Number Photo Collage for Birthdays and Anniversaries

Shape your photos into a number: a 16th, 40th or 90th birthday, a 25th or 50th anniversary, a graduation year, or a team number. Shape Collage fills the digits with your pictures automatically.

A 9th birthdayA 65th birthdayA 3-month anniversary500 photos in 500A 50th class reunionA year in photosProject 365: a photo a dayRio 2016

How to make a number collage

1. Download Shape Collage (free for Windows, Mac and Linux) and open it.
2. Drag your photos into the photo box. Plan on 30 to 60 photos per digit.
3. On the Shape and Size tab, choose Text and type the number. Pick a heavy, bold font so each digit is wide enough to show the photos.
4. Set the collage size: two digits look good at about 4000 × 3000 pixels.
5. Click Create, then save it as a JPEG or PNG to print or share.

Ideas

• Milestone birthdays: one photo from every year of the person's life, shaped as their new age. A great centrepiece for a party or a slideshow.
• Wedding anniversaries: photos from the wedding to today, shaped as 10, 25, 40 or 50.
• Graduation: school photos and friends in the shape of the class year.
• New Year: the best photos of the year in the shape of the year.
• Sports: a player's number made from photos of their season.
• Reunions: photos through the years in the shape of the anniversary, like the 25-year poster in the gallery.

Tips

• Thin digits like 1 and 7 hold fewer photos; use smaller photos or a heavier font so they don't look sparse.
• A plain background (white, black or a party colour) makes the number easy to read.
• Add text like "Happy 40th, Sam!" afterwards in any photo editor, or with Shape Collage Pro's Photoshop export.

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