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djmattyz
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November 22, 2022
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lightroom to instragram workflow

  • November 22, 2022
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i do social photos for various events , so im taking 5 or 6 days of photos each week, then uploading to about 5 different social media pages on facebook and instagram.

 

uploading to facebook is alright because you can just upload a whole album from a PC using the default aspect ratio of your photos

 

instagram on the other hand  im having to put the photos over into my google drive in groups of 10 ,then downloa them individually onto my phone and upload to insta... this is driving me bananas

 

can some of you recommend a decent workflow that enables me to export at the correct aspect ratio, from a PC in one step,  and recommend any software that handles the instagram side of it from a PC?

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john beardsworth
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john beardsworthCommunity Expert
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November 22, 2022

Instagram doesn't allow desktop software to handle the uploading.

 

I've not found a perfect solution, though my current preference is to use Print and specify Print to JPEG in the Print Job panel. I've a template which sets the Custom File Dimensions to 2048 pixels in 3:2 ratio, since my posts are mostly of landscape orientation images and this would be OK for any portrait orientation images inclucded in the <10 post. I find this better than a square CDF, and have another 2:3 ratio template if I intend to upload only portrait orientations. 

 

In Image Settings, Zoom to Fill is unchecked. What this produces is <10 jpeg files, each image cropped at its correct aspect ratio but with white space.

 

I'll then use IG in a web browser to do the upload - they added a little plus button a year or so ago. This allows you to choose Original as the post format, so it picks up that 3:2, and also lets you sequence the images (I normally do that first with the quick collection).

 

Maybe this would work for you, but whatever you do, it's not going to be one step or automatic.

john beardsworth
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john beardsworthCommunity Expert
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November 22, 2022

Also see http://lightroomsolutions.com/lightroom-to-instagram-via-a-web-browser/

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    richardplondonCommunity Expert
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    November 22, 2022

    Good scheme using Print to make output to a common page size without re-cropping images or postprocessing.

     

    Just to add:

    I find it easier to set Resolution to 100ppi. That way it's an easier calculation to set your output JPG dimensions - since you can't enter pixels directly for Custom File Dimensions override or otherwise, for page sizing. This way, 22.46 inches > 2246 px.

     

    Any page unprintable margin can't be removed, even though you are not constrained by any actual printer hardware with JPG output... except by switching output to "Printer", and selecting a borderless mode in the printer driver settings. Then switch output back to "JPEG File" and the page layout can now be borderless. So you can enlarge image cell right up to the edges, if that's what you want. Save this as a print layout preset for easy later re-use.

     

    JPEG output from print will not produce individualised file naming / metadata taken from the images used. These are just printouts in electronic form, potentially each showing several images after all.

     

    If you do need filename or metadata specificity, maybe consider Export instead, with a postprocessing action to impose the image onto a fixed-dimension larger canvas or else cropping it down to a fixed-dimension extract ... via LR/Mogrify for example.

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