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thescore13
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March 23, 2016
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What are the best export settings for Instagram?

  • March 23, 2016
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‌IM having difficulty finding a solid answer for the highest quality export setting for Instagram. Please help! Thanks.

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Correct answer 99jon

Try 1080 x 1080 @72 sRGB

Experiment with different quality settings between 75 & 100 as Instagram will apply standard compression.

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Ecti26173340hgp3
Participant
September 23, 2022

I'm having trouble locating a reliable response to the question of what Instagram's best quality export setting is image serum. Please assist! Thanks.

dj_paige
dj_paige
Legend
September 23, 2022

I have no trouble with Instagram quality. I export from LrC with the quality slider at 75 and the Image sizing set to 1600 pixels on the long edge.

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Wesley26209258mjpr
Participant
September 20, 2022

I would use standard sharpening for screen. If you are not cropping your pics to a square format simply set dimensions of Short Edge 1080 and LR will automatically set the other dimension based on the original aspect ratio. In any event I think Instagram is moving away from square formats entirely.

JP Hess
JP Hess
Inspiring
June 27, 2017

If you like to post to Instagram frequently there is a plug-in available that makes Instagram one of your Publish services in Lightroom. You can publish directly to Instagram. After you install the plug-in you can publish 5 images as a trial, then it costs $10 to activate it. It works very smoothly. Not sure if I should publish the link, but it's easy to find using Google.

MATTKNILL
MATTKNILL
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July 31, 2017

Instagram Plug in  - The only issue i have found is that it automatically posts in landscape, can this be changed?

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Jao vdLCommunity Expert
Community Expert
March 23, 2016

If you have the creative cloud version of Lightroom the simplest way to get images on instagram is to put your image in a folder that syncs with CC and then on your mobile iOS or android device use Lightroom mobile to send the image to instagram. That skips a few steps. Make sure to crop the image close to square before you do that as instagram, while it supports non-square now, still works best with close-to-square images and high aspect ratio images get lost on it as they get far less screen real estate. I don't go over 4x5 because of this.

    99jon
    99jon
    Legend
    March 23, 2016

    There is a great video tutorial by

    Laura Shoe

    She demonstrates how to make square crops in bulk from LR Library.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HZ7y0hpIS4

      Laura Shoe
      Laura Shoe
      Inspiring
      March 23, 2016

      I'm glad you enjoyed my video, Jon, and thank you for sharing it! The technique will work for any aspect ratio/proportions that you wish to crop to.

        99jon
        99jonCorrect answer
        Legend
        March 23, 2016

        Try 1080 x 1080 @72 sRGB

        Experiment with different quality settings between 75 & 100 as Instagram will apply standard compression.

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          thescore13Author
          Participant
          March 23, 2016

          T‌hank you for the answer. Should I check "don't enlarge" and where should I set my output sharpening to?

          99jon
          99jon
          Legend
          March 23, 2016

          I would use standard sharpening for screen. If you are not cropping your pics to a square format simply set dimensions of Short Edge 1080 and LR will automatically set the other dimension based on the original aspect ratio. In any event I think Instagram is moving away from square formats entirely.

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