Graphics Programs Reference
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Themes add coordinated backgrounds and frames for your photos, and in some cases,
coordinated text styles as well. Click a theme's thumbnail to select it, and the right
side of the window gives you a closer look at your choice. If you don't like any of the
existing themes, it doesn't really matter, since you can change every detail once you
get to the main Create window. So just pick the theme you dislike the least.
NOTE
When you start your first collage, you may not see any choices other than the
cluttered Basic theme, but that doesn't matter. You can quickly get rid of any extra
frames in step 7 below.
5. Tell Elements whether to automatically place your images in the collage .
If you leave the “Autofill with Selected Images” checkbox at the bottom of the Photo
Collage window turned on, the pictures you chose in the Organizer or Photo Bin in
step 1 automatically appear in the collage when Elements creates it. (If you didn't
preselect any photos, the currently active photo in the Editor gets added, if you have
any photos open there.) If you want to determine which photos go into which slots,
turn this checkbox off.
NOTE
Unlike some earlier versions of Elements, the Create projects in Elements 13 start
with a fixed number of pages. So if you've selected more photos than will fit in
your current layout choice, Elements just doesn't place them (rather than automat-
ically increasing the page count to accommodate the extra photos the way, say,
Elements 8 did). Nowadays, a collage can be only one page long. So if you want
more pages, create a separate file for each one.
6. When you've made your choices, click OK .
Elements sends you back to the main Create window and gets to work creating the
collage. When it's done thinking, it displays the collage in the editing area.
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