How To Create a Photo Montage
Mainly Using Microsoft Paint®
and Kodak Easyshare®

It is not always easy to create artwork without expensive imaging software. However, it is possible to use Microsoft Paint® to achieve more intricate masks than one would think. It might be helpful for other artists and amateur web designers who are struggling to cope with basic Windows® technology, and competing with webmasters who have more expensive imaging software at their disposal. My techniques are crude, perhaps, but effective enough for my satisfaction. It's not easy. You might say I've managed to "construct a mnemonic memory circuit using stone-knives and bear-skins." I'm happy with the result. I did succumb to one high-tech temptation, when a friend, Philip DeLoach, offered to airbrush a shadow under the frog's hind end. It was the one thing that seemed "missing," so I gratefully accepted his help. The frog and chair photo is a copyrighted illustration. The photo montage above was created by D.K. Pritchett using a combination of traditional and digital photography, MS Paint® and Kodak Easyshare® software, and final touches by Philip DeLoach using Photoshop® software for airbrushing. The following links provide a brief tutorial lesson showing how to use MS Paint® to create a photo montage.

Frog Lesson: How to Mask The Frog
Frog Lesson: How to Mask The Chair
Frog Lesson: Final Touches

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