1. A computer-implemented method for creating photo stories, comprising: storing a plurality of photo story design templates characterized by attributes of multiple pages and numbers of photos that the photo story design templates are respectively configured to incorporate therein across the multiple pages; obtaining a plurality of photos and metadata associated with the photos by a computer system; analyzing the plurality of photos, or the metadata, or a combination thereof by the computer system to produce an analysis result; subdividing the plurality of photos to produce a group of photos based on the analysis result; automatically selecting, by the computer system, a photo story design template from the plurality of photo story design templates based, at least in part, on number of photos in the group of photos to be placed across the multiple pages; and incorporating the group of photos into the photo story design template across the multiple pages to produce a photo story.
1. A computer-implemented method for creating photo stories, comprising: storing a plurality of photo story design templates characterized by attributes of multiple pages and numbers of photos that the photo story design templates are respectively configured to incorporate therein across the multiple pages; obtaining a plurality of photos and metadata associated with the photos by a computer system; analyzing the plurality of photos, or the metadata, or a combination thereof by the computer system to produce an analysis result; subdividing the plurality of photos to produce a group of photos based on the analysis result; automatically selecting, by the computer system, a photo story design template from the plurality of photo story design templates based, at least in part, on number of photos in the group of photos to be placed across the multiple pages; and incorporating the group of photos into the photo story design template across the multiple pages to produce a photo story. 3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising: automatically determining the number of photos in the group of photos by the computer system.