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Free Photo Collage Maker

Combine up to 12 photos into a single collage image. Choose from 12 layout templates, customize spacing and corners, set your aspect ratio, and export as PNG or JPG. Everything runs in your browser.

How to Use

  1. Upload photos — Drag and drop or click to browse. Add up to 12 images. Reorder with the arrow buttons.
  2. Choose a layout — Pick from 12 templates: 2-photo splits, 3-photo arrangements, 4/5/6 grids, and 9-photo mosaics.
  3. Customize style — Adjust gap width, corner radius, background color, canvas width, and aspect ratio.
  4. Download — Export as PNG or JPG at your specified canvas width (up to 4000px).

Collage Tips

Common Use Cases

Year-in-review or trip-recap posts where a single composite frame tells a story better than a carousel. Real-estate listings that pair a hero shot with three detail photos in one image, so previews on listing portals show all four at thumbnail size. Side-by-side before-and-after comparisons for renovations, dental work, fitness progress, or any context where a paired image makes a stronger claim than a narrated description.

Mood boards for design briefs, where the composite frame lets a client see typography, color, and reference photography together at a glance. Quick social tiles for a launch announcement when the brand has multiple product shots and only one Instagram square. Magazine-style feature spreads, recipe sequence photos, or pet photo grids for a holiday card.

How We Compare

Canva and Adobe Express offer feature-rich collage templates with hundreds of layouts and decorative options. They're great when you need design assets to go with the photos. They also require an account, may upload your photos to their cloud, and add ads or watermarks on the free tier for certain features. Mobile apps like PicCollage do the same job on a phone with similar trade-offs.

This tool is the lightweight alternative: pick a layout, drop your photos into the cells, adjust spacing and corner radius, export. No account, no upload, no watermark, no template-bloat. Cells handle object-fit: cover behavior for you so portrait shots in a landscape cell get sensibly cropped instead of letterboxed. For adding a brand mark on top of the finished collage, pair it with image watermark.

One final note: exported collages render at the source images' native resolution rather than a downsampled web version, so a 4-photo collage of 12-megapixel phone shots can produce a 40-megapixel export. If you need a smaller file for sharing, downscale after export rather than degrading the source quality during composition.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many photos can I add to a collage?+
You can add up to 12 photos. The tool provides layout templates for 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 9+ photo arrangements. Each layout automatically adjusts to fit your images.
Can I customize the spacing and corners?+
Yes. Adjust the gap between photos (0–40px), corner radius (0–40px for rounded corners), and background color. All changes update the preview in real time.
What aspect ratios are available?+
Five presets: 1:1 (square, great for Instagram), 4:3 (landscape), 3:4 (portrait), 16:9 (widescreen), and 9:16 (stories/reels). You can also set a custom canvas width.
Does this tool upload my photos?+
No. Everything runs in your browser using the Canvas API. Your photos never leave your device — no server processing, no data collection.
What export formats are available?+
PNG (lossless quality) and JPG (adjustable quality from 50–100%). The exported image matches your canvas size setting, up to 4000px wide.
Can I rearrange photos in the collage?+
Yes. Use the arrow buttons to move photos left or right in the arrangement, or click the × button to remove individual photos.
How are photos fitted into cells?+
Photos are cover-fitted — they scale to fill the cell completely, cropping the edges as needed (like CSS object-fit: cover). This ensures no empty space in any cell.
What happens if I have more photos than layout slots?+
Only the first N photos (matching the layout's slot count) are displayed. Extra photos remain in your photo strip and will appear if you switch to a layout with more slots.
What resolution is the exported collage?+
The exported image uses your canvas width setting (default 1200px, up to 4000px). Height is determined by your aspect ratio. The preview may appear smaller, but the download is full resolution.

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