Image & Photo

Collage Maker

Grid layouts with spacing, background and rounded corners.

What it does. A collage arranges several images into one. The decisions that determine whether it looks composed rather than assembled are gutter spacing, consistent aspect ratios and a background that is not fighting the photographs — not the number of images.

Runs in your browserNothing uploadsNo signupWorks offline

How to use Collage Maker

Drop in several photos.
Choose a grid and set the spacing and background.
Export at full resolution.

Spacing does most of the work

A collage with no gaps reads as one confusing image, because the eye cannot find the boundaries between photographs.

A consistent gutter — roughly 1–2% of the canvas width — separates them enough to be read individually while still reading as one composition.

Consistency matters more than the exact size. Equal gutters everywhere, including the outer margin, is what makes a grid look deliberate rather than assembled.

Aspect ratios and cropping

Photos of different shapes in a uniform grid must be cropped, stretched or letterboxed. Only one of those is acceptable.

Cropping to fill loses edges but keeps everything looking right. Stretching distorts faces and is always visible. Letterboxing preserves everything and leaves inconsistent bands of background.

Crop to fill by default, and check each cell afterwards — automatic centre-cropping frequently cuts the subject out of a photo that was composed off-centre.

Export size

Set the output to the largest dimension you might need. A collage exported at screen size cannot be printed later, and re-making it means finding all the source images again.

For print, work back from 300 DPI at the physical size: an A4 collage needs roughly 2,480 × 3,508 pixels.

Bear in mind that a collage is only as sharp as its smallest source image. One low-resolution photo in a high-resolution grid is visible immediately, and no export setting fixes it.

Frequently asked questions

How much spacing should a collage have?

A consistent gutter of about 1–2% of the canvas width, including the outer margin. Consistency matters more than the exact figure — equal gaps everywhere are what make a grid look deliberate.

What if my photos are different shapes?

Crop to fill. Stretching distorts faces and is always visible; letterboxing leaves inconsistent bands. Check each cell afterwards, since automatic centre-cropping often cuts out an off-centre subject.

What size should I export at?

The largest you might need. For print, work back from 300 DPI at the physical size — an A4 collage needs about 2,480 × 3,508 pixels. Exporting at screen size makes it unprintable later.

Why does one photo look soft?

A collage is only as sharp as its lowest-resolution source. One small image in a large grid is immediately visible, and no export setting can recover detail that was never captured.

Are my photos uploaded?

No. The collage is composed on a canvas in your browser and downloaded from there — which also means there is no file-size limit imposed by an upload.