Generating digital media presentation layouts dynamically based on image features

A computer-readable medium tangibly encoding computer software instructions executable by data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a plurality of digital images, one or more digital images of the plurality of digital images associated with a feature;
• obtaining metadata about the one or more digital images either by analyzing the one or more digital images or by receiving metadata from a source separate from the one or more digital images or both;
• analyzing either the obtained metadata or content included in the one or more digital images or both;
• forming two or more groups of digital images from among the one or more digital images, digital images in a group related by a feature associated with each digital image in the group;
• and
• automatically generating a digital presentation of the one or more digital images, wherein a group of digital images is displayed in a corresponding portion of the digital presentation separate from another group of digital images displayed in another corresponding portion of the digital presentation.

A system comprising:

• a data processing apparatus;
• and
• a computer-readable medium tangibly encoding instructions executable by the data processing apparatus to perform operations including:
• forming a plurality of groups of digital images from among a plurality of digital images, digital images in a group related by a feature associated with each digital image in the group;
• for two or more groups of digital images of the plurality of groups, associating significance measures with the digital images in a group of digital images based on the metadata associated with the respective digital images or the content of the respective digital images or both;
• and
• generating a digital presentation of the two or more groups of digital images, wherein the digital images in a group of digital images are displayed according to the significance measure associated with the respective digital images and wherein a group of digital images is displayed in a corresponding portion of the digital presentation separate from another group of digital images displayed in another corresponding portion of the digital representation.