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Crop for Instagram, from Your Smartphone!

Photo Moment - July 05, 2019

That's the Why… Now the How!

Now that you know why you want to do this, the next step is how.

The app you want is Photoshop Mix. It's free on iOS and on Android, and like Photoshop on the desktop, allows you to create a custom canvas size, and reposition layers however you like.

Scaling, cropping and “cropping” in Photoshop Mix

It doesn't matter how you store or organize your photos on your phone, as long as you can send it (preferably at a high resolution) to another app. I'm using Lightroom on my iPhone, so that's what the screenshots show, but again it doesn't matter. All that matters is that you can send to, or open in, Photoshop Mix.

From Lightroom, tap the Share button at the top of the screen, then tap Share again on the sheet that slides up, and then pick a resolution. At this point, 2048px is fine, but as we move to more advanced multi-tile images, you'll want to choose Maximum.

That will open the iOS Share Sheet, and you can choose Copy to Photoshop Mix. You may have to scroll to find it, and if you long-tap on it, you can then drag it to the front of the list if this is something you'll do often.

Once it opens in Photoshop Mix, it will create a canvas that's the same size as the photo. We'll change that, but first, we need to know our target size.

As of July 2019, Instagram will take a maximum sized image of 1080 pixels wide by 1350 tall. (If you give it anything bigger, it will downscale it, and it's definitely better if you do the scaling, then if Instagram does it). You can check size that on the official Instagram help page here — a link that will probably eventually break, so if it does, just google search “site:help.instagram.com instagram photo resolution”. So 1080×1350 is our target size.

To change the canvas size, tap the Crop button (you're not really cropping here… it's a weird icon choice), then tap Custom to enter a custom size.

What size you see here initially will depend on what you sent to Photoshop Mix, and where you sent it from. Since I sent a 3:2 ratio photo from Lightroom and chose the 2048 size, I'm seeing 2048 width by 1364 height. You want to change that to 1080 wide by 1350 tall — the maximum size that Instagram will accept, per the sidebar above. (Make sure that the original image is bigger than 1080×1350, or it will have to be scaled up for export, which you don't want). Once you enter 1080×1350, tap OK and then tap the check box in the Crop window to exit that mode.

Now your canvas is at the optimum size, so you can reposition the photo however you like, and export it. Remember, the goal here is to create two images to upload. Both will be 1080×1350, but one will be a vertical crop of this landscape photo, and the other will show the entire photo with white borders on the top and bottom. To reposition the photo, just drag it around with one finger. To scale it, pinch it with two fingers. You'll get the feel for it pretty quickly, and note that the edges and center of the photo snaps to the edges and center of the canvas, making it quite easy to get the scaling right. The two screenshots below show the two different scaling you'll want to do. After you set each layout, tap the Share button (circled in red below), and then send to the Camera Roll. That will save each image to the camera roll where you'll be able to access it from the Instagram app.

That's it! Nice and simple… it really does go fast and the end results is two images that you can share on Instagram showing your image best for Instagram, and also showing the entire photo. So, let's get these online!

Importing to Instagram

Open Instagram, and create a new post as usual. Select the first image (that's the one that fills the 4:5 space), be sure to tap the double-headed arrow to expand it to the vertical layout, then tap the multi-selector icon, and finally the second image (the one with the white borders).

From here it's business as usual! Add your captions and tags, and away you go! 

Next… ever seen those double- and triple-wide swipe-able images in Instagram? Learn how to create them yourself!

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Hi there what is another name for adope photoshop mix? Photoshop express perhaps? It seem impossible to find.
I think they retired the app 😢
It's not working on Android
This is quite old now and apps may have changed, sorry
Hi Joseph, I just came across your video and I see that Photoshop mix is no longer. Could I kindly ask if there is another free app you could recommend?
I haven’t looked for something new but by now there’s probably custom apps for doing this
There is no CUSTOM option on the Android Version I'm trying right now. Also it's WAY easier to just do it on the Desktop!
Sure. But this video wasn’t about doing it on desktop.
I can’t find the photoshop mix, did they get rid of it?
Thanks!
very helpful, thanks a bunch!
Subscribed! Awesome thank you!
They removed photoshop mix from the app store do you another app you can show us?
Having this same issue
Hi I saw that you are a lumix ambassador do you have videos about lumix cams?
Did you check the channel? Lots of videos…
Wonderful job delivering just the needed information without a bunch of fluff. Thank you
You look like a white common
I don't know what that is, so I don't know if that's a complement or an insult.
It seems that the app "Photoshop Mix" is no longer available for the Italian App Store! :(
I just found this video, holy cow what a godsend. I've been doing it the hard way all this time. Thanks so much Joseph!
Right on!!
Brilliant explanation!
Hi Joseph. Amazing video, thanks for your tips. One question, I am using iPhone 11 pro and have followed all of your steps, but when posted, my images appear with a black background instead of being transparent. Any tips?
Are you in dark mode?
omg thank you for going into details😭
Just drop an load an app ffs
Instagram is a stupid platform. I should be able to EASILY make a slideshow of landscape shots.
This is exactly what I needed!! I had to search thru 10 diff videos before I found this one that fits the bill<3 thank ya!!
Glad you found it!
This tutorial is great, however, the transparency showed up as black lines for me on instagram. Is there a way to fix that?
Thanks! Is the same doing this in Photoshop mix and Photoshop on the laptop? When you crop images with Photoshop mix then you save on you phone, maybe it change the resolution of the photo? and takes poor quality?
Why am I not seeing the custom option?
I'm having the same problem, I cannot use the custom crop size
The version of PhotoS Mix i have been using, doesn't seem to have the option to set custom canvas size while cropping. Could you confirm the version of Mix you were using while making this video? Thanks a lot for making this video. Things got easier.
Have you found a solution?
When i post a landscape photo using the steps, it got posted with the white border. Is there any way to remove the white border?

Also i am using the dark theme on instagram which makes it unpleasant.
My friend with this you have earned a sub! Thank you
if you're an android user - don't bother. The photoshop mix app doesn't even allow for custom measure on h + w.
@@GXOR_LA photoshop express
Have you found another solution?
What a brilliant tutorial. I have seen some posts like this on instagram and wondered how they were done. After watching this tutorial I have successfully posted my first 2 swipe-able landscape with a full landscape after. Perfect.
Everything I can tell you is in this video. Just watch it again, please.
how do you add the full landscape photo after? whenever I want to add the final landscape photo, Instagram shows a zoomed in version instead..help please
Hey, thanks for the video. This is crazy because I have literally looked high and low for this exact video showing how to upload a full size photo without compromising it by cutting it off. I have searched sites, apps, YouTube, everything.The exact thing u described is what I have been looking for. I have literally downloaded every photo editing app that u can possibly imagine. (No joke) And, for legit months now I have been researching this and, I can’t seem to get anywhere. Some of the apps offer preset aspect ratios which still cuts my photo off. And, even when you can enter it manually it still gets cut off. With my frustrating research I have came to the conclusion that u need the 1080x1350px in order to get that maximum real estate space like u mentioned in the video. And after MONTHS of trying to figure this out, I thought I finally found the answer with this video. However, I’m still confused. I tried following ur video exactly. I must have watched it like 100 times lol🙈. First, you said it’s easier to just upload from Lightroom because u already have all ur photos managed in there. But, does it matter if u upload from the regular camera roll? Does that still give u the maximum resolution or is it better coming from Lightroom? I know I must sound stupid asking this. I’m clearly a newbie. To be on the safe side, I tried uploading both from camera roll and the Lightroom app. But, I don’t know what I’m doing wrong😫. Maybe it’s because the photos I am trying to resize to be able to upload to IG for that full size photo are coming from Snapchat? What comes up before I resize on the photos is.....902px wide by 1792 tall? Idk what I’m doing wrong. I still cant seem to not have my photo chopped off. I’m literally so desperate at this point. It’s SOOOO frustrating not being able to figure this out. If you could help me, I would GREATLY appreciate it. Like u have no idea how grateful I would be. I have spent countless hours trying to do this yet, I just keep slamming my head against the wall. Please help me🙏🏻 if I could email u to show u screenshots of what I mean that would probably be easier but, I don’t know ur email.😐 Sorry for this extensive message in ur comments. I just don’t know what else to do and this video is literally the only one that I have found that talks about what I am aiming for. I don’t want to just have those white borders and have it look like that in my thumbnails. Which is exactly what u said. Anyways, hoping and praying u get back to me soon🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Hey there I can’t walk through this with you here on youtube; too complicated. I don’t know offhand what you’re doing wrong; all I can say is to follow my steps exactly and it works. Usually when people tell me something doesn’t work, it’s because they are skipping a step or ignoring something I’ve said. I’m available to hire for 1:1 help but I doubt you want to do that for this. Just go step by step again, sorry. And if it’s worth it to you — PhotoJoseph.com/1to1
When I pinched the screen to zoom out on the picture to fit that aspect ratio I entered, it wouldn’t zoom out like yours did in the video. The photo was basically zoomed in, which didn’t allow me to fit the whole picture in there which isnt what I’m aiming for? Plz help🙏🏻
you should mention before the video starts that you’re using an app you pay for... MONTHLY
it's free man. ios and android versions are different. You'll find the same in applestore. apparently android and ios free versions are different.
Light is very nice!
Thanks!
You look like a ginger version of Ming... Ming from flash gordon...
😂🤣
This is hands-down one of the best and clearest tutorial I’ve ever watched on YouTube! Incredible video, mate. You answered all my questions on this topic, and this is a rare thing with tutorials. Thanks for making this and for doing it so properly! 💥
Wow very cool to hear, thank you!
Is there a free alternative to photoshop mix for the transition landscape pictures? Just a free app to scale it for double the resolution
So helpful out of all the videos I’ve e watched!
nice, thanks!
I’m not getting the white bars? There showing up black?
i had the exact same problem!
@@photojoseph At 12.31, when you export that full-size image - I guess Fred is having the same problem as I just commented about 5 mins ago... All backgrounds are white during the posting procedure, but the final post (uploaded), shows the full-size image with a black background - and that looks awful (and I'm not I Dark Mode in IG)
weird. I wonder if something changed in IG; I haven't been posting lately. Where exactly are you seeing the black bars instead of white? Give me a time stamp of my video so I know we're talking about the same thing and I'll check it out.
PhotoJoseph tried on both light and dark mode and it still gives me black bars, only way I’ve been able to get white bars is by putting a full white layer behind the image PS
are you in dark mode on your phone and it's previewing in black?
Why’s this guy trying so hard to seem younger lol
but I'm only 21…
So u can't just do it in the Instagram app?!?!??!
what a stuuupid app! Fantastic video btw.... u won't believe how hard i'm struggling to just find how to change a photo's size, so i can fit my landscape (screen-shot for YT vids in my case) image onto Instagram! It's ridiculous! 👍 'd ur vid
#OldManPaxus Rating: ★★★ ½
😂
Is android that different from iphone? I can't "open in" to go directly to photoshop mix nor do I have the option to do a custom crop.
Is there any other app having same features for android phones
Same here
Others have said that in the comments. Apparently android doesn’t have as many features 😢
Thanks for the video, Joseph! Great content!
Hi, If you're into android, check out this app called Panoslice, solves this pretty much
Thank you! It's a soild tutorial. I really love this tutorial and was so excited following it then I found out that the android version of Photoshop Mix does NOT have custom canvas size option. T.T I would really love to know if there's any app that does for android.
@@photojoseph Yes Snapseed has been my main editor for a couple of years and I don't think it has it. I guess I'll stick to PS Express for now for it gets the job done somehow. :)
Thanks for the complement, and yeah I know what you mean… it’s odd that it’s not a common feature!! Have you tried Snapseed?
@@photojoseph I never thought "resizing canvas size via typing in numbers" would be so rare. :)
@@photojoseph Sadly Photoshop Mix Android hasn't been updated since 2017. I tried 10ish apps but so far it seems only PS Express has a similar feature(not as fluid as you showed on the vid though). Oh by the way I really like your channel. You got it solid like a rock! Always appreciate it!
No, really?! I’ll look into that but before I do, can you tell me what versions of android and Photoshop Mix you’re on? Thanks. And how bizarre!
Nicely explained Sir 👌👍
Thanks!
Superb!
Thanks 🙏🏻!
Thats neat
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