Instagram Drops Mandatory Square Photos; You Choose Shape
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Now you'll have the option of showing an entire photo, even if it's on the longer or wider side. "Anything with an aspect ratio between 1.91:1 and 4:5 will be supported from landscape to portrait," Instagram announced on Thursday.
To change the way your photo appears, just tap the little arrows on the bottom left corner of the photo. Instagram is calling that the "format icon."
...One of the coolest features of this new update is that the different shapes won't mess up the look of your feed. "To keep the clean feel of your profile grid, your post will appear there as a center-cropped square," Instagram says. But once you click on the photo, it will appear as the shape you chose. No more awkward white spaces around your photos!
I kind of liked the awkward white spaces, I just wish they gave us more options to edit pics while on the app without having to download 31 apps just to make a collage with a cute font and a nice pattern.
