Instagram Now Support Landscape and Portrait Photos
Instagram has announced that it dropping the requirement that all photos and videos uploaded to the site be square. The company is updating its Andriod and iOS apps so users can now share their landscape and portrait photos and videos alongside traditional square posts, which will remain the default setting.
To use the new feature, simply tap the format icon to move between square, portrait or landscape modes. From there, users can zoom in and out to choose the best crop for their photos. The update is the biggest to hit Instagram since its launch in 2010.
Instagram says that 20 percent of photos uploaded to its site had been modified to fit into a square frame. These were usually edited with with third-party software such as Squaready, an app that puts borders on photos so it can be uploaded to Instagram without any cropping.
It’s suspected that allowing a wider range of picture and video formats on Instagram will encourage its users to share more of the content they upload with the company’s parent, Facebook.
To use the new feature, simply tap the format icon to move between square, portrait or landscape modes. From there, users can zoom in and out to choose the best crop for their photos. The update is the biggest to hit Instagram since its launch in 2010.
Instagram says that 20 percent of photos uploaded to its site had been modified to fit into a square frame. These were usually edited with with third-party software such as Squaready, an app that puts borders on photos so it can be uploaded to Instagram without any cropping.
It’s suspected that allowing a wider range of picture and video formats on Instagram will encourage its users to share more of the content they upload with the company’s parent, Facebook.
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