Why your INSTAGRAM Photos Look awful (and how to make them SHARP & CRISPY!)

You know one of the most asked questions I get from all of you is: “how do you have such sharp images on Instagram?” And “what are your IG Reels, TikTok and YouTube Shorts export settings?”. To be honest, there is no real secret, but I thought I would make a quick video going over my export settings and workflow that I follow to avoid image and video compression just in case there is something different that you spot and can try out. I then cover the export settings I use in Adobe Premiere Pro for my TikToks, YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reel vertical videos. Also, I missed one critical point, you need to make sure that your photos and videos are in focus when you capture them - not to worry I've got other videos to help you out with that - I got you!

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[Mugruokgt]

Quick tip: IG SETTINGS -> Under “data usage” there is a setting to upload content in higher quality and it’s off by default

[JosiahLevandusky]

WE WANT MORE TUTORIALS!!!
it would be cool to see a tutorial on how to make crappy footage into a b roll sequence! i find myself editing my old footage and be like wtf was i on when i filmed this, and trying to make something cool out of it

[Loawki]

Your tutorials are honestly what pulled me into your channel years ago, just the overall good feeling of all your videos made me stay. Such a huge inspiration, youre the reason i bought my first beginners camera.

[vinclaesberg]

"Yes" to more Tutorials! No matter what it is, if you teach it, I have that weird desire to acquire it. Let's go Peter!🤘🏼

[Packiechu]

Will always smash the like on a Pete vid, but I'm definitely down for more tutorials! Your old ones are exactly what inspired me to get out and start taking more photos.

[PerryKiblerboy-of-destiny]

"Always shoot horizontal", thank you! As a designer, vertical photos are a huge challenge. You can always shoot wide and crop to vertical if that's what you need.

[tracerhayden]

I’m glad to know that I’m not the only one who doesn’t downsize their photos for Instagram. So many tutorials say to downsize but they just end up looking worse than if you exported straight from Lightroom at 100% quality. However, there was an issue on Instagram where photos would look very very processed with no smooth edges and I found out that was dependent on which phone you posted from. Until a year ago I’ve been an android user and my photos came out sharper on Instagram than most others that I’d seen. Then one day the photos just didn’t match the quality of my previous posts. I thought I wouldn’t be able to post another acceptable shot on there again. I got an iPhone through work and posted it from that device and then the issue was solved. I later upgraded my android and the issue no longer persisted! And the kicker is that the issue was also depending on your account. I posted the exact same picture on two different accounts and it came out drastically different.
I think Instagram has since fixed the problem

[OutnumberedChaos]

ITS ABOUT DAMN TIME!!!! from my side of youtube, you've inspired others to get so good that they started putting out channels. You're break downs are very entertaining to watch and easy to understand. I'll watch whatever TUTORIAL you put up, even if it's not camera/photography/film related. Talk to us about whatever but keep your shots and editing style. I can't speak for everyone but your personality is what brings me back. Just good energy, good vibes and COFFEE.

[tannerslays]

Another awesome video! I saw on twitter you saw my tweet, but thanks so much for sharing some light on these kinds of things Peter!

[kevinh]

wth ...all these years ive been downsizing all my photos because thats what so many tutorials online said. WHY ARE THEY MISGUIDING PEOPLE???? Thank you sir for finally clearing that up! AND YES, LOVE YOUR TUTORIALS

[AlexPizarro]

This is what we need some Instagram tutorials!!!

[PJMack]

You have a way of communicating to others that make you a great teacher. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy your videos of any variety, you’re relatable. Yet I was very happy to see a tutorial again, I learn a lot from them because I am able to understand what you’re explaining.

[TuckerPearce]

Banger thumbnail here Pete!

Stoked to watch this.

Heck I smash that LIKE button before I even watch the vid…

[CarlosMartinezxFulLxArsenaLx]

We love everything you do so you do you! But yeah more tutorials are also great! 😁

[zekhor]

Let's go Pete! Another tutorial, and YES we like to see this kind of stuff!

[Tornmacaroon]

I stopped watching about 3, 4 years ago because my love of photography died (Just personal reasons) but I have recently returned and I loved seeing what you have been up to! I have now returned and am doing film photography. Something that I never would have seen myself doing before.

[JDMRaw]

Love the videos as always Pete. The jacket doesn’t catch me; the blaze orange frame behind you draws my eye every 2 seconds unconsciously lol. If it was slightly tilted clockwise it would look like it’s floating next your shoulder. Lol.

[AaronLatimer]

It'd be really cool to see a full timelapse of an edit start to finish and some outloud thinking when making certain decisions in the edit. May be a bit crazy but I'd find that super interesting.

[chrisf]

MAJOR REQUEST FOR YOUR NEXT EPISODE. I'd really like to see how you organize your image libraries. I mean REALLY. I've been wrangling my images for years and never felt comfortable with how I'm doing it. Example: I have a stock of a crow, but I'm using the same crow as an asset of a concept photo I'm working on. Once the final photoshop image is complete I have a folder for that image, and a sub folder for the asset images. I don't delete the concept folder because I always wonder if I'll come back to that because there were other great ideas I might use later. You can see how this spirals into a mess. Peter! Help bring some sanity to my world!

[b-art.]

Man, just love your vids and that energy. You just making me want to film my next vid :D