How do I make a carousel for the first time?

Switch from Single to Carousel first. Set the slide count from 2 to 16, add images in order, and pick 1:1, 4:5, or 16:9. Gap starts at 8 and the background starts white. Save All downloads a ZIP of equal-width JPG or PNG slices. Open the archive and confirm the first file is the cover. The work stays in the browser.

Why start by leaving Single mode?

Single mode exports one combined image. Carousel mode is what turns the same maker into a ZIP of slides. If you arrange photos and export while Single is still on, you get a grid, not a carousel. Switch first, then set the count and the order. A later Save All writes equal slices. Checking the mode before you export saves a redesign.

How many slides can I add, and which files?

From 2 to 16 slides, and up to 16 images. JPG, PNG, WebP, and GIF are accepted. The files inside the ZIP are JPG or PNG. Aspects are 1:1 at 1080 by 1080, 4:5 at 1080 by 1350, and 16:9 at 1920 by 1080. Gap starts at 8 and the background starts white. Everything runs in the browser. Add the cover first so the ZIP opens on the right slice.

What should I check inside the ZIP?

That the slices are in the order you added, with the cover first, and that they share the aspect you picked. Equal width is the point of the export. If a photo is late in the archive and should have opened the set, reorder it in the maker and Save All again. Your original images stay on the device, so the correction uses the same files.

When should I change the gap and background?

After the order and the frame are right. Gap starts at 8 and the background starts at white, #ffffff. Adjust them once the story reads correctly, then export. A spacing change is easy to judge in the preview. Save All still writes equal JPG or PNG slices in a ZIP. Open that ZIP once more if you changed the field color, so the edges look the way you expect.

What if I wanted one picture instead of a ZIP?

Stay in Single mode and use the photo grid, which places several photos inside one JPG or PNG. This walkthrough is the carousel, and it ends in a ZIP of equal slices after you switch modes. If a one-image download appeared, Single was still on. Switch to Carousel, keep your order, and Save All again. The browser session still has the photos.

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Make your first carousel by following the controls in the order they matter. The maker opens in Single mode, which builds one combined image. Switch to Carousel before you do anything else. That switch is the difference between a grid and a set of slides, and this page walks the carousel path from a standing start. Set the slide count next. You can use from 2 slides up to 16. Add your images in the order a viewer should meet them, first photo first. JPG, PNG, WebP, and GIF all fit, up to 16 images. Then pick the frame. 1:1 is 1080 by 1080, 4:5 is 1080 by 1350, and 16:9 is 1920 by 1080. Gap starts at 8 and the background starts white. Change them only after the order and the frame look right. Save All writes a ZIP of equal-width slices, exported as JPG or PNG. Open the archive and check that the first file is your cover. The work stays in the browser, so you can fix the order and export again without gathering the photos a second time from someone else. A single collage is the other mode. If the download is one image, you are still on Single, and the fix is to switch and save again. Open the ZIP and read the first slice and the last slice before you upload the set.

A first carousel, in the order a new person needs

Switch to Carousel before the photos

Single mode is the default, and it will happily make one picture if you export too early. The first click on a new carousel is the mode switch. After that, the layout is a row of slides rather than a grid, and Save All can write the ZIP. If you skip the switch, you will spend the rest of the session designing a collage and wondering where the separate files went. Look for Carousel, select it, and only then think about how many slides the story needs. Two is enough for a before and after. A longer set still starts with that same switch.

Count, order, then the frame

Set the slide count between 2 and 16 so the row matches the story. Add images in viewing order. The first image becomes the first slice, which is the cover people see before they move on. Choose 1:1, 4:5, or 16:9 and picture the set at 1080 by 1080, 1080 by 1350, or 1920 by 1080. Gap starts at 8. Leave it until the photos are in the right seats, then tighten or loosen the space. The background starts white. A different field color can wait until the sequence itself is correct, because a pretty background on the wrong order is still the wrong carousel.

Save the ZIP and read it like a viewer

Save All exports JPG or PNG slices of equal width and packs them in a ZIP. Open that archive the way you would open a delivery. The first file should be the cover, the last file should be the ending, and every slice should share the frame you picked. If a photo is out of place, fix the order in the maker and export again. The originals stay on your device, and the browser holds the session, so a second ZIP is a small correction rather than a new project. A one-image download means Single mode is still on. Switch, then save.

How it works

1
Switch from Single to Carousel
The maker starts on a single collage. Change the mode to Carousel so the export can become a ZIP of slides. Do this before you arrange the photos.
2
Set the count and add images in order
Choose 2 to 16 slides. Add JPG, PNG, WebP, or GIF files, up to 16, with the cover first. The list order is the slice order.
3
Pick the frame, then Save All
1:1, 4:5, or 16:9. Gap starts at 8 and the background starts white. Save All writes a ZIP of equal-width JPG or PNG slices. Open it and check the cover.

Use cases

A first two-slide story

Switch to Carousel, set the count to 2, add the before and the after in that order, pick 1:1, and save the ZIP. Check that the first slice is the before.

A taller set for a portrait frame

After the mode switch, choose 4:5 so each slice is 1080 by 1350. Order the images, leave the gap at 8 until you see them, then export.

A redo after the order was wrong

Stay in Carousel, move the cover to the front, and Save All again. The new ZIP replaces the story. Your original photos stay where they were.

Problems we solve

You got one image

Single mode was still selected. Switch to Carousel, confirm the slide count, and use Save All so the download is a ZIP of equal slices.

The cover is in the middle of the ZIP

The first image you added is the first slice. Reorder so the cover is first, then export again. Open the new archive before you upload.

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Trust & technology

The steps stay in the browser

Mode, slide count, order, frame, gap, background, and the ZIP are handled on this device. The photos you added remain your originals.

Equal slices, one aspect

Save All writes files that share the frame you picked, at the pixel size for 1:1, 4:5, or 16:9. The ZIP is the set you upload in order.

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