Publish directly from LR Classic to Instagram

[johnb85879550]

Posting directly from LR Classic to Instagram used to work via a plugin called LR/Instagram. It worked smoothly and made the process simple and intuitive. Then it stopped working and posting to Instagram has become a convoluted and tim-consuming process, so I stopped publishing. I thought that over time, Adobe would provide such feature, but clearly, that's not happened. Please enable publishing directly to Instagram again. 

[john beardsworth]

It's not Adobe's fault - Instagram prevents it.

[Conrad_C]

The Lr/Instagram website is still up, with contact information. You might send them a message asking if they have made any progress in making their plug-in work again. The website does call it an “unofficial” plug-in.

…posting to Instagram has become a convoluted and tim-consuming process

By @johnb85879550

Even without a direct upload from Lightroom Classic, it can be relatively simple. Two ideas, if you haven’t already used them:

Idea 1:

Simply add the image to a Collection that is synced to Lightroom Photos in the cloud. Then all you have to do is select the same synced image in Lightroom on your phone or tablet, tap Share, and select Instagram. It will then ask you whether you want to create a Post, Story, or Message, and you’ll be on your way.

Idea 2:

Create an export preset that generates a copy with your edits (such as a JPEG), and enable the Add To This Catalog option. The preset lets you export with specific settings in one step, and the image appears in the Added by Previous Export automatic collection. The point of this is that if you are signed into Instagram in your web browser and click Create, a window opens where you can drag and drop images. So for example, if you want to upload an image, you would choose File > Export with Preset > [name of the preset], then select that exported image in Added to Preview Export, and drag and drop it into the Create window in the web browser. (Drag and drop from Lightroom Classic may not work in Windows; if so, in the Export dialog box also enable Show in Explorer in the After Export menu in the Post-Processing section so that the new export is revealed on the desktop, then you can drop that into Instagram in the web browser.)

All of that may seem convoluted at first, but the payoff is that after one-time setup, Idea 1 is just two steps: Sync to cloud, then share to Instagram from mobile device. Idea 2 is also just three steps after setup: Export with preset, click Create in your Instagram account in a web browser, then drag and drop into Instagram.

[johnrellis]

"The Lr/Instagram website is still up, with contact information. You might send them a message asking if they have made any progress in making their plug-in work again."

Since August 2019, the lrinstagram.com web site says:

"Service Note: Instagram has updated their protocol and currently plugin does not work. We are investigating the issue and the plugin will be updated when a fix is available."

[photoyogi]

Yep.... I finally deleted it from my publish section in LR Classic... after too many frustrations. I was just hoping by now there would be more use to the publish module for me. I have been doing hard way for sometime. Make a social media folder, put copy of image ( so the jpeg does not get mixed up with other sized jpgs) into it  drage and drop to fb or IG when I want. Not saying it is best way but I got little overwhelmed by Conrad C's faster and likely better way written previously here . 

[dj_paige]

With all due respect, I do not think posting to Instagram is time consuming and convoluted. You export the photos to your hard disk somewhere, open up your web browser, navigate to Instagram and then in Instagram click on the plus sign to add photos, and then you select them from your hard disk.

[photoyogi]

oops, just saw djpaige... ditto that here. its just not a direct publish from LR Classic that I remember YEARS ago them introducing as such a great thing. 

[john beardsworth]

And see this article on how to post multiple photos with landscape & portrait orientations.