Sunflower Spiral: gather your photos into a rounded composition

Sunflower Spiral distributes frames outward from the centre using a golden-angle pattern. It reads as a rounded gathering rather than a row of pictures or a single visible trail. Try it for a season of family outings, a walking group’s favourite views or a collection chosen for its colours.

Our example uses each of 100 photographs exactly once on an A3 landscape page, 420 × 297 mm. We requested 30 mm circles with 2 mm horizontal and vertical spacing. The planner fitted the composition to the page; the requested dimensions are starting settings, not a guarantee of the final circle size.

Compare the whole shape with Classic Spiral, which places frames along a single outward path. Neither automatic arrangement should be assumed to preserve the upload order or a chronological story.

The desktop Photo Collections wizard follows Upload Photos, Pages, Styles, Customize and Review. Upload your collection, choose the page count and select Sunflower Spiral. The Pages picker offers A4, US Letter, A3 and A5, with portrait or landscape orientation.

In Customize, review shape, spacing and framing choices before generating the preview. A circular crop can lose a mountain peak, a person near a corner or surrounding context. Vectrari® Vision can help frame detected content and faces; it does not guarantee that every subject will remain prominent.

On phone, use Upload, Pages, Style and Preview. The preview uses automatic assignment. Inspect the layout before creating it, and use desktop for manual photo assignment and more detailed editing. A successful full-page composition is a reason to look closer, not a substitute for checking each crop.

Check the outer circles as well as the centre, especially where two frames sit close together. Our example’s source photos are 1080-pixel-wide derivatives, so a high-resolution export cannot recover missing source detail. Review at the intended output size and make a physical proof when printing.

Pro adds SVG, JPEG and TIFF, higher-resolution exports and CMYK controls where supported by the format. Choose those options for a specific output requirement. See how the same collection changes in the 100-photo comparison before deciding which style best fits your story.