How to make a photo grid
- Set rows and columns. Use the Rows and Columns buttons in the Layout step. The grid redraws at once, and the count is written beside it.
- Open the photos. Drop them on the grid; they fill the cells left to right, top to bottom.
- Decide on gaps. It opens edge to edge. Raise Gap in the Style step for white lines between cells, or pick a frame for a border round each one.
- Pick the shape and save. Square, tall post, story or a print size. The cells stay even in every shape.
A grid that is actually a grid
Most layout tools give you a grid by count: ask for seven and you get a row of four over a row of three, with the last row stretched. That is a fine layout and the home page has it. This page is for when the grid itself is the point — a 3 × 3 of a city, a 4 × 4 of faces, a 2 × 5 strip for a product sheet — and every cell has to be the same size as every other.
Rows and columns go from one to six each, as long as the total stays at thirty or fewer. The cells share the page exactly; nothing is stretched, nothing is left over.
Seamless first, lines if you want them
The page opens with the Seamless style: no gap, no outer edge, so the photos meet. For a grid with white lines, raise Gap; for a dark rule between cells, the Minimal grid family puts a three-pixel ink line between them. Frames such as the gallery mat put a border inside every cell instead.
A grid on a story is tall cells; on a 6 × 4 print it is wide ones. If your photos are mostly one shape, pick the page shape that makes the cells closest to it — the slot panel shows how much of each photo the cell keeps.
| Grid | Cells | Cell size |
|---|---|---|
| 2 × 2 | 4 | 540 px |
| 3 × 3 | 9 | 360 px |
| 4 × 4 | 16 | 270 px |
| 6 × 5 | 30 | 216 × 180 px |
Questions people ask about this one
Is this an Instagram grid splitter?
No. It puts several photos into one grid picture. Cutting one photo into tiles for a profile is a different job, and this site does not do it.
What is the biggest grid?
Six rows or six columns, thirty cells in all.
Can I have different-sized cells?
Not on this page — that is what the other layouts are for. The home page has thirty-nine drawn layouts with lead slots and uneven rows.
Can I add a title?
Yes. The Text step puts a title band above or below the grid, and the grid shrinks to make room rather than being covered.