Canon) come bundled with stitching software.

If you'd like like to see a photo stitching module included with future versions of PhD, you might like to add it to our suggestion box

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PIX, thanks for the prompt response...

Let me rephrase what I'm looking to do (I even renamed the subject of this post). After looking at the various stitching programs I realize "stitching" isn't the actual function I'm looking for. I simply want to take two or more image files and combine them into one image. I want the ability to resize and position the merged photos. For example, take two photos and align them side-by-side left-right or top-bottom or take a few photos and create a mini-collage (i.e. 4 related photos of my children with one large photo at the top and 3 or 4 smaller photos aligned left-to-right under the larger photo).

Any pointers will be appreciated.

Thanks,

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Oh, that's quite a different thing. PhotoDirector can do that!

If you look at this little tutorial, you'll see how to do it - http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/24633.page#145715 - if you not interested in the background removal part, just skip forward to about 3:20

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PIX,

Thanks again for your response.

I'll check out the tutorial and give it a shot in the next day or so.

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Sailor Guy,

I've posted an image guide for Photo Composer which may provide a few extra clues - http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/24696.page#199246

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PIX,

Well, I'm getting closer but I'm not quite there yet. I watched the tutorial video and was able to merge the 2 JPGs into one JPG in the PhD editor, resize them, and align them but when I go to Save As export it - I only get one of the images saved. The image I added and aligned on the left side of the original JPG doesn't get saved. I assume I need to increase the dimensions of the resultant JPG to include the combined dimensions.

I've included a document with the two images and the desired result.

Any help for this newbie is appreciated.

BTW, is there a limit on the size an attachment can be for this forum? I tried several times to attach a 1.23MB Microsoft Word DOCX file and the upload failed. I finally printed the document as a 176KB PDF file which successfully uploaded.

Regards,

Sailor Guy
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Hello Sailor Guy,

We're both making progress! You've just shown me something I didn't know. Thank you.

You're right - I added two images just the way you did & got the same result. I wasn't aware that PhotoComposer did that.

What you need to do is start with a background image - even if it's just a plain white rectangle - and add your images onto that.



Once again, thank you for helping me out!

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Yep, that did the trick. I created a rectangular JPEG with Microsoft Paint and used that as the background. Then I could add the other 2 images, align them left-to-right and then crop the image to eliminate the excess background.

Thanks, PIX!

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