Photo layout, handled

AI Collage Maker that designs the layout

Tell it what the photos are — a trip, a year of your kid, a product line — and it composes a real photo collage: one hero shot, even gutters, captions where they belong. Every photo stays its own layer you can swap or regenerate.

Start from an occasion:

Free to start No credit card Layered PSD export Any canvas ratio

The difference

Every photo is a layer. Every word is text.

Most collage tools flatten your photos into one image the moment you export. This one builds the collage as a layered design — so finished never means frozen.

Swap or regenerate any photo
Each photo sits on its own layer. Click one to replace it with a different shot — or regenerate it in place until it earns its spot.
Titles and captions stay editable
The words on the collage are text elements, not pixels. Fix a date, rename a place, or rewrite the title without touching the photos.
Re-compose instead of starting over
Ask for a different ratio or a calmer layout and the design re-lays out — the same photos, re-arranged, not squeezed.

Missing a shot from the set? Generate it with the AI Image Generator and it joins the canvas as one more layer.

Layers

Background
Photo 1
Photo 2 Swap · Regenerate
Photo 3
Photo 4
Photo 5
Title text
Caption

Honest scope: if you just need thirty photos tiled into a plain grid in two clicks, a basic grid app is faster. This is for the collages that have to look designed — where the layout, the type, and the spacing carry the result.

Not template slots

Two photos or nine — the layout re-composes

Fixed-frame tools give you slots; add one more photo and everything just shrinks. Here the composition is re-built for the count: the hero shot is re-chosen, gutters stay even, captions move where they still fit.

Layout logic

Two-photo collage of the same trip — one wide hero shot beside a portrait companion photo — Same photos, re-composed

Three-photo collage of the same trip — a tall hero shot with two stacked supporting photos — Same photos, re-composed

The four previews are one photo set re-laid out at each count — not four templates. That's the difference between a collage generator that composes and one that fills frames.

How to make a collage with AI

Describe the occasion
Type what the photos are and where the collage is going — “nine shots from our Japan trip, square, for a framed print.” Upload your photos and the AI works them into the design, or start without them.
The AI composes the layout
It works like a designer, not a template: picks a hero shot, sets the grid and the gutters, places the title and captions. Give it a few minutes — it's building a layered design, not filling frames.
Edit by clicking, then export
Swap or regenerate any photo, rewrite any caption, ask for another ratio. Export a native-size PNG, a layered PSD, or a print-ready PDF when it's right.

Craft, not filters

What separates a designed collage from a cluttered one

None of this is secret — it's layout craft. It's what the agent is instructed to care about, and because everything stays a layer, it's also what you can still fix by hand.

Nine-photo travel collage on a three-by-three grid, kept clean by even gutters and consistent margins — Nine photos can work — when the gutters stay even and no two photos compete for the same job.

Every photo the same size: A collage with no hierarchy reads like evidence, not a story. Give one photo about twice the area and let the rest support it — the eye needs somewhere to land first.
Gutters that drift: Uneven spacing between photos is the fastest way to look thrown-together. One consistent gutter, plus a real margin at the edges, is half of what “designed” means.
Too many photos on one canvas: Past about a dozen, every photo shrinks to a stamp and none of them gets seen. Split by day, person, or theme — two strong collages beat one crowded one.
Crops that fight the subject: Auto-fit cropping slices heads and tilts horizons. Each cell should be cropped toward the subject on purpose — the layout serves the photo, not the other way around.
Captions on everything: Date-stamp every cell and you've made a database. One title plus two or three short captions carries the story; the photos do the rest.

Every rule above stays fixable after generation — hierarchy, gutters, crops, and captions are layers and layout here, not pixels baked into one image.

One photo collage maker, every occasion

The same canvas handles a framed print and a story post. Describe the occasion — the layout and tone follow it.

Travel recap

One hero landscape, supporting shots at honest sizes, place-name captions where they help. Print it at 4:3 or ask for a wide re-layout for a header.

Family year in review

A year of small moments around one hero portrait — the collage grandparents actually frame. Soft background, one title, a caption per season, done.

Product moodboard

Products, textures, and palette on one canvas for a pitch, a shop banner, or a season plan. Tight grid, generous margins, room for a tagline — a digital collage that reads as intent.

More starting points:

Sizes that fit where it's going

The canvas isn't fixed — ask for any ratio and the collage is composed for it from the start. These are the numbers that matter most often.

Square social post	1:1 — 1080 × 1080 px
Portrait feed post	4:5 — 1080 × 1350 px
Story / vertical	9:16 — 1080 × 1920 px
Widescreen / header	16:9 — 1920 × 1080 px
4 × 6 in print	3:2 — 1800 × 1200 px at 300 DPI
8 × 10 in print	4:5 — 2400 × 3000 px at 300 DPI
A4 print	210 × 297 mm — 2480 × 3508 px at 300 DPI

Export the finished collage as a native-size PNG, a layered PSD — every photo, caption, and background on its own layer — or a print-ready PDF. Need more pixels? 4K export renders the same layout at higher density.

Frequently asked questions

How is this different from a regular collage maker?

A regular collage maker gives you frames: pick a template, drag photos in, export one flattened image. This is an AI collage maker built on a design agent — it composes the layout for your photos (hierarchy, gutters, captions), and the result stays a layered design you can keep editing. If you only need photos tiled fast, a grid app is quicker; if the collage has to look designed, this is the point.

Can I use my own photos?

Yes — that's the normal way to use it. Upload your photos and the AI works them into the design: it sizes them, crops toward the subjects, and builds the layout around the shots you brought.

What if I'm missing a photo?

Generate it. Image generation is built into the same canvas, so you can ask for the missing piece — a background texture, a title-card image, an establishing shot — and it drops in as one more layer next to your real photos.

How many photos should a collage have?

There's no slot count to fill — the layout is composed for however many photos you bring, and the picker above shows the same set re-laid at two, three, five, and nine. As craft, though: past about a dozen photos per canvas, everything shrinks to stamps. Big years deserve two collages.

Can I change the layout after it's generated?

Yes. Ask for a calmer version, a different hero photo, or another ratio, and the design re-lays out — same photos, new composition. Because nothing is flattened, a layout change doesn't cost you your edits.

Can I edit the title and captions?

The words are text layers, not pixels painted into the image. Click and rewrite them, or ask for a different type treatment — dates, names, and places stay fixable to the end.

What sizes and ratios does it support?

The canvas takes any ratio — square for feeds, 4:5 portrait, 9:16 vertical, 16:9 wide, or print shapes like 4×6, 8×10, and A4. Say where the collage is going and it's composed for that shape from the start, instead of cropped into it later.

Can I print my collage?

Yes — set a print canvas up front (a 4×6 at 1800×1200, an 8×10 at 2400×3000, an A4 at 2480×3508 — all 300 DPI) and export a print-ready PDF or the native-size PNG. Photos hold up in print when they're laid out at print size, not upscaled afterward.

What file formats can I download?

Native-size PNG for posting, a layered PSD where every photo, caption, and background is its own layer for finishing in standard design apps, and a print-ready PDF. There's also a 4K export that renders the same layout at higher pixel density.

How long does it take to make a collage?

A few minutes, honestly. It's composing a layout and building separate layers, not stamping your photos into a template — and the payoff is that the first version is a starting point you can edit, not a take-it-or-leave-it image.

Make a collage that looks designed

Describe the occasion, add your photos, and get a layered photo collage you can still change — then export the PNG, PSD, or print PDF.