Post on Instagram
This article teaches you how to upload a photo to your Instagram page.
Contents
Steps
Posting Photos
- Download and install the Instagram app. The Instagram app is the only way to post photos to Instagram; you can't make posts using the Instagram website.
- Create an account or log in with your Facebook account. If you have the Facebook app installed on your phone, you can quickly log into Instagram using your Facebook account. If you don't have Facebook or don't want to use your Facebook account, you can create an account using an email address.
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- Tap the Camera button at the bottom of the Instagram app. It is located in the row of buttons along the bottom, in the center.
- Take a picture or choose one from your phone's storage. All posts on Instagram are pictures. Tap the big blue button to take a picture, or tap the Gallery button to the left to browse through the photos stored on your device. You can also tap the video camera button to record a 15-second video.
- Tap the button right above the camera button to switch between the front and back cameras on your phone.
- Edit your image. After taking a picture or selecting one from your phone's storage, you will be able to make some edits to it before you post it. Tap the "→" when you're finished editing. There are several different types of edits you can make:
- Select a filter from the list. One of Instagram's main features is the variety of filters you can apply to your picture. These color and processing filters can make your photo shine in new ways. Swipe left and right to try all of the different filters. Not all devices have access to the same filters.
- Tap the "Sun" button to adjust the "Lux". This can soften or brighten your image, and is best used for landscapes. Lux settings may not be available for older versions of Instagram.
- Tap the "Wrench" button to see your other editing options. You can perform basic adjustments such as changing the brightness and contrast, or you can make more unique edits such as Make-Tilt-Shift-Photographs and framing ("vignette").
- Add a caption. Captions aren't necessary, but a good caption will help get a lot more attention for your photo. A good caption is short and sweet. It should add context to the image, or complement it in some way. Write-Good-Captions-in-Photojournalism.
- Add some hashtags. Hashtags are another one of Instagram's main features. These tags categorize your photo, allowing other people to find your image when they're looking at that topic. Hashtags are single words or phrases combined into one word. Tag-on-Instagram.
- Hashtags are added to the caption of the image, and are marked by #. For example, for a wikiHow-related photo, you can add the hashtag #wikihow to your caption.
- Select other social networks to share the post on. You can share to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and more from within the Instagram app. After entering your caption, select any other networks you want to post to. You will be prompted to sign in to that network if you're not signed in already.
- Tag people in the picture. If you want, you can tag people that you know in the picture with their Instagram usernames. Tap the person in the picture that you want to tag, and then search for their username. They may have to approve these tags before they appear.
- Choose to send a direct message. By default, your post will be public and will be automatically broadcast to all of your followers. You can choose to send a message to someone privately by tapping the "Direct" tab at the top of the "Share To" screen. You can then enter specific usernames that you want to send the post to.
- Tap the "✓" button when you are satisfied with your post. Your post will be immediately uploaded and your followers will see your post in their feeds.
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Uploading Old Photos
- Copy any photos that you want to upload to your phone or tablet. Because Instagram is designed to be used on your mobile device, you will need to place any photos that you want to upload Transfer-Images-from-Computer-to-Mobile-Phone before you begin. You will be able to upload any images that are stored in your device’s memory.
- You can only upload one image at a time.
- Download and install the Instagram app on your phone or tablet. You can download the app for free from the iTunes App Store, Google Play Store, or Windows Phone Store.
- Open the Instagram app on your mobile device. Make sure that you are logged in with the account that you want to upload pictures to.
- You can Create-an-Instagram-Account, or log in with your Facebook account.
- Tap the Camera tab. This is located at the bottom of the screen in the center of the row of icons. This will open the Instagram camera.
- Tap the Gallery tab. This is located at the bottom of the screen.
- Select the image that you want to upload. Toward the bottom of the screen, you will see a list of the images in your phone's Gallery or Camera Roll. Once you’ve found an image that you want to add to Instagram, tap the image to select it and it will open in the main window above.
- You can tap the "Gallery" menu at the top of the screen to select another location on your device to look for images.
- Adjust the image. When you first select the image, you will be able to crop it to your liking. If you don’t want to crop the image, don’t select anything and tap the Next button at the top of the screen.
- Instagram uploads images as a square, so make sure that you've centered the image so that you can see everything you want to show.
- Once you’ve cropped or moved on, you will be able to add effects to the image. Tap Next to move on.
- Add information about the photo. Once you are done applying effects, you can add information about the photo before you share it. You can add a caption, tag other Instagram users, and share it to services such as Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr.
- Share the image. When you are ready, tap the Share button. You can share the photo directly to other users by selecting Direct. Otherwise, it will be shared with your Followers.
- Repeat for additional photos. Repeat the above steps for each additional photo that you want to upload.
