Create a single image showing multiple pictures
This tutorial uses IrfanView, the free graphics program with the plugins installed.
Example
Do this in IrfanView using the Image/Create panorama image command
Step-by-Step Procedure
First open the images you want to use one at a time and use the "Resize/Resample" command in the Image menu to set the sizes. Save them as individual image files. I name them with the number in the squence that I want them to display: for example 1.jpg, 2.jpg, etc.
You may wish to resize the pictures. In the sample image I made each one 250 pixels wide. The height was automatically adjusted. You can learn more about the resize/resample procedure by viewing this slide show: click here this will download a short slide show. Just click the "Run" button (which you may see twice).
Save each image in the size you want (Use the File/Save As command to save the file without changing the original file).
Note: If you don't resize the image, IrfanView will zoom an image in or out as necessary to make the images equal in size. So if the images are close, but not exactly the same, IrfanView will correct them.
Then, click the Image menu / Create Panorama image command.
In the "Create panorama image" window...
Select the Horizontal...option
Click the Add Images button
Use the "Look in" box in the Open window to navigate to your saved images.
Choose the first image:
Then, choose the second image
Use the "Create image" button and save the "Top Image"
In this example, I saved the new image as "top_image.jpg"
Then add images 3 and 4 in the same manner
Save the image as "bottom_image.jpg"
Then use Image menu/Create Panorama Image command again.
Use the Vertical...option
Add both your top_image.jpg and your bottom_image.jpg files
Use the create image button.
If you want, you can write text to image
Download a slide show demonstrating "Write Text" procedure if you want more detail.
This is the final image created:
East High J.A.R.O.T.C. Shooting Team in Colorado Springs, 2006
Download a Sample Slide Show
Click on the link below and select "Save". You can save it to your Desktop, and then open it from there, or you can also just click on "Run", and play it directly. Once you're finished with the file, you can just delete it as nothing is actually installed on your system.
You will see this icon on your Desktop.
Open it to run the slide show.
Audio_Slideshow Icon
Click the "Run" command and when the download is complete, the slide show with audio will begin to play. Be sure your speakers are on and if you're running Windows XP SP2, you will need to click the "Download File" option just under the address bar.
NOTE: To stop the playback, hit the "Escape" key on your keyboard.
For your audio/slide CD you can put in many more images of any size you like. If you wish, you could also edit your audio so that it is one big long song...kind of like a medley of tunes popular during your school years. See more about this by clicking here.
You can stop the show by pressing the Escape key.
Many thanks to the IrfanView author Irfan Skiljan, for his excellent program.
Download the graphics program "IrfanView". The download steps are similar, for most programs.
Click on the "Download" link on this page. The "IrfanView Home Page " window will open.
Read the IrfanView download tutorial
Note: Set the file associations. Open IrfanView --> Options --> Properties menu.
Do you have any questions about using your IrfanView program?
Perhaps I can help... Email to Dwight Blackburn
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This page last updated: July 17, 2006
