System and method for generating a digital image collage

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having thereon computer-executable instructions for performing a method for generating a digital image collage, the method comprising:

• a) displaying a user interface comprising a collage template including a layout, a catalog segment, and an interface control configured to provide one or more user input commands;
• b) displaying a plurality of digital images in the catalog segment;
• c) receiving a first user input command on a first selected digital image from the plurality of digital images in the catalog segment, and in response to the first user input command:
• generating a first aperture in the layout to establish a first arrangement, and
• populating the first aperture with the first selected digital image;
• d) receiving a second user input command on a second selected digital image from the plurality of digital images in the catalog segment, and in response to the second user input command:
• changing the layout from the first arrangement to a second arrangement, wherein the second arrangement comprises randomly dividing the first aperture into a second aperture and a third aperture,
• populating the second aperture with the first selected digital image, and
• populating the third aperture with the second selected digital image thereby generating the digital image collage.

A system for generating a digital image collage using a remote computing device, the system comprising:

• a server including a memory, wherein the server is in communication with the remote computing device through a network, and wherein the memory having a collage module stored therein;
• and
• a photofinisher device in communication with at least one of the server or the remote computing device through the network,
• wherein the collage module is configured to:
• a) provide a user interface on a display of the remote computing device comprising a collage template including a layout, a catalog segment, and an interface control configured to provide one or more user input commands;
• b) provide for the display of a plurality of digital images in the catalog segment on the display of the remote computing device;
• c) receive a first user input command on a first selected digital image from the plurality of digital images in the catalog segment, and in response to the first user input command:
• generate a first aperture in the layout to establish a first arrangement, and
• populate the first aperture with the first selected digital image;
• d) receive a second user input command on a second selected digital image from the plurality of digital images in the catalog segment, and in response to the second user input command:
• change the layout from the first arrangement to a second arrangement, wherein the second arrangement comprises randomly dividing the first aperture into a second aperture and a third aperture,
• populate the second aperture with the first selected digital image,
• populate the third aperture with the second selected digital image, and
• generate a collage template file representative of the collage template in the second arrangement including the first selected digital image and the second selected digital image thereby generating the digital image collage.