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Can't create a collage with Photos

All of my photos are stored in the mac Photos library which comes with my mac.


I want to make collages and I have downloaded PhotoScape X to do this.


However, I cannot access my Photo library. There are a very limited number of extensions available when I try to "share" the library and none of them appear to include any third party software which can let me make a collage. On google, it appears the only extensions are to edit the photos and not to make a collage.


Does anyone know if it is possible to make a collage without re-saving all of my photos outside of Photos for mac? I am happy to use any other apps to do this although it seems they need the right extension to actually access my photos without me duplicating them.

OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Feb 14, 2016 2:06 PM

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Nov 2, 2017 10:11 AM in response to nomarimac

Photoscape X does not allow direct access to images within a Photos library. It's file access is based on the Finder and does not have a Media section as seen in this screenshot:

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Therefore you're limited to exporting the photos you want to use to a folder on the Desktop and access them from there.


However, if you have Pages you can create the collage with it and have direct access to the photos in your Photos library.

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All you need to do is too drag the photos from the media window in Pages, drag and resize wherever you want them on the page. I once created a 20" x 30" collage with 96 photos with Pages:


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Feb 14, 2016 3:17 PM in response to LarryHN

Thanks Larry,

I am a recent user of mac so have never used iPhoto.

Will exporting to a desktop folder mean I am duplicating the photos? I have thousands so I don't want to go down this route if this is the case.

When I try to use the photoscape media browser it only shows photos which I have manually moved outside of Photos and not ones inside Photos.

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Feb 14, 2016 3:33 PM in response to nomarimac

reboot - the media browser should show Photos - it does not show any photos outside of Photos (or iPhoto or Photo booth) - if you are seeing photos outside of Photos you are not in the media browser - it is lower down as I said - under media ==> photos ==> Photos - all of your photos in Photos will show ther along with the Photos organization


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Can't create a collage with Photos

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