Of course, if you cropped to a boring square, just make the sides 2160 pixels. If your image is vertical 4:5, you want to export JPG, 100% quality, and long side 2700 pixels (which means your exported image will be double what Instagram can actually display). Now you’re ready to export (and this is where 99% of the haters will begin typing their nonsense). I generally avoid landscape/horizontal 16:9 because it greatly limits the pixel dimensions of your images, which sucks.
Now in Lightroom (Classic or the other one, I don’t care), crop your image to either a boring square 1:1, or (preferably) a sexy portrait/vertical 4:5 aspect ratio. 2) On Instagram, click the hamburger menu and go to Settings > Account > Data Usage and make sure “High quality uploads” is enabled.Ĭool? Cool. And since you mentioned in a reply that this just started happening, I would check two important settings: 1) if you use iCloud Photos, go to your iPhone Settings > Photos and make sure “Download and Keep Originals” is selected. I was pumped when they started allowing uploads from the browser, but for whatever reason it screws with image quality. (Note: I’m using a Mac/iPhone, so your mileage may vary on PC/Android.)įirst off, I recommend only using the iOS app to upload. Anyone who disagrees can come fight me in the comments below. I won’t claim these are “perfect” export settings, but this should get you pretty damn close. Lots of misinformation being tossed around here.