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2. To keep maximum photo resolution for future printing or editing, choose Multi-Photo Collage or Image Tour Multi-Photo Collage. But these will result in a much larger collage file that is possibly slower in the FxFoto Viewer. For scrapbooking, Multi-Photo Collage is often the best choice.

Choose Compact Multi-Photo Collage if you intend to publish the collage only as a show for on-screen viewing in the FxFoto Viewer, or send it over the Internet via email or from a web site. This de-resolves photos to so that they look fine on screen but would be fuzzy if printed. Or choose Multi-Photo Collage or Image Tour Multi-Photo Collage and then uncheck Keep Maximum Photo Resolution in the next step.

Also choose Compact Multi-Photo Collage for printable collages that will contain a large number of photographs, especially for computers without much available memory. The Compact types turn off Keep Maximum Photo Resolution so that, once saved, your collage requires significantly less computer memory resources. Yet when you choose Printer Page Layout on the second New Collage dialog, the Compact Multi-Photo Collage retains more than enough resolution for most printers.

The Multi-Photo Collage or Compact Multi-Photo Collage types initially show the whole collage in the FxFoto Viewer and allow you to click on any photo to zoom down for a close up view. These types normally size opened photos so that they fit in a 4x4 matrix (four rows of four photos).

Choose Image Tour Multi-Photo Collage to have the FxFoto Viewer start with a closeup with the first photo and then animate between photos with the Viewer's Next button. Here photos are normally sized for a 2x2 matrix.

You can optionally choose 3D Scroll Collage or 2D Scroll Collage for a special slowly scrolling presentation in the FxFoto Viewer.  For these types, photos are normally added in a single vertical column and the Viewer slowly scrolls down them from top to bottom.  In addition, the 3D Scroll Collage type shows the photos in three-dimensional perspective, fading off into the distance.

Or press Theme and then Browse to choose for a library of prearranged collage themes which you can fill in with your own photos and text.  You can also choose Grid and then press Next for the Custom Grid Template dialog where you can preview and adjust a template of photos and/or text arranged in rows and columns.  Or you can choose Quick and press Next to use a Quick Sketch Template.

After choosing the collage type, press If you have chosen a Theme then there are no additional settings and you just press Finish and continue with Step 6. You can change any or all theme defaults latter using the Collage Settings commmand.

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