How to have several photos printed and framed together in one mount, in the multi print and frame designer. The designer has seven tabs, 1 Layout and sizes to 7 Review, and the preview on the left shows your photos with every choice you make. This guide follows them in six parts, each with its own short video.
Example: four photos in a 2 × 2 layout, two of them portraits and one oval, with a printed title box, a double mount and a 20mm black frame. Recorded 19 October 2026.
Part 1: Layout and sizes
Choose how many photos and how they're arranged, then the print size and shape of each one.
Choose the layout
The layout is shown as across × down and starts at 3 × 1. Click it and move over the grid to choose how many photos across and down, from 2 up to 64, then click to set it. Here, 2 × 2: four photos.
Print sizes and shapes
- Tick All Apertures Same Size to type one print size for every photo: here, 150 × 100mm.
- Untick it to size each photo: here #2 and #4 are portraits, 100 × 150mm.
- Tick Oval under a photo for an oval opening: here #4.
- Click Update All Apertures to apply the sizes. The mount is sized round them for you.
Each opening is cut 6mm smaller than the print, so the mount overlaps every photo by 3mm all round.
Part 2: Images and paper
Upload your photos into the openings, use your gallery, swap photos round, and choose the paper.
Upload by clicking an opening
In 2 Images and paper, click an opening in the preview to choose a photo for it from your computer or phone, or drag a photo file onto it. Each photo fills its opening, and is added to your gallery above the paper choices. You don't need an account; log in or create one if you'd like to keep your photos for later.
Use a photo from the gallery
Every photo you upload stays in the gallery, even if you replace it. In the video we click #3 again and choose a different photo; the first one stays in the gallery, and we drag it from the gallery onto #4.
Swap photos round
To swap two photos, drag one onto the other in the preview: here #2 onto #4, and they change places. Use the crop icon on a photo's thumbnail to choose which part of it shows, or the bin icon to remove it.
Choose the paper
Semi Matt Photographic Paper is selected to start with. Choose Ultra Smooth Fine Art or Textured Fine Art Paper for a fine art finish. The ⓘ beside each describes it.
Part 3: Mounts and title box
Set the border and the gap between photos, choose single or double and the colours, and design a printed title box.
Border, gap and layers
- Top Width sets the border round the outside: 40mm to start with. Here, 50mm.
- Default Gap sets the space between photos for you. Switch it off to type your own Gap Width; in the video we keep the default (25mm).
- Single/Double switches to a double mount, with a thin second layer round each photo, set in Bottom Width.
- Choose a colour for each layer: here, Off White on top and Slate Grey underneath.
Design a printed title box
A title box adds a printed caption in its own small opening under your photos. It's added on the Layout and sizes tab: click Add title box.
- Type a main title and an optional second line: here, Summer in Cornwall and August 2026.
- Choose the font, text colour and bold for each line, and a background colour.
- The Live Preview shows how it will look; it's printed at 300 DPI.
- Click Save title box. The caption appears under your photos. Use Edit title or Remove title to change it.
Part 4: Frames
Find a frame by colour and filters, compare frames, see a frame's details and order a sample, choose your frame, and look at it in the corner, profile and 3D views.
Colours, filters and compare
The list opens with Our 50 best sellers. Click a colour to see every frame in it: Black shows 131. Filters sorts the list and filters by frame width, rebate depth, material and price: Black with a 21–30mm frame width leaves 34. Tick Compare under 2 to 4 frames and click Compare in the bar to see them side by side.
Details, samples and choosing
Click the ⓘ icon on any frame for its details, with Choose this frame and Order a sample (£2.16). Click a frame to choose it: here, 20mm Black Paint. The preview shows your printed photos and title box in the mount and frame.
Corner, profile and 3D
Corner and Profile show the moulding close up and its cross-section (20mm wide, 13mm deep, 7mm rebate). 3D and AR shows a model of your whole design; drag it to turn it. In the video it goes all the way round. On a phone or tablet, the same button shows the frame on your own wall.
Part 5: Glazing and extras
Choose your glazing and any extras.
- Glazing: 2mm Clear Acrylic Glazing is included and selected to start with. You can upgrade to anti-reflective, UV-protecting or museum acrylic; each shows the difference in price. In the video, anti-reflective takes the price from £70.00 to £76.58; we then go back to the standard clear acrylic.
- Extras: tapes, hangers and fixings; click Add to include one. Here, Medium Hard Wall Hooks (£5.54).
Part 6: Review
Check the specification, save or email your design, and add it to your basket.
The 7 Review tab lists everything you've chosen. In this example:
| Frame style | 526020167 · 20mm Black Paint |
|---|---|
| Frame size | 395 × 465mm |
| Printed image sizes | #1 and #3: 150 × 100mm; #2: 100 × 150mm; #4: oval, 100 × 150mm; title box 94 × 20mm |
| Top mount | 8065 · Off White, 50mm border, 25mm gap |
| Bottom mount | 8159 · Slate Grey, 5mm |
| Glazing | 2mm Clear Acrylic Glazing |
| Paper | Ultra Smooth Fine Art Paper |
| Accessory | Medium Hard Wall Hooks × 10 |
The price was £75.54, including printing the photos and the title box. Below the designer are the frame and mount specifications, Your design, and Delivery and savings, with volume discounts on identical items.
Save design keeps it in your Design Gallery; Email design sends it to someone else to check. Then click Add to basket: “Your £75.54 Digital Prints in Multi Aperture Frame has been added to your basket.”
The email form was opened in this demo but nothing was sent.
Screenshots taken from the live site on 19 October 2026. The orange outlines and labels were added for this guide and aren't part of the site. The demo stopped at the basket, and no order or email was sent. Prices may change.