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8 Picture Collage Maker

Quick answer: an 8 picture collage puts eight photos in one image. The usual shapes are two columns of four, four columns of two and one big photo with seven small ones along its edge. Pick any of the 9 layouts below and the free editor opens with eight empty cells. Everything is processed here itself, nothing is uploaded to our servers.

  • 9 layouts
  • 6 templates
  • 3 download formats

Every Layout That Holds Eight Photos

Nine arrangements take exactly eight photos. Tap one and the editor opens on it, with its layout list already narrowed to eight.

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The 2 × 4 and 4 × 2 Grids

Eight equal cells, stood up or laid down. 2 × 4 Grid stacks four rows of two and reads down the page like a contact sheet. 4 × 2 Grid runs two rows of four and reads across like a strip of film. Both fill row by row, starting top left.

On the square canvas the editor starts with, each grid keeps just 65 percent of the photos it suits: 4 × 2 Grid takes upright ones, 2 × 4 Grid takes sideways ones. Put either on a 4 × 6 turned the other way from the photos and it keeps 99 percent or more.

One Big Photo With Seven Along Its Edge

Four layouts give one photo 62 percent of the width or height and line up seven more along the 38 percent left over. Seven cells sharing one edge get skinny. On a square each small cell comes out almost three times wider than tall, so an upright photo keeps 27 percent in it and a sideways one 47.

A canvas stretched along that edge rescues them. Big Left + 7 on Story and Reels keeps 89 percent of seven sideways photos. Big Top + 7 on a Wide 16:9 canvas keeps 89 percent of seven upright ones. The big cell pays for it, shrinking to a tall strip in the first case and a letterbox in the second.

Columns of Three, Two and Four

Columns 3 · 2 · 3 splits the canvas into three equal columns and cuts them into three, two and three cells. Columns 2 · 4 · 2 cuts them two, four and two. Both fill a column at a time, top to bottom, starting on the left.

Columns 3 · 2 · 3 is the gentlest of the nine with upright phone photos on the square start. None of the eight keeps less than 75 percent, which is why the button at the top opens it. Columns 2 · 4 · 2 is built for a mixed set. Its outer cells stand tall and its middle four lie wide, so on a square four upright photos keep 88 percent at the sides while four sideways ones keep 99 down the middle.

Mosaic Eight

Mosaic Eight breaks the canvas into three bands: two wide cells on top, a narrow, wide, narrow trio through the middle and three cells along the bottom. No edge carries on from one band into the next, so the whole thing reads like a magazine spread instead of a spreadsheet.

It rewards a mostly sideways set. Put upright photos in the two narrow middle cells, the third and fifth to fill. On a square they keep 82 percent. Six sideways photos around them keep at least 79.

Why Eight Photos Turn the Canvas Sideways

Six photos ask you to stretch the canvas, as the 6 Photo Collage page works out. Eight ask you to turn it round. In 4 × 2 Grid, four columns share the width while two rows share the height, so every cell comes out half as wide for its height as the canvas it sits on. Give a 3:4 phone photo a 3:4 cell and the canvas has to be 3:2, twice as wide for its height as the photo.

Photo labs already sell that sheet. A 4 × 6 Landscape print is 3:2, so eight upright phone photos keep 99 percent of themselves in 4 × 2 Grid on it. Flip the whole thing for sideways photos: 2 × 4 Grid on 4 × 6 Portrait or a Pinterest Pin keeps 99.

Match the canvas to the photos instead and both grids keep about half of every photo. Even the best of the nine layouts keeps only 65 percent of upright photos on Tall 3:4.

The Right Grid and Canvas for Each Photo Shape

Checked against every pairing of the two grids with nine common canvases. Full frame and APS-C cameras shoot 3:2 and most phones default to 4:3.

Your photosGridCanvasKeptOn a canvas shaped like the photos
Upright phone photos, 3:44 × 2 Grid4 × 6 Landscape, 1800 × 120099%Tall 3:4, 50%
Sideways phone photos, 4:32 × 4 Grid4 × 6 Portrait, 1200 × 180099%Wide 4:3, 50%
Upright camera photos, 2:34 × 2 GridWide 4:3, 2000 × 1500100%4 × 6 Portrait, 50%
Sideways camera photos, 3:22 × 4 GridTall 3:4, 1500 × 2000100%4 × 6 Landscape, 50%
Square photos, 1:12 × 4 GridStory and Reels, 1080 × 192090%Instagram Post, 49%
Upright phone photos shot in 16:9, 9:164 × 2 Grid8 × 10 Landscape, 3000 × 240091%Story and Reels, 51%

Every shape keeps at least 90 percent with the right pairing and no more than 51 on a canvas shaped like itself. Square photos are the one shape happy either way up, because a square turned sideways is still a square.

How Much of Each Photo the Eight Cells Keep

Each cell trims its photo until the photo covers it edge to edge. The tables list what survives, measured with the editor's own geometry at its default gap and margin. None of the seven collage pages we read before writing this one publishes a single crop figure.

Cells are listed in the order photos fill them. 75% ×3 means three cells in a row keep 75 percent each. Bold marks the layout whose worst cell keeps the most on each canvas.

Eight Upright Phone Photos

A phone held upright on its default 4:3 setting takes a 3:4 photo.

LayoutInstagram Post
1080 × 1080
Instagram Portrait
1080 × 1350
Tall 3:4
1500 × 2000
Story and Reels
1080 × 1920
4 × 6 Portrait
1200 × 1800
4 × 6 Landscape
1800 × 1200
2 × 4 Grid37% ×847% ×850% ×868% ×857% ×824% ×8
4 × 2 Grid65% ×851% ×848% ×835% ×842% ×899% ×8
Big Left + 782% · 27% ×765% · 34% ×761% · 37% ×745% · 50% ×754% · 42% ×780% · 17% ×7
Big Right + 782% · 27% ×765% · 34% ×761% · 37% ×745% · 50% ×754% · 42% ×780% · 17% ×7
Big Top + 746% · 47% ×758% · 37% ×762% · 35% ×784% · 26% ×771% · 31% ×730% · 74% ×7
Big Bottom + 746% · 47% ×758% · 37% ×762% · 35% ×784% · 26% ×771% · 31% ×730% · 74% ×7
Columns 3 · 2 · 375% ×3 · 88% ×2 · 75% ×395% ×3 · 69% ×2 · 95% ×398% ×3 · 65% ×2 · 98% ×372% ×3 · 48% ×2 · 72% ×387% ×3 · 57% ×2 · 87% ×349% ×3 · 74% ×2 · 49% ×3
Columns 2 · 4 · 288% ×2 · 56% ×4 · 88% ×269% ×2 · 71% ×4 · 69% ×265% ×2 · 76% ×4 · 65% ×248% ×2 · 97% ×4 · 48% ×257% ×2 · 86% ×4 · 57% ×274% ×2 · 36% ×4 · 74% ×2
Mosaic Eight44% ×2 · 82% · 60% · 82% · 68% · 66% · 68%56% ×2 · 64% · 76% · 64% · 86% · 84% · 86%60% ×3 · 81% · 60% · 93% · 90% · 93%82% ×2 · 45% · 91% · 45% · 80% · 82% · 80%68% ×2 · 53% · 92% · 53% · 95% · 98% · 95%29% ×2 · 79% · 39% · 79% · 44% · 43% · 44%

Read the last column. 4 × 2 Grid keeps 99 percent a photo on 4 × 6 Landscape, a result no eight photo layout beats on any canvas preset in the editor.

Eight Sideways Photos

Turn the phone and the photo becomes 4:3. Now the upright canvases win, led by 2 × 4 Grid on 4 × 6 Portrait at 99 percent.

LayoutInstagram Post
1080 × 1080
Instagram Portrait
1080 × 1350
Tall 3:4
1500 × 2000
Story and Reels
1080 × 1920
4 × 6 Portrait
1200 × 1800
4 × 6 Landscape
1800 × 1200
2 × 4 Grid65% ×883% ×889% ×883% ×899% ×842% ×8
4 × 2 Grid37% ×829% ×827% ×820% ×824% ×857% ×8
Big Left + 746% · 47% ×737% · 61% ×734% · 65% ×725% · 89% ×730% · 74% ×771% · 31% ×7
Big Right + 746% · 47% ×737% · 61% ×734% · 65% ×725% · 89% ×730% · 74% ×771% · 31% ×7
Big Top + 782% · 27% ×796% · 21% ×790% · 20% ×767% · 14% ×780% · 17% ×754% · 42% ×7
Big Bottom + 782% · 27% ×796% · 21% ×790% · 20% ×767% · 14% ×780% · 17% ×754% · 42% ×7
Columns 3 · 2 · 375% ×3 · 49% ×2 · 75% ×359% ×3 · 39% ×2 · 59% ×355% ×3 · 36% ×2 · 55% ×341% ×3 · 27% ×2 · 41% ×349% ×3 · 32% ×2 · 49% ×387% ×3 · 76% ×2 · 87% ×3
Columns 2 · 4 · 249% ×2 · 99% ×4 · 49% ×239% ×2 · 80% ×4 · 39% ×236% ×2 · 74% ×4 · 36% ×227% ×2 · 55% ×4 · 27% ×232% ×2 · 65% ×4 · 32% ×276% ×2 · 64% ×4 · 76% ×2
Mosaic Eight79% ×2 · 46% · 94% · 46% · 83% · 85% · 83%100% ×2 · 36% · 74% · 36% · 65% · 67% · 65%93% ×2 · 34% · 69% · 34% · 61% · 63% · 61%69% ×2 · 25% · 51% · 25% · 45% · 46% · 45%82% ×2 · 30% · 61% · 30% · 54% · 55% · 54%51% ×2 · 71% · 69% · 71% · 78% · 76% · 78%

Dragging a photo inside its cell picks which part survives. Zooming in keeps less. When one photo has to stay whole, set its cell to Fit whole and let the background fill the spare space.

Where Phone Apps Stop Short of Eight

Eight is a very ordinary number of photos. A kitchen refit leaves you four befores and four afters. A week away leaves seven days and one shot that sums up the trip. A small team leaves eight faces for the about page. Then the apps turn you away. Instagram's Layout tool splits a Story into six photos at most. Google Photos stops a collage at six on Android and iPhone and at nine on a computer. X attaches four photos to a post.

One image slips past all three limits. This editor lays out eight photos in a phone browser and goes on to layouts for up to 36 photos.

Eight also has history. In September 1925, Anatol Josepho's Photomaton at 1659 Broadway charged 25 cents for a strip of eight photos. For a strip rather than a grid, the Photobooth shoots one with your camera or saved photos.

Layouts for Pairs, Weeks, Teams and Mixed Sets

Four Before and After Pairs

A kitchen refit. A garden in March and again in August. A haircut that took three hours. Pairs want to sit side by side and eight photos make four of them.

For upright phone photos use 4 × 2 Grid on 4 × 6 Landscape or Wide 3:2 and add them as before, after, before, after. Each row holds two pairs and every photo keeps 99 percent. Sideways shots go in 2 × 4 Grid on Pinterest Pin instead, one pair to a row, at 99 percent.

Four Upright and Four Sideways

Turn the phone halfway through a day and the camera roll splits down the middle. Columns 2 · 4 · 2 on Instagram Post takes that split as it comes.

Add two upright photos, then the four sideways ones, then the last two upright. The upright photos land in the tall outer cells at 88 percent and the sideways ones stack down the middle at 99. The same layout on an 8 × 8 Square print crops exactly the same.

A Week With a Cover Photo

Seven days plus one picture that sums up the trip. That makes eight. The One Big layouts hold it like a pill organiser with a lid.

Use Big Top + 7 on a Wide 16:9 canvas. Add the cover first, then Monday to Sunday, which run left to right under it. Shot upright, each day keeps 89 percent. The cover cell is about three times wider than tall, so a phone panorama fits it far better than an ordinary sideways shot, which keeps 45 percent there.

A Team of Eight

An about page, a volunteer rota, a five-a-side squad with three subs. The Team Grid template turns the eight cells of 4 × 2 Grid into circles with four faces to a row. It opens ready for headshots.

Crop every face the same way: eyes on one line, the same gap above each head. A circle trims the corners off every photo, so leave some room around the face and drag inside the cell to centre it.

Eight Photos on Instagram, Pinterest and Paper

Feed Posts and the Profile Grid

For upright phone photos, Instagram Post with Columns 3 · 2 · 3 keeps at least 75 percent of each. On Instagram Portrait the same layout keeps 95 percent of the six photos in its outer columns and 69 of the middle pair. Sideways photos suit Tall 3:4: 2 × 4 Grid keeps 89 percent there. Instagram has shown 3:4 posts uncropped since late May 2025.

Instagram also takes landscape posts up to 1.91:1. 4 × 2 Grid on Wide 3:2 keeps 99 percent of upright photos, but the post sits short in the feed and each photo ends up about 254 pixels across, against 333 in a square Columns 3 · 2 · 3. Sizing guides put profile thumbnails at 3:4. At that shape a 3:2 post shows only its middle two columns.

A Single Story Frame

Story and Reels is 1080 × 1920, a 9:16 frame. Instagram's Layout stops at six photos, so eight have to arrive as one image. 2 × 4 Grid keeps 90 percent of square photos, 83 of sideways ones and 68 of upright ones. Keep faces off the top and bottom edges, where Instagram prints your name and the reply bar.

Pinterest Pins

Pinterest recommends a 2:3 pin at 1000 × 1500 pixels, the Pinterest Pin preset. Sideways photos love it: 2 × 4 Grid keeps 99 percent of each. Square photos keep 75 and upright ones 57.

How Big Each Photo Prints

Every print preset is its inches multiplied by 300, the usual density for photo prints. The table lays each sheet on its side for upright phone photos in 4 × 2 Grid. Stand the sheet up for sideways photos in 2 × 4 Grid and each photo prints at the same size, turned on end.

PrintPixelsEach photo in 4 × 2 GridUpright phone photo kept
4 × 6 Landscape1800 × 12001.4 × 1.9 in99%
5 × 7 Landscape2100 × 15001.6 × 2.3 in93%
8 × 10 Landscape3000 × 24002.3 × 3.7 in83%
A4 Landscape3508 × 24802.7 × 3.9 in94%

On a 4 × 6 each of the eight comes out about 1.4 × 1.9 inches, fine on a fridge door and small across a room. 8 × 10 Landscape grows each photo to 2.3 × 3.7 inches and still keeps 83 percent of an upright one.

One Collage Print or an Eight-Opening Frame

Big stores sell collage frames with eight separate openings, most of them cut for 4 × 6 prints. One popular design mixes four horizontal windows with four vertical ones. One listing we checked measures 17.5 × 22 inches overall. Each window takes its own photo, printed on its own. A collage has no place in a frame like that.

A frame with one window takes one collage print. Design at the size of the photo the frame holds rather than its outside size, then order the print at exactly that size. For that four and four look on a single sheet, use Columns 2 · 4 · 2 on an 8 × 8 Square print. The upright photos keep 88 percent and the sideways ones 99. If the frame has a mat, raise Outer margin under Spacing, because a mat window opens slightly smaller than the print. The 4 Photos in One Frame page measures how much a mat covers.

Posting Eight Photos as a Collage or a Carousel

Eight photos in one collageCarousel of eight
What the feed shows firstAll eight at onceThe first photo
What your profile grid showsThe collageThe first photo
Width of each photo on InstagramAbout 333 px in a square Columns 3 · 2 · 3Up to 1080 px
Most photos in one Instagram postEight, inside one image20, since August 2024
On XOne postTwo posts, since X takes four photos each

Pick the collage when the eight only make sense together, like four before and after pairs read at a glance. Pick the carousel when every photo deserves the whole screen. Or post both, with the collage as the first slide and the eight originals behind it.

For a carousel built from one wide image, the Instagram Carousel Splitter cuts it into swipeable slides.

How to Make an 8 Picture Collage

  1. Pick a layout. Tap one of the 9 layouts on this page or 6 templates. The editor opens on it with eight empty cells.

  2. Add all eight photos. Press Add photos or drop the eight files onto the canvas in one go. Ctrl+V pastes a photo you copied. Cells fill in the order you add photos, so line them up first.

  3. Turn the canvas against the photos. Open Canvas size. For upright phone photos in 4 × 2 Grid, pick 4 × 6 Landscape. For sideways photos in 2 × 4 Grid, pick 4 × 6 Portrait or Pinterest Pin. The photos refit by themselves.

  4. Arrange the eight. Drag a photo onto another cell to swap the two. Drag inside a cell to choose which part of the photo shows. One look on all eight keeps a mixed set from clashing.

  5. Download. Press Download and save the collage as PNG, JPG or WebP at 1× to 4×. The file lands on your device with no watermark.

Questions About 8 Picture Collages

What is an 8 picture collage?

One image that holds eight photos. The usual shapes are a 2 × 4 grid, a 4 × 2 grid and one large photo with seven small ones along its edge. Eight is past the limit of Instagram's Layout tool for Stories and of Google Photos on a phone, which both stop at six.

How many layouts hold exactly eight photos?

Nine. Two are plain grids and four give one photo the lead with seven beside it. Two split three columns into uneven stacks and one is a mosaic that breaks the grid on purpose. 6 templates add styling on top of them.

Is this 8 picture collage maker free?

Yes. You need no account and no part of the editor sits behind a payment. Pick a layout, add eight photos and download the result.

Which 8 photo layout crops my photos the least?

The canvas decides more than the layout. On the square canvas the editor opens with, Columns 3 · 2 · 3 keeps at least 75 percent of eight upright phone photos. Turn the canvas to 4 × 6 Landscape and 4 × 2 Grid keeps 99 percent, the best any eight photo layout gets from upright phone photos on any preset in the editor.

Why do eight upright photos need a sideways canvas?

The 4 × 2 Grid splits the width into four and the height into two, so each cell comes out half as wide for its height as the canvas. A 3:4 photo fills a 3:4 cell exactly. That takes a 3:2 canvas, which is the shape of a 4 × 6 print lying on its side.

Is a 2 × 4 grid the same as a 4 × 2 grid?

No. On this page the first number counts columns. 2 × 4 Grid has two columns and four rows and stands tall. 4 × 2 Grid has four columns and two rows and lies wide. Some editors count rows first, which turns their 2 × 4 into our 4 × 2, so go by the miniature rather than the name.

What size should an 8 picture collage be for Instagram?

For upright phone photos use Instagram Post, 1080 × 1080 pixels, with Columns 3 · 2 · 3. No photo keeps less than 75 percent. For sideways photos use Tall 3:4, 1500 × 2000, with 2 × 4 Grid, where each photo keeps 89 percent. Instagram has shown 3:4 posts uncropped since late May 2025.

How do I fit eight photos into one Instagram Story?

Combine them first, because Instagram's Layout tool stops at six photos. Set the canvas to Story and Reels (1080 × 1920) and pick 2 × 4 Grid. Square photos keep 90 percent there, sideways photos 83 and upright phone photos 68. Then add the collage to your Story as one picture.

Why can't Google Photos make an 8 photo collage on my phone?

Google Photos caps a collage at six photos on Android and iPhone. On a computer it lets you pick nine, so eight works there. This editor takes eight photos in a phone browser too.

How do I post eight photos on X?

X attaches four photos to a post, so eight means two posts or one collage. On the X Post canvas, 1600 × 900 pixels, 4 × 2 Grid keeps 83 percent of upright photos and 90 percent of square ones.

Can I print an 8 picture collage as a 4 × 6?

Yes. No canvas suits eight upright phone photos better. Choose 4 × 6 Landscape, 1800 × 1200 pixels at 300 DPI, with 4 × 2 Grid. Each photo keeps 99 percent and prints about 1.4 × 1.9 inches. For sideways photos stand the sheet up and use 2 × 4 Grid.

Is an 8 × 10 collage the same as an 8 photo collage?

No. 8 × 10 is a print size in inches and says nothing about how many photos sit on it. The editor has 8 × 10 Portrait (2400 × 3000 pixels) and 8 × 10 Landscape (3000 × 2400) presets and eight photos fit on either. 4 × 2 Grid on the landscape sheet prints each photo about 2.3 × 3.7 inches and keeps 83 percent of upright phone photos.

Will a frame with eight openings hold this collage?

No. A frame with eight openings holds eight separate prints, usually 4 × 6 each, one behind every window. A frame with a single window takes one collage print. Print the collage at the size of the photo that frame holds, not at the frame's outside size.

What if four photos are upright and four are sideways?

Use Columns 2 · 4 · 2 on Instagram Post or on an 8 × 8 Square print. Add two upright photos, then the four sideways ones, then the last two upright. The upright photos keep 88 percent in the tall outer cells and the sideways photos keep 99 percent down the middle.

Which photo lands in the big cell?

The first one you add. Photos fill the cells in order and every One Big layout lists its big cell first.

How do I make a before and after collage with eight photos?

Treat it as four pairs. For upright photos pick 4 × 2 Grid on 4 × 6 Landscape and add them before, after, before, after. The grid fills row by row, so each row shows two pairs side by side and every photo keeps 99 percent.

Can I make a one week collage with a cover photo?

Yes. Big Top + 7 holds a cover and seven days. On a Wide 16:9 canvas the seven upright day photos keep 89 percent each. The cover cell there is about three times wider than tall, so a phone panorama suits it best.

How do I swap two of the eight photos?

Drag one photo onto the other's cell. They trade places and each one keeps its own crop, zoom and filter.

Can I remove the white lines between the photos?

Yes. Press Edge to edge under Spacing and the gap, outer margin and corner rounding all drop to zero. To colour the lines instead, keep the gap and change the background colour, since the background fills the gaps.

Can the eight photos be circles or hearts?

Yes. Photo shape offers 10 outlines, among them a circle, a heart and a star. One pick applies to all eight cells. The Team Grid template starts with circles already set.

Can I add dates or a caption?

Yes. Add a text layer, type the words and drag them into place. In a week collage a small date under each day's photo helps people read it in order.

Should I post eight photos as a collage or a carousel?

A collage shows all eight at once, in the feed and on your profile grid. A carousel shows one photo at a time at full width and waits for a swipe. Instagram carousels hold up to 20 photos, so eight fit either way. Make the collage the first slide and you get both.

Is there a watermark on the download?

No. The file saves to your device as PNG, JPG or WebP with nothing stamped on it.

Are my eight photos uploaded anywhere?

No. Everything is processed here itself, nothing is uploaded to our servers. The photos leave the page when you close the tab, so download the collage first.

Why won't my iPhone photos open?

iPhones save photos as HEIC unless you change the setting. Safari opens HEIC from version 17, while Chrome, Edge and Firefox do not open it. Open the editor in Safari or set the iPhone to Most Compatible under Settings, Camera, Formats, so new photos save as JPEG.

Does the collage keep the GPS location of my photos?

No. The editor draws the download fresh from the pixels, so camera details and GPS coordinates stay behind. Your original files do not change.

What happens if I add a ninth photo?

The editor moves to a layout built for nine and keeps your eight photos in the order you added them.

How do I write alt text for an 8 picture collage?

A screen reader meets the collage as one image, so the alt text has to cover all eight photos. Describe them in fill order. In Columns 3 · 2 · 3 that means the left column from top to bottom, then the middle pair, then the right column. On Instagram, open Advanced Settings before you share and tap Write Alt Text.

Can I make an 8 picture collage on my phone?

Yes. The editor runs in a phone browser. CollagePhotoApp is also free on iPhone and Android and adds cutouts, see-through letters and mockup frames on top of the layouts.

More Photo Counts and Tools

The hub lists a page for each photo count we cover. The full editor arranges anywhere from 2 to 36 photos in one design.

With fewer photos, the 3 Photo Collage page covers triptychs, 4 Photos in One Frame covers the 2 × 2 grid and 6 Photo Collage explains why six photos stretch the canvas. The Image Resizer hits an exact pixel or file size once the collage is done.

For Stories, read how to make an Instagram Story collage or how to add multiple photos to one Instagram Story. CollagePhotoApp itself is free on iPhone and Android.

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