4 photo collage, square
Two by two on a square page with even white borders. The classic four-photo collage, sized for a post or a print.
- Photos
- 4
- Page
- 10 × 10in square
Collages
Free photo collage templates
Six collage layouts, from the classic four-photo square to a photo booth strip. Open one and drop your photos in — each one is cropped to fill its frame — then adjust the borders and download. Nothing is uploaded and no account is needed.
4 photo collage, A4
Four photos on a portrait A4 page with a wide margin, for printing and framing or sticking on the fridge.
- Photos
- 4
- Page
- A4 portrait
2 photos side by side
Two frames on a 3:2 page. Before and after, then and now, or a pair that only works together.
- Photos
- 2
- Page
- 12 × 8in
6 photo collage
Three across and two down on a landscape page. Enough for a day out or a small event without any frame getting lost.
- Photos
- 6
- Page
- A4 landscape
9 photo grid
Three by three on a square page with thin borders. A whole trip, a project, or a year on one page.
- Photos
- 9
- Page
- 10 × 10in square
Photo booth strip
Four frames stacked on a 2 × 6in strip, the shape of a photo booth print. Made for parties and weddings.
- Photos
- 4
- Page
- 2 × 6in
Laying out a whole shoot for somebody to choose from? See the contact sheet templates.
How to make a 4 photo collage
- Open the square 4 photo collage, or the A4 version if it is going in a frame.
- Drag four photos onto the page. They fill the grid in order, left to right and top to bottom, and each one is cropped to fill its frame.
- Drag the thumbnails to reorder them. Put the strongest photo top-left — it is where the eye lands first.
- Set the borders in the Layout panel: the gap between photos and the margin around them. Set both to zero for a borderless collage, and change the page colour if white borders are not the look.
- Download it. Nothing is uploaded at any point; the collage is put together in your own browser.
The same steps work for every layout on this page — the only thing that changes is how many photos fill the grid. Add more photos than the grid holds and the extra ones flow onto a second page, so a 9 photo grid with 18 photos gives you two collages.
Choosing photos that work together
- Lead with one strong image and let the others support it. Four equally busy photos fight each other.
- Mix the distances — one wide shot, one medium, one close detail. A collage of four wide shots reads as one blurry place.
- Keep the colour consistent. Photos edited in different styles look like they came from different days, even when they did not.
- Mind the crop. Every frame is cropped to the shape of its cell, so keep subjects near the middle. A tall portrait in a wide cell loses its top and bottom.
Which layout for which job
| Layout | Photos | Good for |
|---|---|---|
| 4 photo collage, square | 4 | A post, a card, a print for a square frame |
| 4 photo collage, A4 | 4 | Printing at home and framing, or a noticeboard |
| 2 photos side by side | 2 | Before and after, then and now |
| 6 photo collage | 6 | A day out, a small event, a project |
| 9 photo grid | 9 | A trip, a year, a portfolio sampler |
| Photo booth strip | 4 | Parties, weddings, a keepsake strip |
Sizes
The square layouts are built on a 10 × 10in page, which comes out at 3,000 × 3,000 pixels at 300dpi — plenty for a social post and enough to print a sharp 10in square. The A4 and landscape layouts print at A4. The photo booth strip is the real thing: 2 × 6in, four frames stacked. Every size stays adjustable in the Layout panel, including a custom page of any shape.
Collage, contact sheet, or mood board?
They use the same grid and do different jobs. A collage is a handful of chosen photos arranged to be looked at. A contact sheet is every frame from a shoot, labelled, so somebody can choose — there are layouts for that on the contact sheet templates page. A mood board is a freeform canvas of references for a shoot that has not happened yet; that is what the mood board maker is for.
Common questions
- Is there a free photo collage template?
- Yes. Every layout on this page is free to open and use, with no account and no upload. Pick one, add your photos, and download it as a PDF.
- How do I make a 4 photo collage?
- Open the 4 photo collage template, drag in four photos, and reorder them by dragging. Each photo is cropped to fill its frame automatically. Adjust the border width if you want, then download.
- Can I download the collage as a JPEG or PNG?
- Yes, on the Pro plan, which exports any page as a PNG or JPEG at 300dpi. On the free plan a collage downloads as a PDF, which prints at full quality.
- Can I make a collage without borders?
- Yes. In the Layout panel, set both the gap between photos and the page margin to zero, and the photos sit edge to edge.
