Blurry photos in Instagram

Forum|Forum|11 months ago
March 18, 2025
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Hello Everyone. I've been a lightroom user for at least 5 years. Way back I had export settings saved in my lightroom but recently I had to delete lightroom off my desktop and redownload it. None of the export settings saved unfortunately. Now, when I export photos, and try to upload to instagram, they are extremely blurry. I've used settings people have recomended on youtube but nothing has worked. The ONLY time my photos aren't blurry and look normal on instagram is if I upload more than one photo. If I upload a single photo, it's extremley blurry. I'm beyond confused. Thanks!

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Jazz and Junipers

Participant

This is a little late, but I think this is an Instagram problem. I've noticed this recently. Every photo post (not just mine) is blurry unless there are multiple photos, then the first is blurry but the rest aren't. It seems like the posts the algorithm puts on my feed (brands, ads, etc) don't have this problem, but if I look up normal users (friends) it does. It is driving me crazy and I can't figure out how to fix it.

dj_paige

Legend

The photos I post to Instagram show up beautifully sharp on Instagram. I crop to a 4x5 or 4x6 or 6x4 or 5x4 aspect ratio, max pixels on the long side is 1080, image quality slider 75.

CMass

Community Manager

Hey! @cameronp84108591,

Can you share what version of Lightroom you're using right now? You can find this information by going to Help > System Info while in Lightroom.

^CM

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cameronp84108591Author

Participating Frequently

The version is 14.1.1 Camera Raw 17.1

My current export settings are: SRGB, Resize to fit: Long Edge 1080pixels, Don't Enlarge, Resolution 72ppi. I've tried different sharpening settings but it hasn't changed how it looks. I've tried many different settings and the ones listed in this message have gotten me closest to a sharp photo but it's still pretty bad.

Ian Lyons

Community Expert

I'm looking at the exported photo right now and the dimensions say 1080x720

You need to ensure that 'Highest Quality Uploads' is enabled. Below is copied from a Google search using the title of this thread.

Go to your Instagram profile and tap the three horizontal lines (menu) in the top-right corner.
Select "Settings" and then "Account" > "Data Usage".
Make sure that "High-Quality Uploads" is toggled on.
Ensure "Use Less Mobile Data" is turned off, as this can reduce image quality.

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