Overview & Technical Summary
Design your own collage
Blend Collage Free
is a free
photo-editing
app for creating beautiful, well-designed
collages
. In this tool, you can
access the tutorial
, view your recently created or favorite collages, and tweak in-app settings. These settings range from changing your preferred output format to disabling or enabling
“Show Recent collages.”
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Videos
Audio
Images
Vectors
Illustrations
Templates
Unfortunately, for a collage-creation app, Blend Collage Free is
missing a couple of features
, such as
collage templates
and
sliders
for brightness and contrast. If you’re looking for more comprehensive photo editors, your best choices are
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
and
PicsArt Photo Editor
.
Leverage the app’s tools
With Blend Collage Free, you can add images and take advantage of the app’s
masking tools
to blur a photo,
adjust its opacity
, and crop it into a heart or any shape you desire. Alternatively, you can create a
contour line
on a photo if the shaped cutouts don’t suit your fancy. There are
clipart
of various
themes
, as well.
Unfortunately, editing a clipart is limited to selecting a
pre-set border style
or customizing your own. Additionally, you can
insert text
and personalize it according to your preferences. For
backgrounds
, you have plenty of options — whether it’s using your own photo or opting for a
textured, gradient, or plain
backdrop. The app also includes
multiple aspect ratios
and photo layering options.
Finished collages can be shared,
added to favorites
, or applied as wallpaper. When saving a collage, the app will ask you to select between “Standard,” “High,” and “Maximum” image quality.
“Standard” quality is best suited for phones, whereas if you’re uploading a collage on your blog, “High” quality is recommended. If you’re printing it for public viewing, “Maximum” quality is the best choice out of the aforementioned options.
Let your creativity shine
Despite its simple functionality, Blend Collage Free is an app you should not sleep on. It includes multiple masking and background options, clipart, and shaped cutouts for your collage creation and image-editing needs. Not to mention, it comes with a tutorial to help newbies with the app. However, the lack of templates is a disadvantage to users who value efficiency in the creative process.