'image sizing' settings for instagram

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September 7, 2025
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Hey there, I'm wanting to know what settings people are currently using for 'image resize' when you're exporting for instagram. I'm wanting settings for portrai and landscape, not the square ratio. Many times when I've asked this question, people advise to crop the image. I'm not wanting to crop, I'm wnting to resize, as sometimes when i export and go to post my photos the don't fit, despite me following guidlines I've found online. The particular photo I'm trying to resize at the moment is a portrait shot, and each time I export playign with different settings i have the same issue- the image length is slightly too high and part of the image is cropped out. There must be something I'm doing wrong! Advice would be much appreciated. Thanks

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dj_paige

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Please read this: https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/sizing-for-instagram-cropping-question/m-p/14504349#M359976

Bottom line is that some original image sizes will need to be cropped (even if you don't want to, and if you don't, then Instagram will crop it for you) to appear properly in Instagram. Alternative: when you are shooting, leave enough space around the subject such that you can crop. You have to shoot taking into account the planned usage of the photos, if Instagram is one planned usage then you have to leave space around the subject.

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Seaquence

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Thanks for looking into this and the above info. There is a way to post whatever ratio you want by using the Whiteagram app. Its quick and easy and I think it's still free??? Just open the app, find your image, and save it. The new version is added to your camera roll and will upload to instagram exactly in the crop ratio you made.

dj_paige

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This is another approach, but it surrounds your actual image with white space on Instagram, possibly large amounts of white space, which may not be palatable to the user. In addition, doing it this way decreases the amount of space on the screen that the actual image appears in, the remaing space being white. So I go back to my previous comment, that when shooting you should leave enough space around the subject so you can crop to the Instagram ratios.

Regarding @Seaquence 's earlier statement: "Have no idea why you are having part of your image chopped off though, that shouldn't happen." The link I provided has a quote directly from Instagram explaining when they crop your image.

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jess_5922Author

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wow there are some bad typos in there lol apologies

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Seaquence

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Export at 1080px wide (long edge) for post's and 1920px wide for stories/Reel's and you should be fine but it's not an exact science as Instagram resizes your images anyway, no matter what size you make them. However, people say the more you move away from these specs, it could affect the image quality of what you post but large iphone images seem to come out fine so who knows. Have no idea why you are having part of your image chopped off though, that shouldn't happen.

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