Patent ID: 6690843
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
A method of constructing a photocollage, comprising:a) providing a plurality of high resolution digital images; b) storing the high resolution digital images; c) generating a hardcopy index sticker sheet having a plurality of hardcopy stickers, each of the stickers comprising a reduced resolution thumbnail representing one of the high resolution digital images and means for uniquely identifying the sticker with the high resolution digital image that is associated with that reduced resolution image except for a single sticker that has means for identifying the cover image that is to be duplicated within the body of the photocollage; d) providing at least one hardcopy photocollage cover and layout form for manually attaching the stickers to configure a photo collage representation; e) manually assembling the photocollage representation by manually removing the individual stickers from the hardcopy index sticker sheet and manually attaching the individual stickers to the cover and layout form; f) employing the means for uniquely associating the individual stickers with the stored high resolution digital image; and g) generating the photocollage from the stored high resolution digital images according to the photocollage representation.