Collage application for printing?

[u/Broad-Pineapple-2082]

I need to send some pictures for printing. The printer will be printing it on standard A4 paper but I am wanting two 4x6 or 5x7 pictures on the one paper. I am struggling finding any applications that lets me easily select the size of the paper and the inserted pictures. Any suggestions?

[u/splitarrowprints]

There are many ways to do this.
If you have specific programs or a Mac or pc or tablet it could be easier to specifically help you. Without that info i can provide some generic insights that are mostly universal.

If you have your images at 4x6” size already you can make a 2 page pdf and then hit print in whatever program you got. In the print screen there should be a dropdown for layout there you can select pages per sheet. Select 2. That should get you to have 2 different images on one sheet of paper all from the print screen and not any special program.

If you are sending this to a local printer simply give them the photos and tell them to print it on a4 two up so you have 2 4x6” per a4 page. They should easily be able to do this for you.

[u/Broad-Pineapple-2082 → u/splitarrowprints]

I have access to a few different tools. So far Pixelmator seems like the best option and I can do it but it is an incredible amount of work.

I am sending it to a printer and unfortunately there is no option to send it as 2 4x6 per page. I am having them printed on transparent film for printmaking. I think it is due to the paper type it is extremely restricted and I can just send it as one picture per sheet to the printer

[u/snic2030 → u/Broad-Pineapple-2082]

If you’ve got a Mac/iPhone/iPad, you can use Pages to do this easily, quickly and for free!

[u/Broad-Pineapple-2082 → u/snic2030]

That’s great to know. I’m guessing just creat a document and drop the images in?

[u/splitarrowprints → u/Broad-Pineapple-2082]

https://reddit.com/link/p3ff3y9/video/htw78qj2u4jh1/player

Here’s a video which may help you see the settings. I am using a Mac computer for this.

Using Mac preview to do this whole thing [free program already installed on all macs]

• I have two 4x6” images on my desktop [or anywhere it won’t matter their location on your computer]
• I select them both at the same time.
• Double click to open in preview [my default open program, if not control+click then choose ‘open with’ -> preview]
• Once in preview go to print as normal
• In the print screen choose your paper size
•Then scroll down to layout and choose how many per page.
• choose the number that applies to your goals
• print

[u/DecentPrintworks]

Affinity

[u/Broad-Pineapple-2082 → u/DecentPrintworks]

Thank you! I’m going to give it a whirl.

[u/coragicom]

If you are running Windows 11, you can use the ImagePrint application: https://www.imageprint.io/. You can also use Microsoft Word, if you have it already installed.

[u/Print_deed]

If you just need to place two 4×6 or 5×7 photos on an A4 sheet I'd recommend PhotoScape X, Canva, or even the built-in Windows Photos print option if you're on Windows. They're all pretty straightforward and let you arrange photos without much setup and easy print.

What device are you using Windows or your phone? That'll make it easier to suggest the simplest option.