INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Look through the apps available in your app store and find one that interests you. Many of the photo collage apps are free to download and use, but they may have small pop up advertisements or include watermarks on your photos. Apps like PhotoGrid, PicStitch, and Pic Collage are free and available on iOS or Android. The app will ask to access your photos the first time you open it. Allow the app to look in your gallery so you can choose your photos. Pick images all of the same quality with similar subject matter so your collage looks cohesive. Pick as many photos as you want plus a few extra. You can always choose to remove them later. Drag and drop the photos into the layout of your choice. Some apps will provide specific layouts, but others will let you design your own. Adjust the borders and the image sizes to fit all of the photos you need into the collage. Change the border color to match your photos or see if there’s an option to completely remove the borders. Some apps allow you to put filters on the individual images, while others will put a filter over the whole image. Try out a variety of filters to see which works best for the mood of your piece. If you want to add text or labels, look for a text option in the menu. Drag and drop the text where you want it and resize it so it fits into your collage. If your app doesn’t let you apply filters, go into your phone’s gallery and edit the image before putting it in your collage. Once you’re happy with how your collage works, look for the save or export feature in the menu. Choose the highest quality and the size you need so you can save it to your phone’s gallery. Some apps will allow you to post the collage directly to your social media accounts.

SUMMARY: Download a photo collage app from your phone’s app store. Select the photos to include in your collage. Edit the collage’s layout and design. Add filters and text to your collage. Export the image to save it into your gallery.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Any type of abuse can have a negative impact on someone emotionally and psychologically. Victims often report feelings of shame, terror, depression, guilt, and hopelessness. Many times the victim will blame themselves for the abuse. Some of the mental health concerns abuse can evoke include:  Post Traumatic Stress—This can be expressed through increased anxiety and depression. There could be nightmares or intense memories of the abuse. Various triggers can cause the victim to become disoriented with their current situation and immediate surroundings. Depression—Usually causes feelings of hopelessness, helplessness, guilt, shame, and worthlessness. Depression can range from mild symptoms to more intense symptoms that are debilitating. Anxiety—People with anxiety may have agoraphobia, panic attacks, physical anxiety, or chronic fear of the abuser and anyone who may have characteristics of the abuser. If you are being abused, you may feel scared, hurt, or even guilty. The fact that your ex is abusing you may make you feel even worse since you probably cared about the person or may still care about them. Reach out to someone you trust to talk to them.  You can talk to a family member, friend, colleague, teacher, therapist, abuse counselor, or religious leader. You may want to reach out to a mental health professional, especially if the abuse is causing severe emotional problems for you. If you think your life may be in danger or if the abuse becomes too much, consider getting help. You may consider contacting the police. Most police stations have people who deal with cyberstalking or cyber crimes. You may be able to file a restraining order or take other action against your ex. When you contact the police, you should expect to answer a lot of questions about what has been happening between you and your ex. Bring all your records with you that gives evidence of harassment and threats. Be sure to exercise daily, eat healthy, and get enough rest. Spend time doing things you enjoy, like reading, playing video games, painting, or swimming. Hang out with friends and family members that you can trust and that support you. Avoid using drugs or alcohol to cope.

SUMMARY: Recognize mental health concerns related to abuse. Talk to someone. Contact the police if you feel threatened. Care for your own well-being.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Many musicians use gear racks, usually a reinforced metal box with removable panels on the front and back.  The front side of the rack, when open, has two vertical rows of threaded screw holes on the sides, set 19 inches (48.3 cm) apart: the rack mount standard.   Like a head-and-cab setup, a rack-mounted guitar amplifier rig separates the amplifier components and the speaker cabinets. However, rack-mounted heads can be broken down into two categories: the preamp and the power amp. Both heads and combos have these components as well, but rack units make it practical to treat them as separate items. Most major amplifier manufacturers, including Marshall, Carvin, Mesa-Boogie, and Peavey make rack-mountable amp rigs. This is the initial amplification stage: in its basic form, a preamp boosts the signal so that it can effectively drive the power amp stage. Higher-end preamps will feature various tone-shaping features, including equalization, variable tube configurations, and more. This is connected to the preamp, takes the signal the preamp shaped, and gives it serious, speaker-driving power. Like heads, power amps are available in different sizes, from a minimum of 50 watts to monster 400W power amps.  As many power amps as you want can be connected in a daisy chain or to different pre-amp outputs to boost the power of the signal, as well as possibly blend the tonal influences of two different power amps. A rack allows you to mix and match products by different manufacturers and find a tone that is distinctly yours! In addition to the preamp and power amp, there are a lot of great products that can be mounted right on the same rack with your amplifier—reverbs, delays, EQs, and other sonic delights.  Racks frequently have caster wheels, making them very easy to roll around, and having a rack can also simplify setup: your components are always ready to plug in to as soon as you wheel your rack onto the stage and power it up.     {"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/4\/49\/3343-18b1.jpg\/v4-460px-3343-18b1.jpg","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/4\/49\/3343-18b1.jpg\/aid3343-v4-728px-3343-18b1.jpg","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":345,"bigWidth":"728","bigHeight":"546","licensing":"<div class=\"mw-parser-output\"><p>License: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/3.0\/\">Creative Commons<\/a><br>\n<\/p><p><br \/>\n<\/p><\/div>"}  Finally, racks are uncommon, and will attract attention. People will be impressed if you wheel a rack rig into rehearsal or performance, but beware—they will expect you to be a seasoned guitarist, or at least be able to effectively use your rack. Don't bring your rack anywhere unless you know how to get those pre-amps and processors to do exactly what you want them to do. Professionals axe masters like Robert Fripp, The Edge, and Kurt Cobain have favored rack rigs.

SUMMARY:
Rack it up. The preamp. The power amp. Gain the advantage.