A collage generator that starts from your photographs rather than from a gallery of someone else’s designs. Add two to twelve photos and the board draws the layouts a person would draw for exactly that many — then ranks them by how much of each photo survives into its cell.
A worked example: five photos on a 12 × 12 inch board
Three landscape photographs (3:2) and two portraits (2:3). These are the six layouts the engine ranks highest for them, with the share of the photos each one keeps — the same numbers the board prints on its cards.
Columns of 2 + 3
87% kept
Balanced mosaic
83% kept
2 justified columns
81% kept
Rows of 2 + 3
76% kept
2 justified rows
73% kept
Rows of 1 + 2 + 2
73% kept
How the list is made
- Count-aware families. For three photos: three columns, three rows, one large with two stacked beside it on any side. For five: two-and-three, three-and-two, one large beside four, a feature photo in a grid. Every layout has exactly as many cells as you have photos.
- Photos matched to cells. Each photograph goes to the cell that keeps the most of it, by an exact best-match assignment, so you do not have to swap portraits into tall cells by hand. Keep my order turns that off.
- Ranked by kept share. Ties go to the layout with fewer different cell shapes, which is usually the calmer one.
When another mode is better
Two photos only? Two photos in one frame adds unequal splits. Dozens or hundreds, none cropped? Use the 100 photo collage. Want rows and columns you set yourself? That is the photo grid maker. Posting it? The Instagram collage opens at 4:5 with slides.
No photograph leaves your device: layouts are generated, drawn and exported by this browser tab.
Up to twelve photos get layouts made for their exact count; past that the suggestions fall back to even grids and justified rows from the first twenty. The layouts are rectangles — hearts, circles and letter shapes are not here yet.
Asked and answered
How many photos can a layout take?
The generated families cover every count from two to twelve with layouts made for exactly that many photographs — rows of two and three, a large photo beside four, a feature photo in a grid and so on. Past twelve the board still suggests even grids and justified rows, and the 100 photo collage page packs any number whole.
Why does this layout say 74% kept?
Because that is the average share of each photograph's own area that survives into its cell. A 3:2 landscape in a square cell keeps 67% at best; in a wide cell it keeps nearly all of it. The number is computed from your photographs' real shapes, so the layout at the top of the list is the one that trims them least.
Can I keep my own photo order?
Yes. Tick Keep my order under the suggestions and every layout fills its cells in your order. Leave it off and each photograph goes to the cell that keeps most of it — a portrait lands in a tall cell without you swapping it — using an exact best-match assignment for up to twelve photos.
Can I change a layout after choosing it?
Everything stays editable: drag a divider, split or merge cells, swap two photos by dragging one onto the other, reframe a photo inside its cell, change the gap and corners. Choosing a layout is one undo step, so the previous arrangement is one press away.
Are these templates?
No stock art and no premium templates — they are structures generated for the photographs in your tray. The same photos in the same order give the same list every time, so a layout you liked is still there after a reload.
