How to Upload High Quality Reels on Instagram

Have you ever uploaded a blurry Instagram Reel? It happens to the best of us. In today's video, we're showing you how to upload high quality Reels on Instagram in a few simple steps! 📱

These steps will help you avoid Instagram compression so that you can maintain your video's original quality. Let us know in the comments if you have any additional high quality video upload hacks for Reels!

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00: Start of video
00:24: Step #1: Toggle on the high quality uploads button on Instagram
01:26 Step #2: Change your export settings
02:48: Step #3: Don't edit or add stickers in the Instagram app

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To Post the absolute highest quality Instagram Reels videos to Instagram in 2022, you need to follow these 3 essential steps! The first step is getting your video export and sequence settings correct, once you've done that you need to compress your video to a smaller file size without losing any quality, and the 3rd step is activating a secret setting in Instagram to allow you to post high-quality videos.

[Thoracius]

2:21 You cannot export as both 4k and 1080x1920 resolution. 4k is just short for 3840x2160 (or 4096x2160 depending on whether it's UHD 4k or DCI 4k). 1080x1920 is the correct resolution for reels, not 4k.

[DarcieSosa]

I think it's important to note if you are managing multiple IG accounts, changing settings in one account, changes the settings in all the accounts.

[esatd]

Editing in-app is probably the culprit.

[mohanpugaz]

Like stickers, adding music will also reduce quality. Since instagram rerender your video with the music.

[iriska]

Applied your advice and now my reels don't look like they were made in 2008 via Nokia! Thank you so much, super helpful!

[sclera]

I was already using the export settings you recommended and had high-quality uploads on but my 1080p videos upload as 720p. I am on an Android but I think higher quality uploads is possible on iOS, having downloaded 1080p reels from creators who use iOS. But it seems even among iOS users, there is no way to guarantee 1080p.

[SamanthaBell]

this is SO HELPFUL THANK YOU! Do we know if adding stickers and text in-app affects TikTok quality too?

[anjibecker]

What about when uploading Reels using Later's scheduling tool? Will turning on the high-quality upload setting in Instagram make a difference if the video is scheduled via Later? Is there a way to make sure it uploads in high-quality when scheduling on Later?

[usmanmajid]

Video editor here 👋🏼 this is not to criticise the advice in this video, the tips are great! But there’s something confusing about those recommended export settings:

You said export in 4K, but the dimensions should be 1080x1920. However 1080x1920 is HD quality, not 4K.

4K dimensions for a vertical video would be 2160x3840.

I do think I know what you meant though. Perhaps instead of saying dimensions should be 1080x1920, you were referring to the vertical aspect ratio?

[mitrashm]

Thanks for the tips! How about adding text on Instagram? Is it better to add text in the video editing app or in IG just before posting to increase reach without affecting video quality?

[beyondskin]

There are multiple “account” tabs after settings.. maybe a new update 🤷🏼‍♀️.. looks like it’s now under “media quality”. This is just a guess on my part.

[OfficialStarEricka]

What camera are you using? Quality is amazing ❤

[rivyon]

hey! thanks! but I cant find "data usage" anywhere!!! i went exactly according to your instructions and it's not there, nor is high quality uploads anywhere else in the setting

[tarikashetty]

I use cap cut and those settings too as you mentioned but the video always gets exported pixelated, even though the original quality of the photos and videos are really high. Is it because I use free version?

[RiskyMirror]

I shot a 4k 30fps prores video on my 14 pro max and the vid is 1 min n 33 seconds long and is 7.1gb! But when I upload it on Instagram, the quality looks so bad

[mdkk]

I’ve done all these things and it seems like quality isn’t always high, it seems kind of random.

[jakeddias]

I love using the beat of the trending songs for transioning from clip to clip.. if I use an outside app, how can I upload the song so I know I am editing "on beat"? Thanks.

[day]

Videon capcut, saving to phone, for insta reels, What about fps? Always 30fps with rhe 1080??

[Nady]

Please can anyone tell me if she is talking abt VN editing app export settings ? I really need to learn abt export settings for higher quality reels.

[paramsheth]

I have turned on the upload at high quality toggle and even shoot videos at the settings you recommended but my reels never upload at high quality what do I do???