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How to Post Panorama Photos on Instagram in 2 Ways

  • To post a panorama photo on Instagram, you can simply zoom the picture out while uploading it.
  • You can also use an app like "Unsquared for Instagram," which splits your panorama photos into multiple Instagram-friendly squares.
  • This story is part of Business Insider's Guide to Instagram.

When Instagram first hit smartphones, every image uploaded had to be shaped like a perfect square. 

This is all well and good for selfies and pictures of your kids, but for those majestic panorama shots of the Grand Canyon, Instagram's always struggled.

Nowadays, you can upload any sort of photo to Instagram. However, they don't always look so good.

Here's the best way to post panorama shots to Instagram on your iPhone or Android device, along with an app for iPhones that will help them look better.

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How to post panorama shots on Instagram

The simplest way to post panoramas is:

1. Open Instagram on your iPhone or Android and tap the plus icon at the bottom of the screen to upload a photo.

2. Once in your photo gallery, select the panorama shot you want to use.

3. Touch the image preview at the top with two fingers, then squeeze them together to zoom out. Zoom out until as much of the panorama as possible is visible.

Much of your longer pano shots may be lost when you use Instagram to crop them. Steven John/Business Insider

4. Add filters and post it as usual. 

The result here is a rectangular picture with large blank spaces on the top and bottom. This will do your photo some justice, but for full-sized panoramas, you likely still won't be able to fit the whole photo.

For the full effect, you'll need to use a program like Photoshop to cut the panorama into smaller, square images. If you have an iPhone, there's an app that will do this for you automatically: "Unsquared for Instagram."

Download the Unsquared app on the Apple App Store and give it the permissions it needs to access your photos. Then, follow these steps to cut up your photos.

1. Open the Unsquared app and tap the image of a stack of photos at bottom right.

2. Tap the pano image from your library that you want to use, then tap the blue check mark.

3. Your image will appear with the Unsquared watermark on it. Tap the blue icon that looks like a series of squares at the bottom of the screen, and you can pick how many photos you'd like the panorama shot to be split into — once you choose an option, the watermark will shrink.

Tap this icon to choose how many pictures you'd like to split your pano shot into. Steven John/Business Insider

Note that the more pieces you cut it into, the more of the top and bottom of the shot that will be cut off. In general, if you want to include every part of the photo, try to pick "3 Pieces."

4. Once you're satisfied, tap "Done." The split-up photos will be saved to your phone, and you can post them to Instagram.

You'll be able to post the split photos as a series to Instagram. Steven John/Business Insider

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It’s already been a few years since Instagram allowed you to post multiple photos simultaneously in a single post. This small change enabled a lot of creative options. One of my favorites is creating seamless panoramas by simply slicing your photo in two — like this one. 

If you want to take advantage of this neat little hack, here’s a quick, simple tutorial on how you can pull it off.

Before you start, you’ll need two things: Adobe Photoshop (or another pixel-based photo editor that lets you work with layers) and an elementary understanding of Instagram’s requirements for sizing photos. 

First, about the sizing: no matter which photo you upload, Instagram will automatically resize and compress your images. For example, square photos will always end up being 1080 x 1080 and vertical ones will always be 1080 (w) x 1350 (h). So if you want to create a panorama made out of two vertical photos, you’ll need to duplicate the pixels lengthwise, while the height stays the same: 1080 x 1350 becomes 2160 x 1350. Or if you want to create a panorama made out of three images, you’ll use 3240 x 1350. The same applies if you’re starting off with square images, which will fit into a panoramic space with twice the width (2160 x 1080).

Create your panorama

Okay, let’s boot up Photoshop and open up two documents. 

  • The first one should be 2160 x 1350; it’s where you’ll “slice” your photos into two parts. Let’s name the first document “Full Image.” 

In Photoshop, you can save document sizes as presets for future edits.

  • The second document should be 1080 x 1350; this one is where you’ll drop in your single images and get them ready for export. We can name this one “Slices.” 
  • Open or drag your image into the first document (“Full Image”). 
  • Go to “View” in your menu bar and select “New Guide Layout.” 
  • Set two columns with zero width and zero gutter. If rows are selected, deselect them since you won’t need to cut horizontally, only vertically.  This will create a turquoise line right down the middle of your photo.

Guides will help you split images in equal parts.

  • Before we move on to the next step, make sure your “Snap to Guide” is turned on. It’ll make your life just that much easier. 
  • Select the marquee tool on your left hand side (or hit the shortcut “M” key) and drag your cursor over the first half of the photo. If Snap To Guide is turned on, your selection will automatically snap to the turquoise vertical line you created earlier.
  • Now that you have your selection, you can simply copy and paste it to a new layer on the “Slices” document. 
  • Go back to the “Full Image” document and repeat for the other half of the image. 

Now you’re ready for exporting. You can either export each layer at once using Photoshop’s “Layers to Files” option (under “File” > “Export”) or you can export each layer individually. I tend to add a few more layers to the same document, so I batch export those. In case you want to double-check your final export settings, you can use “Save for Web. ”

Here are all the layers I’ll batch export.

If you’re using a PC, it might be easiest to save your files to a cloud service, where you can easily access them with your phone. Or if you’re in the macOS / iOS ecosystem, simply Airdrop your exports.

Put your panorama on Instagram

Getting the photos to properly show up on Instagram should be easy enough, but let’s go through that quickly just in case, because there are some things you can easily skip by accident. On your mobile device:

  • Assuming your exports are indeed 1080 x 1350, make sure you’re about to post vertical photos by clicking on the arrows icon in the bottom left corner. 

Don’t forget to enable vertical photos first. Also, you can tap and hold one photo to enable multiple selections.

  • In order to post multiple photos in one post, either long-press one of the photos or tap on “Select multiple” in the lower right corner of the first photo. You can then select the other photos, numbered in the order they will appear.
  • And lastly, make sure you selected the photos in the right order... because I have definitely made that mistake at least once. Don’t be like me. 

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How to post panoramas on Instagram*

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A little trick will allow you to bypass the Instagram* limitation on photo width.

Uploading a panoramic photo to Instagram* is easy. You can create an Instagram post* with multiple photos blending into one another. It will look something like this.

Panoramic photos on Instagram* are no different from regular posts with multiple shots. They can be made manually or using mobile applications. Here's how it's done.

Preparing a panorama manually

  1. Take a panoramic photo. Most modern smartphones and cameras can do this. Keep in mind that you may need a tripod to get really good panoramic photos.
  2. Open the photo in any photo editor. You can use professional solutions such as Photoshop, Lightroom and their alternatives, or Lightroom Mobile, or any other image editor of your choice. The editor only needs the ability to cut out image fragments.
  3. Use the photo cropping tool to crop your photo to the desired aspect ratio. If you want your panorama to be in three parts, the aspect ratio of the photo should be 3:1. For a six-part panorama, the aspect ratio should be 6:1, and so on. Please note that you cannot insert more than ten squares into one Instagram* panorama.
  4. Cut the resulting image into several squares of the same size. You can do this both in your graphics editor, and using one of these services:
  • Griddrawingtool.com;
  • Imgonline.com.
  1. You will get several images of the same aspect ratio. Now send them to your phone to upload them in the right order on Instagram*. Or you can upload photos directly from your computer through the mobile version of the site. To make a panorama, you need to place the photos from left to right so that the leftmost part of the photo is the first, and the rightmost is the last.

Load panorama automatically

Take a panoramic photo for Instagram* with apps like Swipeable for iOS and InSwipe for Android. They are free, and with them you do not have to bother fussing in graphic editors.

Swipeable

The iOS app lets you create panoramic and even 360° loop photos for Instagram*. Just select a panoramic photo, and the application will divide it into square segments and apply the necessary filters.

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InSwipe

Powered by Android and has similar functionality - creates seamless panoramas for Instagram*. Photos can be scaled or resized. A grid that adapts to the size of the panorama will allow you to cut images in exactly the right places.

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Price: Free

Panoramic shots on Instagram* look pretty impressive. In addition, in mobile applications, sliding from shot to shot in one post is quite smooth, so that several photos seem to be a single whole.
*Activities of Meta Platforms Inc. and its social networks Facebook and Instagram are prohibited in the territory of the Russian Federation.

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Do you like panoramic shots or cityscapes? Don't know how to share them on Instagram? Let's talk about useful applications that will help you create an attractive visual for your feed.

How to take a panorama on Instagram

First you need to take a photo in panorama mode. Use digital cameras or phone. Many modern smartphones have this feature in their cameras.

Use a tripod to get the perfect picture. Next, you will need the help of programs to create spectacular material for Instagram.

  1. Use a photo editor that can cut the image. Choose from the following options: Photoshop, Lightroom, Snapseed.
  2. Load your image into the program of your choice. Cut the photo into as many parts as you want. If you prefer a panorama of 4 parts, then set the proportions to 4:1. This formula will work for any number of image slices. In the first place will be the number of fragments. Please note that one Instagram carousel post can only include 10 photos or videos.
  3. Cut the resulting frame into squares of the same size. To help you, any of your applications (see point 1), or visit these sites: griddrawingtool.com. imgonline.com. The result will have multiple images with the same size.
  4. Upload panorama to your Instagram account. Note that it is important to position the frames correctly to create the final image. The very first image should be the far left and the last one the far right. If you make a mistake, just delete and re-download.

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How to add a panorama to Instagram

Developers love to make life easier for users, so they are constantly working on creating new content features. We will introduce you to useful applications for automatically uploading large-format photos to Instagram.

Try some of the programs presented and choose the one that suits you.