Posting video on Instagram

[mac_in_tosh]

I prepared a 1080 x 1080 video, which I thought is what is needed to fill the IG square window. When I upload it, however, it only takes up the center of the IG window, with the rest black. What to do?

 

[mollyc]

IG's native ratio is actually 4:5 now, not a square, although they let you do squares still. I think video might even have a different ratio, closer to a native phone ratio. Have you googled for current native ratios?

 

[Eric]

I prepared a 1080 x 1080 video, which I thought is what is needed to fill the IG square window. When I upload it, however, it only takes up the center of the IG window, with the rest black. What to do?

Yes, very frustrating and you're giving it the recommended dimensions. You're always left with a tiny box in the center though, so I always end up using the 2x zoom which crops it in and most of the time doesn't impact the quality.

 

[mollyc]

Instagram specifies their ratios in their help section.

https://help.instagram.com/1038071743007909

 

[mac_in_tosh]

I think I made a mistake - in my video editor I cropped the HD (1920 x 1080) video to 1080 x 1080. That left black space. I then rendered the video as 1080 x 1080 so it left the black space. That is what's (correctly) displayed on IG. Now I'm trying to figure out how to edit the HD video so the content I want is 1080 x 1080 with no black space.