How to Combine Several Photos Into One for Your Feed? Long Image versus Grid
Nine travel shots, a group photo, several angles of a product — should it be a long image or a grid? Each format suits different content, and here is the difference.
You come back from a trip with dozens of photos; the feed takes nine at a time, and posting them one by one floods the screen. This is where people hesitate: one long image you scroll through, or a nine-grid? I use both, and the choice depends on the content and on how people read.
Long image: for sequential reading
Step-by-step tutorials, a week of outfits, a before-and-after renovation — when the reader goes top to bottom, a long image is the most natural fit. Use Stitch Images Into a Long Image to stack them vertically with a consistent width (around 1080px works well); the scrolling feel is close to a Xiaohongshu note.
TwoThink composites them locally in your browser, so the images are not uploaded, which matters for photos that are not public yet. If the result is large, run Compress Image before sending (WeChat's own size limit depends on the current version).
Grid: for visual impact
When each photo is good on its own and you want the full "nine-grid cover" look in the feed, use the 3×3 grid in Merge Images. It is a common pattern for team photos split into tiles, product colour swatches and several angles of the same subject.
Keep the ratio of every tile consistent, or the grid ends up crooked. Crop everything to 1:1 first with Crop Image (rectangular crops), then merge.
Side by side
| Format | Suits | How it is read | File size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long image | Steps, narrative | Scroll up and down | A single file can be large |
| Nine-grid | Collections, cover look | Tap to enlarge | Can be split into 9 posts |
Practical advice
- To tell one story in a single post → Stitch Images Into a Long Image
- For the surprise of tapping into a grid → the grid mode in Merge Images
- Before posting → Remove Image Metadata, so GPS does not reveal where you took the photos
Try it → take the same set of travel photos and try both Stitch Images Into a Long Image and Merge Images, then see which one tells your story better.