What happened to the create a collage from photos?

[susan do66202302]

It used to be super easy to create a great looking collage in Adobe Express. I could select multiple pictures and it would build it. Any size I chose, and let me play with it until I saved it.  I can't seem to do that anymore. HELP PLEASE! 

[gfons]

I can't find it either. Canva has one I am using.

[Tarun Saini]

Hi there,

You can use Create Collage, as a workaround, which is now available in Adobe Express. Select multiple images on your canvas and use the Create collage button from the left panel to automatically make a collage by adding all the images to a grid. You then have all of the existing Grids functionality available to reframe images, replace images, and adjust cell sizes.

Regards,

Tarun

[Jennifer34607197ldpx]

Sorry, but where is the create collage button on the left panel?  Also, it seems that the grids only populate a square image--is that right?  I really can't believe that you got rid of this feature.  Really scrambling now to meet a deadline.

[Abhi.G @ ADBE]

@Jennifer34607197ldpx 

Sorry for the late response; this recording may help: https://www.loom.com/share/54e60e4a826d4c298b48ba3916c3bae5?sid=dbc281e8-89d9-45e1-901c-e3bd1748acd7

Abhi G

[Zachary27009615cu0x]

Taking this feature away is crazy!

[kyranik232641]

I think I may have found the next best thing to the OG collage maker. The app inshot has an option for collages. You select your images, the type of grid and voila. Done. Easy to move images around and swap them out. 
adobe - you could get some pointers here.

[Danell34697650x2iv]

I too have been looking for the collage maker! So frustrating they took this feature out. Guess I'll go elsewhere!

[Abhi.G @ ADBE]

@Danell34697650x2iv 

Please check out https://www.loom.com/share/54e60e4a826d4c298b48ba3916c3bae5?sid=dbc281e8-89d9-45e1-901c-e3bd1748acd7 to see if this workflow helps. It's similar to the original collage maker, with one key difference that you create the collage inside the editor (within an existing project) rather than creating a new project with just the collage.

Abhi G

[Danell34697650x2iv]

That looks great but how do I get to that page in adobe express?

Thank u, Danell

[Abhi.G @ ADBE]

Oh, navigate to https://new.express.adobe.com/ then create a blank new file of the size you want using the Plus button on the left. Once the file is created, the rest of the steps in the recording above should work.

[Danell34697650x2iv]

Use FotoJet, super easy photo collage maker with lots of options!

[Niki@WSU]

FotoJet has the same template that Express has. God, I miss the customization of the original collage maker.

[Andrew33743527jcix]

I wasted so much time looking for this yesterday - Adobe - PLEASE BRING IT BACK ASAP

[Abhi.G @ ADBE]

Hi @Andrew33743527jcix 

Could you clarify what specificially you are looking for? Did you happen to check out this post: https://community.adobe.com/t5/adobe-express-discussions/what-happened-to-the-create-a-collage-from-...

Thanks

Abhi G

[kat37142498xujq]

Yes, when you said you had a newer version of Adobe & asked" if you want to switch, but realize if you switch, there is no going back to the old version, " I  would have stuck with the old version had I known collages were not an option on the new version,  that's almost all I used.  Please put them in this version, or put me back on the old version 

[rp53349428]

Susan, has this issue with Adobe Photo Shop CS6 gotten back with you? I'm now having problems with mine not doing Collage, which I use all the time as well. 

Thanks

[ecasanovatx]

They switched to 'grids' and I can honestly say it is pretty awful. I thought the drag and drop option to automatically create a collage was one of their best features. Grids seems like a regression, primitive option. Please bring back the collage option. 

[julyice22]

please bring it back

[Tarun Saini]

Hi 

@julyice22

,

We're sorry for the delay. Please submit your feedback here- https://adobe.ly/3zBVRwV, as this page is being monitored by our product team.

Regards,

Tarun

[BooknookBiz]

Anybody trying to find this--don't bother going to the community,  making suggestions, voting--I've been following this for a YEAR AND A HALF and the "new" collage maker is still this crap with Grids. Doesn't work 25% as well as the original did. Adobe simply ruined the original, drop-your-images-here and make a collage app.  Don't know why, but they did.  It's useless now. Even Canva's is better and that's saying something.  They had some "big" announcements about how you could shuffle now, end of summer of 2024, and that's all wonderful if you only have NINE images and they're all the same.  Worthless. 

Adobe completely ruined the collage maker. Thousands of people obviously used it and relied on it and now, ti's worthless. The old one could do in seconds what a human needs an hour to do but hey, what value could that have?  It's like what they've done this year (2025) to Acrobat DC.  You can't use Preflight, can't do this, can't do that, and they act like it's a surprise every time you contact support. Yeah, right.  Sure.  I'd PAY to get the old collage-maker back if it was just what it was. NOT improved. NOT worse. Just worked as it used to.  

[julyice22]

Download indesign and learn how to do it manually. I came to accept that.

[Amitej S · Accepted solution]

Hey @julyice22, Adobe Express now has a quick action tool as Collage maker. You can upload images directly from devices and select the layout for the collage. Please refer to this help article for details on using the feature: https://adobe.ly/3JulVyN

Hope this helps!

Best,

Amitej