How to maintain the quality of photos on Instagram

Who has never lost the quality of the photos in Social media coordinator to cast the first stone. Unfortunately, this is a pretty boring (and common) situation: you plan your post with that one Selfie or nice photo you took with your cell phone or camera, but when uploading the photo lose quality. What to do then?

To help you solve this problem and be able to keep the images with good resolution on Instagram, we've prepared some tips that will help you conquer a feed beautiful and with clear photos. All of them can be followed by both your smartphone and your computer – including, a nice curiosity for you who usually make desktop edits: you can upload photos to Instagram directly from the computer.

If you don't know how to make this type of post, don't worry, because we'll teach you how to do it here too.

Maintaining the quality of photos on Instagram

First, let's share the tips for you to prepare your posts with high resolution images on Instagram. Check out the tips below.

Follow the ideal size for photos

One of the main points that you should consider when using any social network is the size supported for media files – each has its own parameters and runs away from them will impact the resolution of the images at the time of posting.

Therefore, one of the first things you should do to maintain the quality of photos on Instagram is to check the size of the chosen image. So far, the social network allows posts with three formats (and each of them has a different specification regarding size):

• square (square): In the beginning, Instagram only allowed square images, and despite this exclusivity no longer exists, it is still possible to post with this format. In this case, the minimum size is 600 x 600 pixels, however, it is possible to achieve better results with photos of 1800 1800 pixels x.
• Landscape or landscape (horizontal): here, the minimum supported size is 600 x 320 pixels, but you'd better opt for photos with 1080 566 pixels x.
• Portrait or portrait (vertical): the minimum size is 480 × 600 pixels, but it is recommended that you use images with 1080 × 1350 pixels.

If you share a lower resolution photo, Instagram will scale it up to a width of 320 pixels, and if you share a higher resolution image, it will adjust to a width of 1080 pixels. If you have a photo whose resolution is below or above what is required to maintain quality when posting on Instagram, you can resize your image on free websites.

Share images within aspect ratios

As well as the resolution of images, Instagram has a aspect ratio specific for sharing. Running away from them will result in automatic cuts – and you don't want that to happen to your photo.

• square (square): the proportion used is 1:1.
• Landscape or landscape (horizontal): here, the proportion recommended by Instagram is 1,91:1, however it is possible to get up to 16:9.
• Portrait or portrait (vertical): the proportion is 4:5.

According to Instagram, when you share a photo whose width is between 320 and 1080 pixels, the platform preserves the original resolution as long as the aspect ratio is between 1,91:1 and 4:5, with a height between 566 and 1350 pixels. and width of 1080 pixels. If you try to post a photo with a different aspect ratio, the social network will crop the image to fit your standard.

Check the photo format

The third step is to check the image format you want to share on the social network. Instagram's default format for photos is JPEG (.jpg), which means that any other uploaded format, such as PNG (.png) or BITMAP (.bmp), will automatically be converted to JPEG and possibly lose quality during the process.

How to upload photos directly from desktop

Posting photos on Instagram directly from your computer can be a good idea to maintain the desired quality, especially if you use software more advanced editing tools such as Photoshop, and want to guarantee the visualization of the images in high resolution and com good sharpness.

To upload directly from the desktop and have more control over the quality of photos on Instagram, just follow the steps below:

1. Open the Google Chrome browser and access the social network;

2. Then press the keys “Ctrl+Shift+i”. This will open a window on the right with codes referring to the Instagram page — with it open, click on the cell phone icon, as indicated by the arrow;

3. After clicking on the cell phone icon, the screen will simulate that of a smartphone — you may need to refresh the page for it to load the new format correctly. In this way, just return to the Instagram homepage and click on the “+” icon on the bottom bar of the window to make a post directly from your computer, following the same step-by-step procedure used on your smartphone.

Okay, now that you know how to maintain the quality of photos on Instagram and share images directly from your computer, you will no longer suffer from low resolution images on the social network.

Sources: Social media coordinator, Sleeklens, mike walterz