How to Post a Panorama on Instagram on Android

Last Updated: June 11, 2018

This wikiHow teaches you how to upload a panoramic photo to Instagram by breaking it into squares. You can accomplish this on an Android with a free app called PanoramaCrop.

Steps

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Install PanoramaCrop for Instagram from the Play Store. This is a free and well-rated app that preps panoramic photos for an Instagram posts.
- Some other apps that work similarly to PanoramaCrop for Instagram are PanoSwipe and InstaPano.
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Open PanoramaCrop. It’s the blue circle with 3 white squares inside. You’ll find it in the app drawer.
- If you’re using a different app for posting panoramas to Instagram, open that now.
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Tap PICK FROM GALLERY. It’s at the center of the screen. You’ll need to have the panoramic shot already saved to your gallery, as this app is just for cropping the photo to an Instagram-friendly format.
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Tap the panoramic image. This opens the image in the editor.
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Select the number of images you want to create from your panoramic shot. You’ll be breaking the panoramic shot into squares that your followers can swipe through. Select anywhere from 2 to 10 squares.
- The number of boxes in the preview changes with your selection.
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Click the square icon at the bottom-left corner of the screen. This allows you to adjust the photo.
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Adjust the photo to fit within the boxes. Swipe the dial below the image to zoom in or out—make sure you can get the whole image within the boxes. These boxes are how the app will crop the photo.
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Tap the check mark. It’s at the top-right corner of the screen.
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Swipe through the preview images. When you upload to Instagram, it will look similar to this preview.
- If you’re not satisfied, tap the left-pointing arrow at the top-left corner of the screen to go back to the editor.
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Tap the check mark when you’re finished. It’s at the top-right corner of the screen. PanoramaCrop will now break the image into squares. A confirmation message will appear when the process is complete.
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Tap OPEN INSTAGRAM on the “Success” pop-up. This opens a new post screen.
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Tap the Multiple Photo icon. It’s the three overlapping squares at the bottom-right corner of the post preview.
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Tap each of the images that make up the panorama. You’ll notice that as you tap each image, a number will appear at its top-right corner. Be sure to tap the images in order so the panorama is correct.
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Tap Next. It’s at the top-right corner of the screen.
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Select a filter for the images (optional) and tap Next. A filter can be applied to all of the images in the panorama, but it’s not required.
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Add a post description (optional). If you want to include text with your panoramic photo, type it into the box at the top of the screen.
- To tag someone in the photo, tap Tag People, then follow the on-screen instructions to tag someone.
- To add the photo’s location, tap Add Location, start typing the name of the place where the photo was taken, then tap it when it appears in the search results.
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Tap Share. Your new post now appears in your feed. To view the entire panorama, swipe left across the post to access the next square.