What is the shortest way to finish a collage?

Add two JPEGs, choose the 1:1 frame at 1080 by 1080, accept the pair layout, pan the faces into view, and export a JPG. The gap starts at 8 pixels and the background starts white, and you can leave both alone on a first try. The work stays in the tab. Open the download and confirm both subjects survived the edges before you send it.

Which files can I drop in?

JPG, PNG, WebP, and GIF are the inputs. You can add as many as the story needs, up to sixteen. The layouts offered are the ones for that count, including grids such as a 2x2 or a 3x3, rows, and shape masks. Circle, heart, and diamond clips are layouts, so they shape a cell rather than sending you to a separate crop. If a phone photo is still HEIC, convert it to a JPG or PNG first, then bring that file back.

How do I pick the frame?

Choose 1:1 when the destination is a square share, 4:5 when you want a taller picture, or 16:9 when the still should be wide. Those frames are 1080 by 1080, 1080 by 1350, and 1920 by 1080. Look at the whole preview after you switch, because the same photos sit differently in a square than they do in a wide band. Export only after that glance.

Can the photos sit in circles or hearts?

Yes. Circle, heart, and diamond are layout masks in the picker, alongside ordinary grids and rows. Select the mask the way you select a 2x2. The clip changes how much of each picture remains visible, so pan the focus until the subject sits inside the shape. Preview the full frame, then save JPG or PNG. A separate crop tool is there when you want one photo trimmed before it ever joins the board.

What do I download at the end?

One JPG or one PNG of the collage you arranged. That single picture is the whole point of this walkthrough. A ZIP of separate slides comes from the carousel maker at /carousel-maker, which builds 2 to 16 slides. Stay on this page when you want every photo together in one image. Rename the file so you can find it, and keep the originals if you might rearrange later.

How do I keep faces from being cut off?

Pan inside the cell until the face sits away from the border. A tight layout with a small gap, which starts at 8 pixels, can still clip a chin if the focus is left on the default. Check every cell after you choose the frame, because switching from 1:1 to 4:5 changes the window. Export, open the file at the size people will see, and nudge again if a forehead or a hand disappeared.

Collage Maker Guide

How to Make a Collage: one picture from your photos

A calm pass through the single-mode studio, from the files you choose to the one picture you download.

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You can gather a few favorite pictures into one collage that feels ready to send. This walkthrough stays with the single-mode studio, the place where every photo shares one canvas and the download is a single file. Begin with the story, then the files. A before-and-after pair, four frames from a dinner, or a tidy wall of objects all want different maps, and the strip only offers arrangements that match the count you added. JPG, PNG, WebP, and GIF are welcome. Sixteen images is the ceiling, so leave near-duplicates on the camera roll and let every cell earn its seat. The arranging happens on this device, which makes it a comfortable place for family shots or a draft you are still deciding about. Pick the frame once the set feels right. Square is 1:1 at 1080 by 1080. A taller share is 4:5 at 1080 by 1350. A wide still is 16:9 at 1920 by 1080. Space between cells starts at 8 pixels. The field behind them starts white, #ffffff. Widen that space when the group feels packed. Change the field when white fights the colors. Slide the focus inside any cell whose subject is hugging an edge. Grids and shape masks live in the same picker. Four photos can sit in a 2x2. Nine can sit in a 3x3. Rows give a stacked reading order when a square table is the wrong rhythm. Circle, heart, and diamond clips are layout masks: they shape a cell inside the collage. They are chosen the same way as a grid. Trimming one photo on its own, before it joins the others, is the separate crop tool. Save a JPG or a PNG when the preview matches the story. You receive one picture. Swipeable slides are a different mode. The carousel maker, at /carousel-maker, builds 2 to 16 slides and packages them as a ZIP. Stay here when one combined image is the thing you wanted. Rename the download, glance at the edges, and share it.

A pass you can repeat without guessing

Name the picture, then choose the files

A collage gets easier the moment you can say what it is arguing. Two shots that prove a change. Four that recap an evening. A small wall of objects for a buyer. Gather those files, skip the blurry extras, and stay at or under sixteen. The strip updates to the count you actually dropped, so loading the real set first saves you from hunting for a map that cannot appear yet.

Frame, spacing, and a map that fits

1:1, 4:5, and 16:9 are the three frames, at 1080 by 1080, 1080 by 1350, and 1920 by 1080. Gap begins at 8. The backdrop begins as #ffffff. A 2x2 suits four peers. A 3x3 suits nine. Rows suit a sequence. Circle, heart, and diamond masks clip the photo as part of the layout, which is different from opening a crop tool and cutting a file down first.

Leave with one picture

JPG and PNG are the two exports. The JPG is a comfortable choice for a photo-heavy board you will attach. The PNG is a comfortable choice when you want the collage kept as a PNG. Either way the result is one image. If the plan was a stack of full-frame slides in a ZIP, that work belongs on the carousel maker instead of this canvas.

How it works

1
Add the pictures that belong together
Drop JPG, PNG, WebP, or GIF files, up to sixteen. The layout list follows that count, so start with the set you mean to keep.
2
Choose a frame and a layout
Pick 1:1, 4:5, or 16:9. Select a grid, a row, or a shape mask such as circle, heart, or diamond. Gap starts at 8 and the field starts white.
3
Settle the focus inside each cell
Pan until the face, the dish, or the object sits where you want it. A small nudge here saves a cropped forehead later.
4
Download the combined image
Export JPG or PNG. Open the file, check the edges, and send that one picture. Slides in a ZIP are the carousel maker.

Use cases

A first board that should feel easy

Two vacation JPEGs, the square frame, the default pair layout, a quick pan, and a JPG. Confidence arrives before craft does.

A classroom still

Four clear specimens on a 2x2, with captions added later in the slide deck if the photos themselves have no labels.

A comparison that should stay together

When the point is seeing two moments at once, one image carries the idea more kindly than a swipe the reader might miss.

Problems we solve

The layout strip looks empty

Maps appear after files are in. Add the photos first, and the arrangements for that count show up.

Too many near-duplicates

Sixteen is a ceiling, and fewer often read more clearly. Keep the frames that change the story and leave the rest out.

A soft result after export

Start from larger originals, keep the subject off the cell edge, and export the file itself rather than a screenshot of the preview.

Related guides

Related image tools

Pair the Collage Maker with crop, compress, resize, or format converters before you create your collage.

Trust & technology

A short sequence you can teach

Files, frame, layout, focus, then JPG or PNG. That order is the whole studio, and it stays on this device while you work.

The download matches the preview

What you arranged is the picture in the file. Check it once at the size you will actually send.

Frequently asked questions

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