Split image into a grid or multiple pages
Cut one photo into halves, a 3×3 grid or any rows and columns, and save the pieces as a ZIP. Or print it as a big poster across several sheets of paper.
What people split images for
Social media
- Post one photo as a grid of tiles across your profile
- Turn a wide photo into a 3-slide carousel people swipe through
- Split a photo in half to post each side on its own
- Cut a long screenshot into shorter parts to share one by one
Printing
- Print a wall poster on your home printer
- Blow up a map, chart or timeline for a classroom wall
- Make a big banner for a party or a school event
- Print a large coloring page or mural outline for kids
Everyday
- Split a scanned double page into two single pages
- Cut an image into equal tiles for slides or a web page
- Make square picture cards or a simple puzzle
- Split a sheet of evenly spaced icons or stickers into single images
How to split an image
- 1
Add your image
Drop a photo in the box at the top of this page, click to choose one, or paste it. JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC and other common formats work.
- 2
Choose the grid
Pick a preset such as In half or 3×3, or set the rows and columns from 1 to 20 each. The preview shows every cut and numbers the tiles.
- 3
Download the tiles
Save all tiles in one ZIP, or save just one tile. Want to print it big instead? Switch to Print and download one PDF.
Split an image into a grid: 3×3, 3×1, 2×2 or custom
Choose a preset or set your own rows and columns, from 1 to 20 each. That's up to 400 tiles from one image, cut evenly.
Grids are always written as rows × columns. So 3×1 is 3 rows in 1 column: three wide strips stacked from top to bottom. 1×3 is three tall pieces side by side.
The presets cover the most common splits:
- In half, side by side (1×2) or stacked (2×1)
- 3 side by side (1×3) or 3 stacked (3×1)
- 2×2 for four quarters, and 3×3 for nine tiles
- Grid post and Carousel for social media, covered below
Cut lines and tile numbers show on a live preview, so you can check each piece before you download. In the ZIP, each file is named by its row and column, like photo_r1_c2.jpg for row 1, column 2.
By default, tiles follow your photo's shape, so nothing is cropped. For tiles with an exact shape, set Tile shape to Square, 3:4 or 4:5. The photo is cropped from the center to fit, and a slider moves the crop.
Split an image for an Instagram grid or carousel
Use the Grid post preset to turn one photo into a picture that spans your profile grid. It cuts 3 columns of 3:4 tiles, the shape Instagram's profile grid has shown since January 2025. A plain square split would get cropped there.
Grid post picks the number of rows that crops the least. A portrait phone photo in 3:4 becomes a 3×3 grid with nothing cut off.
Grid post also sorts out the posting order:
- New posts appear at the top left of your profile, so the bottom-right tile has to be posted first.
- The preview numbers the tiles in that order, starting with 1 at the bottom right.
- File names start with the same number, like 01_photo_r3_c3.jpg, so sorting by name lists them in posting order.
- Post them from 01 upward, with no other posts in between, and the full picture lines up.
The Carousel preset cuts a wide photo into 3 tiles side by side, each 4:5. Post them in order as one carousel, and the picture flows from one slide to the next. For more slides, keep the 4:5 shape and add columns.
How to print a picture on multiple pages
Switch the tool to Print, choose your paper and how many sheets wide the poster should be, and download one PDF. Then print it at 100% scale, trim the sheets and tape them together.
Choose the paper and poster size
Pick A4, Letter, A3 or Legal. The tool starts on A4, or on Letter in the US, Canada and Mexico. Then set the sheets across, from 1 to 10. The sheets down follow your photo's shape, and Auto orientation picks the layout with the fewest sheets.
The poster size shows in cm and inches as you change it, along with the sheet count. For example, 3 A4 sheets across in portrait make a poster about 57 cm (22 in) wide. A poster can use up to 100 sheets.
Check how big you can print before it blurs
The bigger the poster, the fewer of your photo's pixels land on each inch of paper. That number is the dpi, and a live sharpness check shows where your size falls:
- Sharp: 150 dpi or more. Crisp even up close.
- Good from a step back: 100 to 149 dpi. Fine on a wall you look at from a short distance.
- Blurry up close: under 100 dpi. The tool suggests using fewer sheets.
A quick rule: divide your photo's width in pixels by 150 to get the widest sharp print in inches. A landscape 12 MP phone photo is about 4,000 pixels wide. It prints sharp up to about 27 inches (68 cm) wide, and looks good from a step back up to about 40 inches (1 m).
Set the margin and overlap
Most home printers can't print to the edge of the paper, so each sheet keeps a white margin, 10 mm by default. Cut marks show you where to trim it off.
Overlap repeats a thin strip of the photo on neighboring sheets, from 0 to 20 mm. Add some if you want to glue each sheet over the next one. Leave it at 0 if you'll trim every edge and line the sheets up edge to edge.
Print at 100% scale
In your print dialog, choose Actual size or a 100% scale. Fit to page shrinks every sheet, so the poster comes out smaller than the size shown. The tool reminds you of this next to the download button.
Put the poster together
Page 1 of the PDF is an assembly map: your whole poster with each sheet's label on it. Labels work like spreadsheet cells. The letter is the column and the number is the row, so A1 is the top-left sheet and B1 sits to its right.
- Lay the sheets out face up in the same order as the map.
- Trim the white margins along the cut marks.
- Tape the sheets together from the back, one row at a time, then join the rows.
Printing several photos instead of one big one? Put several photos into one PDF and print them all at once.
Split images without losing quality
Every tile is cut from your full-size photo and is never scaled. When the photo doesn't divide evenly, the leftover pixels are shared out between the tiles instead of being cut off. Tiles differ by 1 pixel at most.
The output format decides the rest:
- PNG is lossless. Each tile keeps its pixels exactly as they were.
- JPG and WebP tiles are saved again at the quality you choose, 95 by default. They stay very close to the original, but not identical.
- Original keeps your photo's format where the browser can save it. HEIC gives JPG tiles, AVIF gives WebP, and GIF, BMP and TIFF give PNG.
- Transparent areas stay transparent in PNG and WebP tiles.
Splitting a JPG and need every pixel untouched? Choose PNG. The files are bigger, but nothing is lost.
A free image splitter that keeps your photo private
An image splitter cuts one picture into smaller pieces. This one is free, with no sign-up, no watermark and no daily limit. Your photo is split on your phone or computer and never leaves your device.
- Works in the browser on iPhone, Android, Mac and Windows. There's no app to install.
- Opens JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, GIF, BMP, HEIC and TIFF. Animated GIFs use the first frame.
- Phone photos come out the right way up.
- Takes photos up to 50 MB and 100 megapixels. On iPhone, iPad and devices with less memory, the limit is 50 megapixels.
Related tools
More free tools for photos, posts and printing
Image Cropper
Crop a photo to the exact area or shape you want before you split it.
Image to PDF
Combine several photos into one PDF to print or share.
Merge Images
Put tiles or other photos back together as one image, side by side, stacked or in a grid.
Instagram Image Optimizer
Resize photos to square, portrait or landscape post sizes.
Frequently asked questions
Halves, thirds, squares, carousels and printing