The most staunch users of the photography social network will already have noticed one of the most notorious changes it has receivedInstagram in recent times. And it is that he has decided to leave behind one of his hallmarks: the square format For those who are not faithful followers, here we show how to change this format so you don't have to crop and reframe the user's photos and videos.Something that will make the most purists grind their teeth, but that opens the doors to more possibilities within this social network
Until now, the format of square photos has been our own brand on Instagram Something that has managed to cross its own borders and reach other social networks or applications All this with a marked aesthetic style that was practically obligatory to follow the theory of three thirds to achieve striking and attractive compositions. Something that has been left behind by allowing horizontal and vertical photos and videos to be published beyond the square. But how? We explain it below.
All you have to do is have the latest version of the Instagram application, already available for both Android as for iPhoneIt can be fully downloaded free on Google Play or App Store, depending on the platform being used.
After that, make sure to take photos or videos with your phone's camera, and not with the Instagram application. And it is that the social network allows you to publish this content with new formats (proportions), but not capture them In the same way, it is possible to use any other content within the terminal, whether downloaded from the Internet or taken with a professional camera No limitations.
The next step is to access Instagram and click on the lower central icon, with which to publish new content. And here, choose any of the photos or videos to be shared.
It is at this moment that the new feature to free up the square format comes into play. Thus, all you have to do is click on the new icon in the lower left corner within the selected image This makes the format change from the usual square, to the original of the photograph or video That is, respecting its entire size, without cutting any of the content or being necessary to reframe the final result.
With this, all that remains is to carry out the rest of the usual process of publication, being able to apply all the available filters, as well as touch-up effects In addition, it is still possible to add a description, use tags and add a location so that there is a record of where it was taken from.
In this way, it is no longer necessary to use photo editing applications to paste the images on a square white background that allows to see all the image without cropping it.Nor will it be necessary to eliminate part of the videos to reframe them Something that will lose the original essence of Instagram when browsing the wall, but that will allow users to share more formats and offer more variety in content
