How To Fit Large Photos Into Instagram Crop: Top 8 Free Apps

First Off, Can We Tame the Instagram Crop Without Using an App, Of course, you can! Let's start with the first approach -- one that doesn't require downloading a new app: the snapshot method (no software required). Since Instagram is a mobile app, you can easily use the basic approach of bypassing the crop window via your smartphone. As you try this method, make sure to switch on the "rotate feature" for your phone. Preview the photo that you want to upload into Instagram. Check if it's fitting into Instagram crop window. If the photo isn't fitting into the crop window, then re-open the photo in preview mode. Tilt your phone to make the photo fit in a square width. As it fits the square, take a screen snapshot of the photo. Now, just take the screen snapshot and upload it on to Instagram. You've just bypassed the Instagram crop window, and have won the battle!

Note also that if you have a smartphone which doesn't allow for screenshots or has no rotate feature, then you'll need to find alternatives. From here on out, all the approaches shall be alternative methods, using third party apps. InstaPicFrame was the very first app made for uploading multiple photos on Instagram. It also can also be used for adjusting the frame of your photos so that they can bypass the Instagram crop window. To upload a photo to the frame, tap on the frame. Adjust your photo within the square frame by using the blue dot and arrow for moving and orienting the image within the frame. Make sure to place the images in the center and not at the edges to avoid disturbing the photo during fitting the frame. Now, to choose the frame, click on the "Size" button in the bottom toolbar and choose your best fit frame for your photo or a frame of your choice to fit the photo.

Edit your photo's border and style using the bottom toolbar. Then, click on "save" at the top right corner of the app. Upon clicking a window asking for export medium will appear. Choose Instagram from the options to upload it to Instagram. Photo Grid works similarly to InstaPicFrame, but also has additional features. In the editing panel, click on the "Size" button in the bottom right corner of the toolbar and choose your best fit frame for your photo or a frame of your choice. Use the dragging tool to orient your photo and the remaining editing tools to adjust the photo's border and style. After you are finished editing, click on the share icon on the top toolbar of the app to upload it to Instagram. PhotoShake is a unique app on its own and is loaded with great features. In fact, it may arguably be second to Instagram, with many of Instagram's functions already included in it. It also works similarly to the previous two apps, save for how photos are moved or oriented within the frame.

Open the PhotoShake app on your device and choose the "Single Photo Mode" from the menu. Upon opening PhotoShake, it will also ask for the location of photos which you want to upload. Browse through the location and upload the photo. Now, click the "Image Customization" button in the bottom toolbar under the menu "Edit" to customize the photo's frame. After adjusting and editing the photo with other features of PhotoShake, you can then upload it to Instagram. To upload click "Share" on the top right corner of the app and from there choose the "Export" option to upload it to Instagram. Note: although this app, like all the others, can bypass the crop, it's slightly more complicated to use, due to slightly more excessive (but cool) functions featured in it that the previous two apps don't contain. Unlike the previous three apps, SquareIt the app directly converts your photos into a square frame. Open the SquareIt app on your device and choose photo that you want to upload.

To upload click "Select Picture" and browse through the photo location and upload it. The moment you choose your photo, it gets auto-adjusted into a square frame, leaving a white background behind to compensate the unfilled space in the frame. This white background is customizable and can be replaced with other colors. After adding your desired background, click the "Share" icon on the top right corner and click the Instagram icon to upload it to Instagram. Note: SquareIt fits your photo into Instagram crop, but leaves your photo looking less attractive due to the reduced quality and also may leave it with an undesirable background. SquareIt best fits portrait framed photos rather than landscape framed photos, but works fine with wide width landscaped size photos. It should be avoided for photos with written material (especially words with smaller fonts), because the pixel concentration after fitting makes the text appear crowded, stretchy, or blurry, thus making it unfit for reading. From here on out, the remaining three approaches mentioned will also be square type apps, just like SquareIt -- but, with different interfaces and limitations. InstaFitIt is similar app as SquareIt, but with a different interface.