If you sell clothing online, your catalogue is your storefront. But as the brand grows — more drops, more colorways, more photo angles — the catalogue turns into a chaotic folder of loose PNGs named things like IMG_4471_final_FINAL.png. Customers feel that mess, and you lose an afternoon every time you need to put something presentable together. Let's fix it for good.
1. Separate the "catalogue" from the "archive"
The most common mistake is dumping everything in one folder: studio shots, proofs, old versions, cut-outs. Set up a simple split — an archive (everything you produce) and an active catalogue (only the pieces you're actually selling now, already cut out with the final background). The active catalogue is what you work in every day.
2. Standardize before you compose
A catalogue only looks professional when the pieces share the same rules. Before building any grid, lock down three things and apply them everywhere:
- Same background — pure white or one consistent neutral.
- Same framing — each piece fills the same proportion of the square.
- Same naming — category-name-color (e.g. tshirt-volta-black), so you find anything in seconds.
3. Think in grids, not loose files
Customers don't see your PNGs one by one — they see the set. A catalogue is organized as a grid: rows and columns where each product breathes and relates to its neighbor. That read-as-a-whole is what makes a collection look like a collection, not a pile of photos.
How Grider solves this
Grider is a browser-based editor built for exactly this pain: turning loose PNGs into a cohesive catalogue in minutes.
- Load your pieces — drag your PNGs or JPGs into the editor, all at once.
- Pick a grid model and format (square for the catalogue, 4:5 for Instagram, 9:16 for Stories).
- Drag to reorder — rearrange the grid until it reads cleanly, no Photoshop required.
- Export in HD — PNG or JPG up to 4K, no watermark.
Everything runs in the browser and your images never leave your device. No signup, no install.
An organized catalogue sells more
Organizing isn't aesthetics for its own sake: a cohesive catalogue lowers buying friction, reinforces your brand, and saves you hours on every drop. Start simple — standardize, think in grids, and let a tool handle the assembly in seconds.