When Twitter beginning came out with photo collages, I was disappointed. The feature was actually heady and opened up a bunch of doors for marketers ... just it was only available for iPhones. I don't know many marketers that have the time to track down an iPhone, transport the right images for the collage to that iPhone, and then put the collage together while hoping that it'll expect okay in one case tweeted. 

Twitter did say that the characteristic would soon be rolled out to desktop, but gave no official timeline. So I waited patiently, checking to see every so often if I could upload more than i photo in a tweet from my desktop. Every few weeks, I'd get the same result -- zero.

But testing this out a few days ago, I struck gilded. Though Twitter hasn't officially announced this yet, it seems like yous can at present create Twitter collages on desktop, iPhone, and Android.

So, knowing that you're an enterprising marketer wanting to accept reward of new features that could improve your Twitter presence, I figured you'd want to get the inside scoop on it all. Below you lot'll learn how to make sure your images await groovy and how to mail service collages from both desktop and mobile.

Bonus: All examples are using adorable french bulldogs (and 1 with Leonardo DiCaprio) because tutorials are much more fun that style.

Before Yous Post: Optimizing Your Images for Twitter Photo Collages

I know what you lot're thinking -- if you're going to use these Twitter photo collages, you desire to make certain it looks bang-up.

When this feature was iPhone-simply, it was reallllly hard to optimize your images -- it was kind of a guess-and-check game that required you to upload a billion different sizes and promise they would look okay in the collage preview.

How Big Your Images Should Be

The following sizes are for how large they'll be in the preview -- if you want each epitome to be bigger when opened individually, just go along the same height to width ratio.

Basically, the larger image on the left (used in two- and iii-picture collages) is a foursquare (approximately 277 px x 277 px). The images on the right (used in three- and four-pic collages) is about half every bit tall as the square paradigm (approximately 277 px wide ten 137 px alpine).

Here's what that looks similar:

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In What Lodge You Should Select the Images

Twitter uploads images in a certain guild depending on the order you select them in (more than on that afterwards). If you care well-nigh the order of your images, bank check out the images below to see in which gild you need to select them.

For Two-Photo Collages

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For Three-Photo Collages

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For Four-Photograph Collages

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And that's almost it in terms of optimization. Next upwardly, how to actually mail them from your desktop or mobile device.

How to Post a Collage From Desktop

In one case you've got the images you want in your collage in tip-top optimized shape, hither's how you tin mail service them from your desktop.

i) Click on the compose button in the top right-paw corner of your home screen.

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2) In the lesser left-paw corner of the etch box, click 'Add Photo.'

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3) Select the first photograph y'all desire to include in the collage.

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4) The showtime photo you selected will appear in your tweet. To add more, click 'Add together more.'

Aye, you're gonna need to add together each photo individually.

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5) Once you add each photo you want into the tweet, add your text and/or links, then click 'Tweet. Voila, collage!

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How Post a Collage From Mobile

If yous are on the fly, here's how you can mail photos from mobile. Previously this was the only way you could post collages, but now you can also post from Twitter.com per the above instructions.

Annotation: These screenshots were taken on an iPhone; your app may look slightly unlike.

1) Select the compose icon in the top correct-manus corner of your app.

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2) Then, choose the first image yous want in your collage.

Select the camera icon in the middle if y'all want to take the image at that moment or choose the photo icon if yous want to utilize images from your album. I chose the latter -- you might want to do the same if y'all have already optimized the images for the collage.

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3) The image will get inserted into your tweet. To add together to the collage, click the picture icon over again (now it has the plus sign to signify it'll be a collage).

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4) Select the images you want in your collage in the order you lot'd like them to appear. The number on the image designates the order they'll exist in.

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5) Then, voila! You're gear up to post your fabulous (and potentially ambrosial) Twitter photo collage.

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And information technology's as unproblematic as that! How do you lot recollect you'll employ Twitter'due south collage feature? If yous want inspiration for how to utilize these collages in your marketing, bank check out this post.

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Originally published May 27, 2014 10:thirty:00 AM, updated July 28 2017