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How to Add Multiple Photos to an Instagram Story [3 Ways]
When it comes to sharing a moment on your Instagram Story, sometimes a single photo just won’t cut it. Suddenly you need to know how to add multiple photos to an Instagram Story.
And that’s where photo collages for Instagram Stories come in to save the day.
The 3 main ways to add multiple photos to an Instagram Story (a.k.a make a collage)
How to make a collage on an Instagram Story: easy way
How to make a collage on an Instagram Story: layering method
How to make a collage on an Instagram Story: most customizable way
How to post your collage on your Instagram Story
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The 3 main ways to add multiple photos to an Instagram Story (a.
Compiling multiple photos allows you to deliver maximum visual information in one powerful Instagram Story moment.
This is as true for fashion brands and it is for the owner/manager of a dog influencer who wants to share the best memories from Mr. Chonk’s bark mitzvah.
No matter what your business or industry, you should be using Instagram Story photo collages. There are actually three different ways to make it happen:
- using the layout template in Instagram Story create mode
- layering photos using Instagram Story create mode
- uploading a custom collage you’ve made with a third-party app or photo-editing software
We’ll walk you through all three because we’re nice like that. (Maybe keep that in mind when you’re making the guest list for Mr. Chonk’s next major event?)
You can also watch our video on how to add multiple photos in one Instagram Story, right here:
How to make a collage on an Instagram Story: easy waySince you’re here looking for the answer to “how to make a collage on Instagram Stories,” we’re going to assume that you didn’t know Instagram offers an in-platform way to do just that.
But we don’t blame you for not noticing this feature: it’s weirdly hidden away.
Here’s how to find it and use it to share multiple pics in one sweet full-screen Story design.
1. Open the Instagram app and tap the + icon at the top of the screen. Select Story.
2. This will open your camera roll. But don’t be distracted by all your beautiful photos! We need to activate create mode first. Tap on the camera icon to do this.
3. On the left-hand side of the screen, you’ll see a list of icons. Tap the third from the top: a square with lines in it. This is the Layout icon.
4. Tapping the Layout icon will open up a quadrant of layout on your screen. From here, you can fill each segment either with a fresh photo or something from your camera roll.
Option 1: Take a photo! To capture a photo, just tap the photo-capture button: the white circle in the center of the btoom of the screen.
Once you take a photo, your pic will fill that top left corner shot. Continue shooting three more photos.
To delete something and take a new pic, tap the photo and then tap the delete icon.
Option 2: Select from your camera roll. Tap the square camera-roll-preview icon on the bottom left corner of your screen to access your camera roll.
Tap the photo you wish to be in the top left corner of the quadrant. Repeat until the screen has four photos.
To delete something and take a new pic, tap the photo and then tap the delete icon.
5. Happy with your collage? Hit the checkmark to confirm and move on to add stickers, text, or effects. Or, if you want to try a different layout, check out step 6.
6. To select a different layout, enter Layout mode and tap the rectangular grid icon directly below the Layout mode icon. This will open up a selection menu where you can choose an alternative style of grid. Tap your preferred style, and then fill each segment either with a photo capture or an image from your camera roll, as outlined above.
7. Tap the check mark to approve your design. Next, you can add stickers, text, or effects.
Tap the arrow in the bottom right corner when you’re ready to publish.
8. Choose your preferred audience for your masterpiece and tap Share!
How to make a collage on an Instagram Story: layering methodFeeling restricted by Instagram’s layout grids? This alternative method gives you the opportunity to go rogue.
Images can be enlarged, shrunk, tilted, or placed in an overlapping formation. Time to freestyle!
1. Open the Instagram app and tap the + icon at the top of the screen. Select Story.
2. This will open your camera roll. But don’t be distracted by all your beautiful photos! We need to activate create mode first. Tap on the camera icon to do this.
3. Tap the sticker icon at the top of the screen (the square with the smiling face). Scroll through the stickers to find the Camera Roll sticker: it’ll be a circle previewing your latest photo, with a logo of a mountain and sun overlaid on top.
(We know that sounds confusing but we honestly don’t know how to describe this in a clearer way? Hopefully, this photo below will help clarify.)
4. Pick a photo and it will be added to your story. Drag it anywhere on the screen, or use your fingers to manipulate the size and tilt of the image. Then, tap the sticker icon again to add another photo.
Repeat until all your photos are on the screen. Move them around and tweak them as you’d like.
5. To change the background color, tap the colored circle at the top of the screen. (You’ll also find tools to add text or further stickers if you’d like!)
You can also change the shape of your images by tapping them — for instance, maybe circles tickle your fancy.
6. Ready to post? Tap the arrow icon to move on to your sharing settings. Select your audience and then tap Share.
How to make a collage on an Instagram Story: most customizable wayIf building your collage in the Instagram Story create mode isn’t getting you the results you want, there’s good news: dozens of apps exist out there to help you customize the multi-image graphic of your dreams.
1. Download the Instagram collage app of your choosing and design a graphic using your photos, cool templates, and other design details.(Alternatively: download one of our 72 free Instagram Story templates, open it in Photoshop and make it your own.)
For this example, we’ll use Unfold.
2. Export the image to your camera roll if you’re using an app. (Using the Photoshop method? Send the final file to your phone… make use to save it as a .jpg or .png!)
3. Create a new Instagram Story and select the collage image from your camera roll and post. See below for more explicit instructions if you need ‘em!
How to post your collage on your Instagram StoryOkay, you’ve got a collage saved to your phone that you’re ready to share with the world. All you’ve gotta do is post it to your Instagram Story like you would any other single photo.
Need a refresher? No sweat. Here’s how to use the Instagram Story create mode to post an image from your camera roll.
1. Open the Instagram app and tap the + icon at the top of the screen. Select Story. This will open your camera roll. Tap your collage to upload it.
2. Add any more text, stickers, or effects that you’d like. When you’re done, hit the arrow in the bottom right corner.
3. Choose where to share your Instagram story (to your public story, to your Close Friends List, or send it as a private message). Tap Share when you’re ready to publish.
Now that you’re an expert in creating beautiful collages for your Instagram Story, looks like you’ve got some time on your hands. Maybe a good opportunity to brush up on other hot tips for using your Instagram Stories for business?
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How to Add Multiple Photos to Your Instagram Story
- You can add multiple photos to an Instagram Story or post.
- Selecting multiple photos from your camera roll will upload each as its own slide in your story.
- Instagram has a built-in collage feature that allows you to drop several photos into the same slide.
There are several different ways to add multiple photos to an Instagram Story at once.
The first method allows you to select up to 10 photos and videos from your camera roll, which get uploaded to your Story as 10 separate slides.
The second method is layering several photos on the same slide as stickers, and the last method is creating a collage using Instagram's built in feature called Layout.
Here's how to do it all.
How to add multiple photos to an Instagram Story
1. Open the Instagram app. Tap the plus (+) button over Your Story or swipe right on the home screen to open Stories.
If you don't currently have any live posts in your Instagram Story, the plus button will appear at the top of the screen. Abigail Abesamis Demarest/Insider2.
Tap the photo icon on the bottom-left of the screen to open your Camera Roll.
3. Tap Select, then select up to 10 photos and videos. Then, tap the arrow at the bottom-right of the screen to continue.
Tap "Select" to upload more than one photo at a time. Abigail Abesamis Demarest/InsiderQuick tip: Like an Instagram post, the order that you select the photos will be the order that they appear in your Story.
4. On this screen, customize each photo or video with text, stickers, or drawn lines. When you're finished, tap the arrow at the bottom-right of the screen.
5. Tap the circle next to your intended audience (Your Story or Close Friends), then tap Share.
Close Friends will share your Stories with a smaller audience of your choosing. Abigail Abesamis Demarest/InsiderQuick tip: Adding multiple photos to the same Story at once isn't available everywhere in the world just yet, so if you don't see this option you'll have to upload photos to your Story one at a time.
How to layer multiple photos on the same screen of an Instagram Story
1. Open the Instagram app. Tap the plus (+) button over Your Story or swipe right on the home screen to open Stories.
2. Tap the photo icon on the bottom-left of the screen to open your Camera Roll. Select a photo.
3. Tap the sticker icon at the top of the screen. Scroll down and tap the photo sticker.
Instagram sticker icon highlighted in a hot pink box with an arrow pointing at it. Abigail Abesamis Demarest/Insider4.
Select the photo you want to insert. Repeat this process until you have all the photos you want to include.
5. Tap each photo to change the shape, drag them to change the position, or pinch them to change the size.
6. Once you're finished, tap Your Story or Close Friends to share the post.
Share your post once you're finished editing. Abigail Abesamis Demarest/InsiderHow to post a photo collage on an Instagram Story
1. Open the Instagram app. Tap the plus (+) button over Your Story or swipe right on the home screen to open Stories.
2. Tap the Layout icon on the left side of the screen. Tap the Change Grid icon to select the option you want.
Layout is a collage creator built into Instagram. Abigail Abesamis Demarest/Insider3. Tap the photo icon on the bottom-left of the screen to open your Camera Roll. Select a photo to add it to your collage.
4. Once you're finished creating your collage, tap the check button at the bottom of the screen.
5. Add any additional elements as desired (text, stickers, etc.
), then tap Your Story or Close Friends to share the post.
How to add multiple photos to an Instagram post
In addition to posting multiple photos on your Instagram Story, you can also do it on a regular post. Here's how:
1. Tap the New post icon.
2. Tap on the photos icon, which is located in the middle right of the screen.
3. Tap the multi-photo select icon and select the photos that you want to have appear in the post.
Quick tip: The order that you tap on and select the photos is the order that they will show in your finished story. You can tell the order based on the number in the corner of the photo's icon. You can include up to 10 photos.
4. Tap the Next icon and, if desired, add any filters you wish to apply and tap Next again.
5. Write a post caption and fill in the optional settings if desired.
6. Tap Share.
Write a caption and share your Instagram post.
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Hidden features of Instagram - Afisha Daily
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A bunch of tips to instagram like a pro and post stories no worse than travel bloggers.
Stories with a beautiful solid background
There is a difficult way: choose a brush and paint over the entire screen with it for a long time. And there is a way five times easier.
How to Add a picture to your story, select any color for the brush, press and hold your finger - now there is a solid color background.
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Stories with color filters
Photos with a color translucent filter are almost the same.
How to Add a picture to the story, choose any color for the brush, but then switch to the marker. Press and hold your finger on the screen - there is a photo with a color filter.
Beautiful stories with a gradient
In addition to a solid background, there is another beautiful option - a background with a gradient, like in a story with text. nine0003
How to Go to the text story, select a background and write one word. Click next and delete the text - you have an empty gradient on which you can add pictures in the same way as in the previous paragraph.
A real palette for those who don't have enough colors
Are there only 27 standard colors in stories? In fact, there is a whole palette to find any color at all.
How to make Hold your finger on the color bar and choose something you like.
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Stories collages that everyone dreamed of
The main question of all Instagrammers is how to make a story collage. You can download an application with a bunch of templates, or you can do the following.
How to Open a story, add a picture, for example, a colored background. Then go to the photo gallery, select a photo, click the "Share" button, and then "Copy". Return to Instagram - a pop-up window will appear with the copied photo, click on it - it lies on top of the first picture. Repeat to infinity. nine0003
As well as collages with videos
Several small videos are added to stories in almost the same way. The sequence of actions in this case is different.
How to Add a picture to the story, for example, a colored background, click on the sticker icon, and then on the round icon with the photo icon. Only in the gallery, select not a photo, but a video.
Two cameras per story for reaction videos
To record a story in the My Reaction to Anything genre, you need to quickly switch from the main camera to the front camera.
That's how the genre works. There is a special button for this, but it is located in such a place that it is easier to break your index finger. Here is an alternative way. nine0003
How to Tap the screen twice quickly while recording, the camera will switch. Repeat to infinity.
Bokeh for phones that don't have bokeh
Owners of older iPhones and Androids can't be happier with the beautiful blurring of the background when taking a selfie with the front camera. But the disadvantage can be compensated in the Instagram camera.
How to Go to the "Focus" tab in the camera and see if the selfie looks better if the background is blurred. nine0003
Boomerangs for those who don't have a Boomerang
Live Photos on iPhones is an underrated feature. Instead of one photo, she makes a short video, from which they then choose the right moment. And another underestimated feature is boomerangs, because they are simply constantly forgotten about.
It's not scary, because boomerangs can be obtained from Live Photos.
How to Add a Live Photo to your story, hold your finger on the screen or hard press it, the photo will turn into a short looped video. nine0003
Stories that can't be forwarded to anyone (well, almost)
Perhaps your stories are secret and you don't want your followers to send them to anyone. Of course, you can't make it so that random people don't see them at all, because you can always take a screenshot. But at least complicate this operation to the maximum.
How to Go to the camera, click on the gear and turn off the "Allow sharing" option
Comments that are no longer needed
You may think that comments are a thing of the past decade and have no place in today's social media. There are many ways to remove them from your profile.
How to First, go to Settings - Privacy & Security - Manage Comments and choose who can leave comments under posts.
Second, disable comments before publishing a new post. To do this, go to the advanced settings at the very bottom of the publishing screen. Thirdly, turn off replies to stories: on the camera screen, click on the gear and turn off replies. nine0003
Weird tags you don't want to see on your profile
Luckily, Instagram doesn't tell all your friends that you've been tagged in a bad party photo. Unfortunately, friends can still see the photos you're tagged in on their profile. This is a solvable problem.
How to Go to settings - "Privacy and security" - "Photos and videos with you" and hide all the photos that you do not like in the last menu. But be careful: this will remove the marks on the photos forever! nine0003
Unsubscribing from beauty salons, which is twice as easy
Shops, beauty salons and people who subscribe to 2500 people, you do not need, because they do not interact with your content and thereby reduce reach.
There are two ways to unsubscribe them from yourself: a difficult one - go to the profile and block it - and simpler.
How to Go to the subscribers screen, click on the three dots next to the nickname and on "Unfriend". Save two taps!
Real web punk description
Profile description supports a bunch of weird fonts not found in standard keyboard layouts. What if you always wanted a nice description like "𝖒𝖔𝖘𝖈𝖔𝖜 𝖌𝖔𝖑𝖉𝖊𝖓 𝖌𝖗𝖗𝖗𝖑" but didn't know how to write it. And very simple.
How to make Go to igfonts.io, come up with a cool description in English and choose the best font.
Invisible mode (to hide from your crash)
In 2008, we asked friends how to hide our online on VKontakte. In 2019-m this is more relevant on Instagram.
How to do Go to Settings - "Privacy and Security" - "Network Status" and turn it off. But after that you will not see your friends online either.
Likes you forgot about a long time ago
There are a lot of saved posts to make moodboards. The problem is that not all likes are added to saves. And it's good that there is also a list of likes.
How to do Go to settings - "Account" - "Posts you like". nine0003
Instagram editor as a replacement for VSCO
Instagram has a good photo editor, but there is one drawback: it does not save photos to memory. But the disadvantage is easy to get around.
How to Turn on airplane mode, process the photo, upload it and wait for the message that the post cannot be loaded. During this time, Instagram will save the processed picture to memory.
Your entire Instagram archive
Maybe Instagram is your life and it would be nice to keep it in a safe place. Or maybe you just decided to leave? Then download the entire Instagram with photos and messages to your laptop memory. nine0003
How to do Go to settings - "Privacy and security" - "Download data".
It will take several hours to create the archive.
A useless feature that was written about for the sake of wow effect
You already know that Stories has a button to align text to the center, left and right. But words can be aligned in another, more effective way.
How to Type the text in the editor and swipe left - it will stand on the left edge, swipe right - it will stand on the right. Nice! nine0003
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- 1 How to Add Multiple Photos to Instagram Stories
- 2 How to Upload Multiple Photos to Stories on Android
- 3 5 Ways to Make Your Instagram More Interesting
- 4 Apps for Instagram Stories make a variety of content that will attract the attention of subscribers, will be different from other profiles and will be associated only with you.
- Open Instagram stories and select photos from the gallery.
- Exit the application and go to the photo album on your device.
- Select a photo and click the button in the lower left corner. And click "copy photo". nine0214
- Next, go to the Instagram stories application and the inscription “add a sticker” will appear below.
Click on it. - If you did not have time to press or it did not appear, then the text input button will help. Select "paste" and the picture will appear on top of the first image.
- Edit, leave captions, stickers in stories, add several photos to Instagram stories in this way and share with the audience you need. Ready!
- To get started, download the SwiftKey Keyboard app. After downloading and installing, follow the instructions. Installing the keyboard will be easy. At the end, select it as the main one;
- Now change the keyboard permissions. Go to the “About the app” section for SwiftKey, then “Application permissions” and check the box;
- Or, in the settings, find the “Permissions” section, then “Application Permissions” and “Storage”, for someone this tab is called “Memory”;
- At this stage it will be easier, go to Instagram stories and select any photo from the gallery;
- Click on the text input “Aa” in the upper right corner, the keyboard that we just installed will appear;
- Next, in the center of the screen, select the box next to the “GIF” icon.
In the lower right corner there is a carnation or pin icon. We poke; nine0254 - And now add photos, click on the camera on the right of the screen and select images;
- Instead of the main photo, you can choose a video, for example, how you cook breakfast, and the image you add can be a beautifully designed breakfast recipe;
- Before/after collages are always popular, compare yourself before and after losing weight or show the result before and after cleaning the room;
- Can't decide which outfit to choose for going to the movies? Make a collage of several images, arrange a poll! Moreover, Instagram has made a convenient function for this; nine0214
- Do you sell jewelry? Post a few photos in stories and set a price, you don’t have to post 50 stories at once so that subscribers scroll through everything without looking;
- And if you post a photo of a beautiful coat on a girl in full growth, supplement it with photos that clearly show small details, maybe buttons or sleeves, or maybe a collar that was sewn off so beautifully.
- At the beginning everything is as usual. We go to Instagram stories and from the proposed modes scroll to the bottom of the screen to the left until we reach the “collage”;
- This step is even easier, select the collage format you want;
- Add photos one by one from the gallery or take a photo at once. nine0214
- Mojito. You can use it for free, if you buy a paid subscription, there will be more opportunities. The application allows you to edit both a static picture and a video, leave beautiful inscriptions, change the background. If you don't have a paid subscription, you won't be able to download some of the stories you made yourself.
- StoryArt. There is also something to pay for. Useful functionality, a variety of options for editing and creativity. Similar to Mojito, plus there are icons for highlights. nine0254
- Story Maker. Filters, like in other editors. It looks like a frame in which you can insert multiple photos. There are categories and general themes like Elegant, Brush, Autumn and more.
In this article, we will talk about a method that will make Instagram stories even more original. nine0003 How to add multiple photos to Instagram Stories
The methods for making a collage of multiple photos in the application itself differ for iPhones and for other phones. It’s easy to add several photos to stories on iPhone, you don’t need to download additional applications.
But to do the same steps on other phones, you will need to tinker, download a third-party application. nine0003
How to upload multiple photos to stories on Android
Step by step how to use this feature on your Android smartphone.
You can add several photos, reduce or enlarge them, write on them, use gifs, stickers, emoticons. When you have done all the necessary actions, share with your subscribers.
On different devices, the appearance and functionality of the keyboard may vary, but the essence remains the same, and if you search in the settings and widgets, you will find a “pin” to upload pictures. nine0003
5 ways to make your Instagram more interesting
Here are some ideas for adding variety to your Stories:
There are many ideas on how to use this feature on Instagram. As long as there is enough imagination and resourcefulness, the profile will be so unique. nine0003
What to do if you do not want to leave Instagram, and you are not going to download something additionally? For such cases, there is a function Instagram collage. Let's figure out how to put several photos in the story.
Keep in mind that the sizes are determined not by you, but by Instagram. It gives the same standard for everyone, except that there are several collage formats. Choose the one that suits you best.
And now you know how to insert several photos into one story.
Instagram Stories apps
Another way to attach multiple photos to Instagram Stories is to use the Stories editing app.
If the phone's memory permits, several applications can be downloaded. There are more editing options, application tools will make Instagram stories brighter and more creative. nine0003
