Photo Collage Posters for Big Occasions

Reunions, milestone birthdays, graduations, retirements, trips, team seasons and school events: a poster made from everyone's photos becomes the centrepiece of the party and a keepsake afterwards.

A 50th class reunionA 25th anniversaryOur Florida adventureA trip to HawaiiA birthday posterA 65th birthdayA school's Diversity WeekA club's yearA robotics teamA day at the parkA calendarA team's season

Ideas

• Reunions: the class year or the school's initials made from yearbook photos and photos from the reunion itself.
• Milestone birthdays and anniversaries: one photo from every year, shaped as the number.
• Graduations: the graduation year or the school crest, from four years of photos.
• Retirements: the company logo or the person's name, from photos of colleagues through the years.
• Trips: the map of where you went (a state, a country, an island), filled with the trip's photos.
• Teams and clubs: the logo or the season's year, for the end-of-season party.

How to make a poster

1. Gather photos from everyone. Ask guests to send theirs beforehand; more photos make a richer poster.
2. Download Shape Collage (free for Windows, Mac and Linux), add the photos and choose the shape.
3. Size it for the print: about 150-200 pixels per inch is plenty for a poster seen from a few feet away, so 18 × 24 inches is about 3600 × 4800 pixels.
4. Click Create, then add a title and the date in any photo editor, and print it at a photo lab or print shop.

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