Hey guys, I have some great news! In addition to the normal square format posts — you can now share photos and videos in both portrait and landscape orientation on Instagram. There were third party apps before now that would allow you to do this, but I think it’s nice to be able to do it in instagram itself.
Instagram says: “Square format has been and always will be part of who we are. That said, the visual story you’re trying to tell should always come first, and we want to make it simple and fun for you to share moments just the way you want to. It turns out that nearly one in five photos or videos people post aren’t in the square format, and we know that it hasn’t been easy to share this type of content on Instagram: friends get cut out of group shots, the subject of your video feels cramped and you can’t capture the Golden Gate Bridge from end to end. Now, when choosing a photo or video, you can tap the format icon to adjust the orientation to portrait or landscape instead of square. Once you share the photo, the full-sized version of it will appear to all of your followers in feed in a beautiful, natural way. To keep the clean feel of your profile grid, your post will appear there as a center-cropped square.”
Read more here: Thinking Outside the Square: Support for Landscape and Portrait Formats on Instagram – Instagram Blog
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