Windows 7 photo gallery: combining images vs Vista photo gallery

[DebJ]

My son just upgraded my computer to Windows 7 from Vista.
With the Windows Vista photo gallery, I used to be able to select images and combine them
onto one page/photo, and arrange them where I wanted them on the page.

Is it possible to do that with the upgrade on Windows 7 photo gallery, or this an upgrade
that turned into a downgrade because they want you to pay for something else too?

I googled and saw that the program will AUTOMATICALLY combine photos for you,
but don't see that you can move them around or do the other things I did with Paint.

If I can't, I would like some feedback on other programs so I can now fork out more
cash to buy what I used to have............

[DebJ]

1. Anyone?

[ManiacJoe]

2. I would recommend asking the question over in the photography group.

[csziggy]

3. According to the Win 7 Help, it's no longer included

"Windows Photo Gallery isn’t included in this version of Windows. To view and organize your digital pictures, you will need another photo program from Microsoft or another company."

I wish I had a program to recommend. Back in Win XP (or maybe 98) I had a program from ArcSoft that was great. Easy to import pictures, resize them and quic to set up a page of pictures to save or print.

I bought Professor Franklin's PhotoPrint Gold when I lost the license key for the ArcSoft program, but it's no where near as good. I don't really recommend it.

It looks as though PhotoAlbum might be the successor to the ArcSoft program I used to have. http://www.arcsoft.com/album/ I'm going to download their free trial version and try it out!