Collage:線上照片拼圖工具是一個很有趣的圖片編輯拼圖工具,讓使用者通過簡單的操作就可以將眾多相片組成各式各樣的拼圖,尤其針對家庭非常適合。
對於拼圖遊戲大家都不陌生,很多人也樂於花時間玩,感覺其中的趣味。Collage將這種拼圖簡單化,並通過很多張相片進行重組和塑形,讓拼圖更加簡單而且生動想象。
Collage提供各類圖形和樣式,使用者只需要上傳各類圖片或相片,通過Collages的自動佈局專利(auto-placement engine),即可生成眾多相片拼貼而成的組圖,使用者可以選擇將其做成海報、打印出來等等。
Collage的創意來自於其創始人之一的Kevin Borders在與其女朋友結交一週年之際,希望送一份特殊的禮物,將他們倆近1000張照片拼成一個心形的拼圖送給對方,效果很不錯,於是有了Collage,而情侶、親人等也是Collage目前主打的目標使用者。
目前,Collage提供30多種不同形狀的拼圖,主題包括浪漫、友情、家庭、足球等,一般使用者都能找到適合自己的場景;當用戶選擇拼圖形狀之後,可以上傳1-300張相片,Collage會對這些相片自動排序、佈局,最後生成一張完整的拼圖。
使用者除了可以分享這些拼圖外,還可以選擇直接列印、做成海報進行收藏。目前,ScrapWalls提供全套的服務,大小從11″ x 14″-20″ x 30″不等,費用也從6.99美元-19.99美元不等,這是目前Collage主要的盈利模式。當然提供定製化的拼圖服務,也有可能為Collage帶來不錯的收益。
Collage.com is a website that lets you upload pictures, make them into a custom collage, and order high-quality printed products featuring your collage. You can also share Collage.com collages online for free. Each collage can include hundreds of pictures arranged either in one of our 50+ shapes, or however you like.
The key technology that differentiates Collage.com from other software is its patent-pending auto-placement engine. Collage.com will automatically arrange photos to cover any shape without gaps or overlapping – something you can’t get anywhere else! But that isn’t all. Collage.com also lets you place photos anywhere you want. It will automatically adjust surrounding photos to eliminate gaps and overlapping, leaving a picture-perfect custom collage!
Collage.com originated from software that one of the founders, Kevin Borders, created to help make an anniversary gift for his girlfriend. He wanted to build a collage with 1000 of their personal photos, and there wasn’t anything out there that could do it. Kevin enlisted the help of Kyle Mulka, a fellow Michigan graduate, to help build the very first custom collage. After completing the collage, shown on the right, Kevin gave it to his girlfriend, who loved it (and they eventually got married!) Kevin then decided to get together with friend and then co-worker at Microsoft, Joe Golden, to transform the original software into a website where anyone could make a custom collage and share their memories.
In 2007, Kevin Borders and Joe Golden founded Scrapwalls, LLC. ScrapWalls is a Michigan-based company, with offices in Ann Arbor, MI. Since its inception, others have joined the ScrapWalls team, and everyone has contributed immensely to make the site and the company what it is today.