Now, let’s modify this layout design so that we have the
same nodes and layout but with a black stroke on a white background.
Here are the steps:
1) Click on the Pager button to open up the Pager tools.
2)
Click on Stroke buttonto open the Stroke window.
3)
Use the Edit tool to select the nodes of the layout. Then, click on a black square in the color template to turn the strokes from to white to black.
4) Select the background node and Click on the Fill tool, check the Fill box and click on a white square. You’ll see your layout change to white with the black strokes showing.
5) Your layout is complete. So, you can toggle the Pager button to turn off its tools and drag your thumbnail images into your layout. Drag and drop your images into the montage as you have done previously. Here is what your completed montage will look like:
Finished Montage With Black
Strokes on a White Background
Before using closing the template you may want to save it for future use. This will allow you to recall this template at any time, saving you the work of re-designing it. To save a template, click on the Pager button again to open the Pager tools. Then click on the button. You will be asked, via a pop-up box, to name a group for your template and a description of the individual template. Once saved, the template will go into your My Templates window and be available for future use.
Creating Montage Prints With Photographic Backgrounds
Adding a Color Background
By selecting the background node (with the Edit tool)and dragging in a thumbnail image you are able to fill the background with a photograph.
One of the more effective techniques is to bring in a photograph and then use the Opacity tool to lighten it to give a subtle backdrop to your image nodes. You will use the slider that appears when the Opacity tool is activated to lighten your background to your taste.
Here is how this montage would look with a color photograph as a background:
Finished Montage With
White Strokes on a
Photographic Background
button to open up the Pager tools.
buttonto open the Stroke window.
tool to select the nodes of the layout. Then, click on a black square in the color template to turn the strokes from to white to black. 
tool, check the Fill box and click on a white square. You’ll see your layout change to white with the black strokes showing.
button to turn off its tools and drag your thumbnail images into your layout. Drag and drop your images into the montage as you have done previously. Here is what your completed montage will look like:
button again to open the Pager tools. Then click on the 
button. You will be asked, via a pop-up box, to name a group for your template and a description of the individual template. Once saved, the template will go into your My Templates window and be available for future use.
tool)and dragging in a thumbnail image you are able to fill the background with a photograph.
tool to lighten it to give a subtle backdrop to your image nodes. You will use the slider that appears when the Opacity tool is activated to lighten your background to your taste. 