Make a photo collage

I just installed CC and have NO experience with the app. I want to create several 20x30 photo collages for a family event, each collage to include 15-20 photos evenly placed in two or four colums. I've tried turorials but can't find the help I need. My photos are all stored on external hard drive. Can someone direct me to right place to learn how to get started. Thank You

Photo Collage Toolkit UPDATED Made Rotate for Best Fit an option in PasteImageRoll.jsx Edit to customize your default settings.
Photoshop scripting is powerful and I believe this package demonstrates this.
The package includes four simple rules to follow when making Photo Collage Template PSD files so they will be compatible with my Photoshop scripts.
Documentation and Examples
Optional templates 8.5x11 - 16MB
Optional templates 8x10 - 51KB
Optional templates 11x14 - 23MB
Optional templates 12x12 - 12MB
Optional templates 13x19 - 37MB
Optional templates 16x16 - 4MB
Optional templates 16x20 - 91MB
Optional templates 20x24 - 125KB
Optional templates Multi-Image - 113MB
Optional templates One-Image - 106MB
Optional templates PhotoBoard-11x14 - 231KB
There are twelve scripts in this package they provide the following functions:
TestCollageTemplate.jsx - Used to test a Photo Collage Template while you are making it with Photoshop.
CollageTemplateBuilder.jsx - Can build Templates compatible with this toolkit's scripts.
LayerToAlphaChan.jsx - Used to convert a Prototype Image Layer stack into a template document.
InteractivePopulateCollage.jsx - Used to interactively populate Any Photo Collage template. Offers most user control inserting pictures and text.
ReplaceCollageImage.jsx - use to replace a populated collage image Smart Object layer with an other image correctly resized and positioned.
ChangeTextSize.jsx - This script can be used to change Image stamps text size when the size used by the populating did not work well.
PopulateCollageTemplate.jsx - Used to Automatically populate a Photo Collage template and leave the populated copy open in Photoshop.
BatchOneImageCollage.jsx - Used to Automatically Batch Populate Collage templates that only have one image inserted. The Collage or Image may be stamped with text.
BatchMultiImageCollage.jsx - Used to Automatically Batch Populate Any Photo Collage template with images in a source image folder. Easier to use than the interactive script. Saved collages can be tweaked.
BatchPicturePackage.jsx - Used to Automatically Batch Populate Any Photo Collage template with an image in a source image folder
PasteImageRoll.jsx - Paste Images into a document to be print on roll paper.
PCTpreferences.jsx - Edit This File to Customize Collage Populating scripts default setting and add your own Layer styles.
Four Rules Templates need to follow:
Size the photo collage templates for the print size you want - width, height and print DPI resolution.
Photo collage templates must have a Photoshop background layer. The contents of this layer can be anything.
Photo collage templates must have alpha channels named "Image 1", "Image 2", ... "Image n".
Photo collage templates layers above the background layers must provide transparent areas to let the images that will be placed below them show through.
Example:

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This thread may be helpful:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/893298?tstart=0

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Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin!
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