How to Export for Instagram in 2024 // Lightroom Classic

In this video, Forest talks about the best settings for exporting your photos out of Lightroom Classic and posting them on Instagram.

Lightroom makes exporting easy, but Forest shows you some tweaks that you can make in the export settings dialog to make your photo perfectly sized for posting. Instagram has certain parameters for photos; knowing this before you go into the social media app can help you keep control of the overall look of your images.

Part of this is because Lightroom’s resizing algorithm is way better than Instagram’s resizing algorithm, so doing all your photo changes in Lightroom before you go to Instagram helps you keep control of how your photo is being compressed.

Also, exporting is basically just making a copy of your original photo with its edits attached to it, so once your photo is on Instagram you can delete the exported version of your photo with no fear.

All of this really comes down to three important things:
1. Where you want your photo to go.
2. What type of file you want.
3. What size your file is.

You can save all these export settings as a new exporting preset that you can continually use to export for Instagram in the future. You could even name it, “Forest’s PRO Instagram Export” 😉

We want to help you get your photos into the eye of the world without losing too much of the quality of the image.

00:00 - Intro
00:13 - Instagram Aspect Ratios
03:38 - Exporting
04:56 - Export Location
05:48 - File Settings
06:54 - Image Sizing
10:16 - Saving an Exporting Preset
11:31 - Finishing Thoughts

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Thanks for watching the video How to Export for Instagram in 2022 // Lightroom Classic

[forestchaput]

Are there any other exporting videos you all are looking for?

[rohanh]

Great video Forest, very clear and easy to understand and follow. Thanks

[rongrahambecker]

Forest, there are a lot of LrC Export videos out there and it's funny, they all are somewhat similar but still not the same. Your video (out of all the one I mentioned) is the only one that makes any sense. Less confusion is good! I appreciate your efforts. ✌

[lindsaybuzzio]

This was so helpful. Thank you for explaining this in the simplest terms!

[johnjuretich]

Cheers mate makes more sense than most videos l’ve seen on subject

[garayworkshop]

Best video about this subject. My photos have never survived as well the instagram compression as after seeing this video.

[adeleprice]

Brilliant, just what I was looking for - thank you!

[hamlet]

Thanks for this, i just purchased my camera and Im doing shots, I love it, thanks amigo!

[longboardfella]

Thanks. Super tedious that you can’t upload directly via an export api. Having to send the export to a phone and do it from there is a pain to the workflow.

[francescafiore]

Thank you very much. I enjoy very much your videos they are so helpful, I was shying away of posting to Instagram, it seemed so complicated to me that I didn’t bother. Thank you again you videos are awesome.

[wouterkleynh]

I do watch Youtube, but not like a crazy person. But just wanted to say you've got a really great way of talking/explaining a subject. Will definitely watch some more of your videos. Thanks

[MisterSpitfire]

That, good sir, was a very helpful video! Thanks for that.

[RewDowns]

You always have the best videos for stuff like this, well done!

[haytijr]

This video really helps me a lot. Thank you sir

[gilbertwalker]

Thanks Forest! I’m looking forward to being with you all for the Summer Intensive.

[SrinisPhotography]

Wow prefect explanation and very clear!! Thanks a lot mate!

[tracey-leehibbins]

Really good, clear instructions. I found this super helpful, thanks!

[paulk]

Excellent video thank you for sharing .

[Tetizera]

Thanks for the guide. A bit longer than needed I guess, but you used that time to explain in great detail why to do X or why you did Y that way, rather than showing how great Skillshare is and how the 200 first to sign-up will get a discount. :D

[keithmoorechannel]

These videos deserve a lot more views!