Full Image Fitness: Techniques to Ensure Your Pictures Stretch Across the Entirety of an Instagram Post

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What to Know

• Choose a photo to post and tap theExpand icon in the lower-left corner of the preview.
• Or, pinch your fingers together on the image to zoom out and make it fit.
• Alternatively, use a third-party image resizer like Kapwing.com to make the picture 4:5.

This article explains how to fit a whole picture on Instagram without cropping. The instructions apply to the Instagram app for iOS and Android.

How to Make a Picture Fit on Instagram

Instagram automatically crops posts to an aspect ratio of 4:5 so they don’t take up too much space in your feed. Fortunately, the app offers a way to make your photos fit the post preview window, and it’s really easy:

1. Choose a photo to post.
2. Tap theExpand icon in the lower-left corner of the preview window or pinch your fingers together to zoom out and make it fit.
   You’ll see a white border around the image (or a black border if dark mode is turned on in the Instagram app ).
3. TapNext to continue posting.
   

How to Resize a Post for Instagram

Instagram’s built-in method usually works fine, but if you’re unsatisfied with the results, there are plenty of other ways to resize a photo . Kapwing is ideal for resizing Instagram pictures specifically because it can add space around the image so it fits the 4:5 ratio requirements (you can even pick a custom border color).

1. Visit Kapwing.com and selectGet started .
   Kapwing will put a watermark on the bottom right side of the photo. Depending on how the border looks on your picture, a photo editing tool might be able to cover it up.
2. Sign in with one of the listed methods and complete any first-user steps if this is your first time using this picture resizer.
3. Tap thearrow next to Create new, then chooseUpload .
   
4. TapClick to Upload .

5. Choose the photo you want to resize.
   If the image is stored in a different app, like Photos in our example (on Android), tapMedia picker >Photos .
   
6. Select the image you just uploaded.

7. ChooseEdit background >Resize Canvas .
8. ChooseInstagram Post Portrait from the drop-down menu and4:5 for the size.
9. Make sureFit to Center is chosen.
   
10. Scroll down a little and tapOff if you don’t want the extra space around your image to be blurred. It’s here that you can optionally change the border color, too.
11. TapApply .
12. Make sure the image looks how you want it, then tapExport .
13. TapExport a JPEG >Download . You can now post the new photo on Instagram.
    

FAQ

• How do I fit a whole picture on Instagram without a white background?
  Because all Instagram posts are 4:5, landscape and portrait images will always have a border. However, you can choose a background color other than white with the Kapwing website.
• How do I post multiple photos on Instagram?
  To post multiple photos on Instagram , tapSelect Multiple instead of choosing a single photo, and then choose up to 10 images.

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