How to Make a Collage for Desktop/Laptop Wallpaper
Our computer wallpaper is the most viewed picture in our daily routines. Setting a cool photo collage as your desktop or laptop background is a fun and creative way to personalise your workspace.
With TurboCollage, you can easily design a unique collage wallpaper for your Mac or PC in just a few clicks.
Before we learn the detailed steps to make a computer wallpaper collage, let's see a few example wallpaper collages.
Sample Wallpaper Collages
The collages below are just a few of the many collage examples made possible using TurboCollage.
Circle Collage
The following example shows the screenshot of a Mac with a Circle Collage wallpaper.
Screenshot of a Mac with a Circle Collage wallpaper.
Hexagon Collage
The following example shows the screenshot of a computer with a Hexagon Collage wallpaper.
Screenshot of a computer with a Hexagon Collage wallpaper.
Diamond Collage
The following example shows the screenshot of a Windows computer with Diamond Collage wallpaper.
Screenshot of a Windows 11 computer with a Diamond Collage wallpaper.
Photo Grid Collage
The following screenshots show a few photo grid collages used as desktop backgrounds. Learn to make Photo Grid Collages.
Screenshot of a Mac computer which has a photo collage set as the Desktop Picture
A laptop with a photo grid collage set as its wallpaper.
Screenshot of a Windows PC with a collage set as its wallpaper.
Steps to Make a Collage for Your Desktop/Laptop Wallpaper
Before we get started, download and install TurboCollage. It takes less than a minute to download and complete the installation.
Step 1: Fire-Up TurboCollage & Set Collage Size
First, open TurboCollage and set the collage size to the size of the computer wallpaper.
If you're using TurboCollage on the same computer that you're making the wallpaper for, simply set your collage to use the Desktop Picture Size from the Size drop-down.
Suppose you're making a collage to use as the wallpaper for a different computer. In that case, you need to find the screen size of that computer before you can proceed further.
To find the screen size, we will first take a screenshot of the entire computer screen and then find the size of the screenshot.
On a Mac, take a fullscreen screenshot using Cmd + Shift + 3 keyboard combination. This saves the screenshot to the Desktop.
Right-click the screenshot in Finder and select Get Info from the menu. Look for Dimensions in the Info screen.
There are multiple ways to take a full-screen screenshot on a Windows computer. One standard method is to use the Snipping Tool.
Open Snipping Tool from the search bar. Click New to start a new screenshot and use the full-screen mode.
Right-click the screenshot and select Properties from the menu. View Dimensions in the Details tab.
The screen size for both the Mac and Windows computer screens used in the examples above is 1920px X 1080px. Set this as the collage size using the Set Custom Size button. Set the Resolution as 300 pixels/inch.
Step 2: Add Pictures
Open the Pictures tab and use the +/Add Pictures button to add pictures that you want to appear in your collage.
You can make a collage from any number of pictures.
Step 3: Design Your Collage
TurboCollage lets you quickly and easily come up with numerous collage designs, some of which you have seen earlier.
Learn more about designing a variety of collages in TurboCollage tutorials.
Click this link to view more example collages made using TurboCollage.
Screenshot of TurboCollage software showing a designed photo collage.
Step 4: Export Collage to JPG
Once you're happy with the collage, export it to a JPG image using the Export Image File button.
Step 5: Set the Exported Collage as Desktop Background
Finally, set the exported collage JPG as your desktop background.
On a Mac, choose Apple menu > System Preferences and go to the section Desktop & Screensaver. Add the collage JPG to set it as the desktop background.
On a Windows PC, open Settings app from the Start menu. Open Personalization > Background and set the JPG as the wallpaper.
Want to see the above in action? Here's a short video: