Here is a creative and fun way to impress your friends who are eager to see your Italy photos.

My colleagues at Microsoft Research UK have released an inexpensive application called AutoCollage, that blends together a variety of photos in a ‘smart’ way’.
I say ‘smart’ because the software applies face recognition and predicts the optimal photo arrangement out of a large set of possibilities. In other words, you can expect a wonderful job done in a very short amount of time.

Click on these collages I created out of a selection of my eBook photo archive.

Italian Deli shop collage (1MB High Res)

Italian pastries collage (1MB High Res)

Italian cars collage (1MB High Res)

If you’re interested, you can download the free AutoCollage trial version from the Microsoft Research UK web site (full version is $9.95).