Make a photo grid
Any grid from 1 × 2 to 12 × 12, with the cropping spread evenly rather than dumped on one photo.
Drop photos here, or paste from your clipboard
Examples
The details
| Grid range | 1 × 2 up to 12 × 12 — 144 cells |
|---|---|
| Even grids by count | 4 = 2×2, 6 = 2×3, 9 = 3×3, 12 = 3×4, 16 = 4×4 |
| Gutter range | 0 to 80 units — 1 unit is 1/1000 of the canvas short side |
| Outer margin range | 0 to 120 units |
| Corner radius | up to 50% of the cell short side |
| Cell shape on a square canvas | square — only when rows equal columns |
How it works
- Add your photos.
- Choose the rows and columns, or let the count decide.
- Set the spacing and download.
A grid is the collage people picture when they hear the word, and it is the one arrangement where the shape of your photographs matters most. A 3 × 3 grid on a square canvas gives nine square cells; drop nine 4:5 portraits into those and every one loses a fifth of its height. That is unavoidable — a square cell can only show a square — but which fifth is lost is not, and this is where a grid tool either helps or does not.
Here the crop for each cell is placed around whatever the photograph is actually of. Faces are detected on your device and a crop that would cut one is rejected outright; where there are no faces, the visually busiest region is kept, with a slight bias toward the upper third, which is where subjects usually sit. The result is that a grid of nine portraits loses the ceiling and the floor rather than the top of somebody's head.
Spacing is worth more attention than it usually gets. The gutter and margin here are measured in thousandths of the canvas's short side, which means they look identical whether you export at 1080 pixels or 10,800 — a grid that looks right on screen does not become hairline-thin when printed. Zero gutter is available and looks strong with photographs that share a palette; 12 to 20 units is the range most grids settle at.
If your photo count does not divide evenly, a grid is the wrong tool and the engine will say so by offering better arrangements alongside. Seven photographs in a 3 × 3 grid leave two holes; seven in rows of three, two and two leave none. Both are shown, and the uneven one usually wins.
Grids scale further than most people try: up to 144 cells here, and up to 200 photographs in other arrangements. Everything is computed on your own device, and the exported file carries no metadata.
Questions
What grid should I use for my number of photos?
4 is 2 × 2, 6 is 2 × 3, 9 is 3 × 3, 12 is 3 × 4, 16 is 4 × 4. Counts that do not divide evenly — 5, 7, 11 — look better in uneven rows than in a grid with holes.
Will a grid crop my photos?
A square cell can only show a square, so yes, unless your photos are already square. The crop is placed around what the photo is of, and one that would cut a detected face is rejected.
Can I have no gaps between photos?
Yes, set the gutter to zero. Spacing is measured in thousandths of the canvas, so it looks the same at every export size.
How big can a grid be?
Up to 12 × 12, which is 144 cells. Above about twenty photos, justified rows usually read better than a grid.
Can I round the corners of the cells?
Yes, up to half the cell's short side, at which point a cell becomes a stadium or a circle.