GwenRaiden
AKA Apology Girl
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The changes (from blog.instagram.com)
Who of you uses Instagram? What do you think? Did you prefer the originality of the site when you had to compromise and crop images to the 1×1 square format? Or will this be better for you?
I definitely think it'll make videos look a lot better. Instagram videos do look pretty great, especially after they've had filters added, and it always was a shame you had to crop your video to a square because, well, sometimes it just wouldn't work.
I use Instagram A LOT so I'm excited to play around with the changes.
Instagram Just Made Its Biggest Change Ever
Instagram’s defining square format has changed the way people take and share pictures. Panoramic city skylines become boxed vignettes, and that high-rise shot is pinched and squeezed into an abstract rooftop profile. But that’s all about to change.
“Square format has been and always will be part of who we are,” reads an Instagram press release. “That said, the visual story you’re trying to tell should always come first, and we want to make it simple and fun for you to share moments just the way you want to.”
Instagram users will be able to adjust the orientation of their photos to portrait or landscape by tapping on the format icon before editing. Once shared, the full-sized version of the photo will appear on other users’ feeds, but the post will still show up as a center-cropped square on users’ profile pages.
The Facebook-owned company said the move is a response to some users’ demands for more flexibility. “We know that it hasn’t been easy to share this type of content on Instagram,” reads the post. “Friends get cut out of group shots, the subject of your video feels cramped and you can’t capture the Golden Gate Bridge from end to end.”
But the change is also a way for Instagram to better capitalize on the growing rise of mobile video, especially as rival service Snapchat popularizes portrait-oriented smartphone videography. “We’re especially excited about what this update means for video on Instagram, which in widescreen can be more cinematic than ever,” the post continues.
Instagram’s defining square format has changed the way people take and share pictures. Panoramic city skylines become boxed vignettes, and that high-rise shot is pinched and squeezed into an abstract rooftop profile. But that’s all about to change.
“Square format has been and always will be part of who we are,” reads an Instagram press release. “That said, the visual story you’re trying to tell should always come first, and we want to make it simple and fun for you to share moments just the way you want to.”
Instagram users will be able to adjust the orientation of their photos to portrait or landscape by tapping on the format icon before editing. Once shared, the full-sized version of the photo will appear on other users’ feeds, but the post will still show up as a center-cropped square on users’ profile pages.
The Facebook-owned company said the move is a response to some users’ demands for more flexibility. “We know that it hasn’t been easy to share this type of content on Instagram,” reads the post. “Friends get cut out of group shots, the subject of your video feels cramped and you can’t capture the Golden Gate Bridge from end to end.”
But the change is also a way for Instagram to better capitalize on the growing rise of mobile video, especially as rival service Snapchat popularizes portrait-oriented smartphone videography. “We’re especially excited about what this update means for video on Instagram, which in widescreen can be more cinematic than ever,” the post continues.
The changes (from blog.instagram.com)
I definitely think it'll make videos look a lot better. Instagram videos do look pretty great, especially after they've had filters added, and it always was a shame you had to crop your video to a square because, well, sometimes it just wouldn't work.
I use Instagram A LOT so I'm excited to play around with the changes.
