What size should each Instagram feed slide be?

Choose 1:1 or 4:5 and use it for every slide. The square exports at 1080 by 1080. The 4:5 portrait exports at 1080 by 1350. A 16:9 slide exports at 1920 by 1080 when you truly want a wide frame. The ZIP contains equal slices, so the aspect you pick is the aspect of the whole set. Upload them in the order you arranged.

How many slides can this carousel include?

Carousel mode allows 2 to 16 slides, and you can add up to 16 images. Two is the smallest swipe. Sixteen is the ceiling in this maker. Set the count to the beats you have, and split a longer story into another post rather than shrinking the type to fit extra points. The download is one ZIP of those equal slices.

Do I export JPG or PNG?

Export JPG when the slides are mostly photographs. Those JPG slices are written at quality 0.92. Export PNG when the slides are mostly type and flat color. Either way you get a ZIP of matching images. Open one slice at phone size. If the photo looks softer than you want, or the type looks happier the other way, switch the format and export again. The pixel size stays the one you chose.

Will the maker post the carousel for me?

It builds the files locally and downloads a ZIP. You unzip, keep the order, and attach the images in Instagram. Captions and music are added in the app. The work in the tab does not sign into an account. Check the cover slide before you upload, because that first image is what people see before they swipe.

Can every slide be a different shape?

No. The ZIP is a set of equal slices. Pick the square, the 4:5, or the wide 16:9, and every slide follows. For an Instagram feed, the square and the 4:5 are the frames to start with. A wide 16:9 set is a different kind of post. Changing the aspect means exporting again so the whole ZIP matches.

What if I have more than 16 pictures?

The maker stops at 16 images and 16 slides. Choose the frames that carry the story, in an order a stranger can follow, and leave the rest out of this ZIP. You can make a second carousel for the overflow. Add the pictures, set the count between 2 and 16, export JPG or PNG, and confirm the slices match before you upload.

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Instagram carousel maker: equal slides for a feed swipe

Choose a square or a 4:5 frame, fill two to sixteen matching slides, and download a ZIP you can attach in order.

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A feed carousel is a sequence of stills that share one shape. When every slide is the same size, the swipe feels like one post instead of a stack of mismatched crops. This maker’s carousel mode holds from 2 to 16 slides, and it accepts up to 16 images. The aspects you can export are a square, 1080 by 1080, a portrait 4:5, 1080 by 1350, and a landscape 16:9, 1920 by 1080. For an Instagram feed, choose the square or the 4:5. The square keeps a calm grid. The 4:5 gives a heading and a short point more vertical room. The 16:9 frame is there when a slide is genuinely wide. Pick one aspect and keep it, because the ZIP is a set of equal slices. Export JPG or PNG. A JPG slide is saved at quality 0.92. PNG suits flat type and solid color. The ZIP is built locally, in the tab, from the pictures you added. Open it and you should see the slices in the order you arranged, each one the same width and height. Then upload that order in the app. This page does not publish the post for you.

A feed carousel of matching slices

Square or 4:5 for the feed

Start with 1:1 when you want a familiar square swipe, exported at 1080 pixels on each side. Choose 4:5 when the slide needs a taller stage, exported at 1080 by 1350. Either frame works for a document-style post made of stills. Use 16:9, exported at 1920 by 1080, only when the picture is wide on purpose. Mixing shapes inside one ZIP is not how this mode works: every slice matches the aspect you picked. Decide the frame before you write the slides, so the words have a box to respect.

Two slides through sixteen

Carousel mode starts at 2 slides and stops at 16. You can also add up to 16 images. Empty slices make people swipe through silence, so set the count to the beats you actually have. A cover, three points, and a close might be five slides. A lookbook might use more. The upper limit is sixteen equal files in the ZIP, not an endless deck. If the story is longer than that, make a second post rather than crowding type until it is unreadable on a phone.

JPG, PNG, and a ZIP of equals

Photographs usually want JPG, written at quality 0.92. Diagrams and large type often want PNG. Both formats come out as separate images inside one ZIP, and those images share one pixel size. Unzip and sort by name if your computer reordered the files. The first slice is the cover people see before they swipe, so it should make sense alone. Later slices can add one idea each. The last slice can hold the takeaway.

Built in the tab

The pictures stay on this device while the slices are drawn. There is no separate upload step inside this maker. When the ZIP downloads, you take it to Instagram and attach the images in order. Captions, music, and alt text belong in the app. If a slide looks cramped, shorten the words and export again. The aspect you chose does not change between those tries unless you change it yourself.

How it works

1
Choose 1:1 or 4:5
For an Instagram feed, use the square, 1080 by 1080, or the portrait, 1080 by 1350. Keep that choice for every slide. Reach for 16:9 only when the slide is a wide landscape at 1920 by 1080.
2
Set the slide count between 2 and 16
Add up to 16 images and place them in the order of the swipe. Two slides is the minimum. Sixteen is the maximum. Leave no blank beat in the middle of the story.
3
Export JPG or PNG and open the ZIP
JPG slides use quality 0.92. PNG keeps a flatter graphic. The download is a ZIP of equal slices. Check the order, then upload that order.

Use cases

A short teaching swipe

One idea per slide, in a square or a 4:5 frame, so a reader on a phone can finish the point before the next swipe.

A product look

A cover, a detail, and a scale shot as equal slices. Pinch-zoom works better when each photo is a full slide.

A before and after

Two or three matching frames. The change is the swipe, and both pictures stay large.

A launch sequence

A hook, a few proofs, and a close, still inside 16 slices, exported as JPG or PNG and attached in the same order.

Problems we solve

Slides that change shape

A wide 16:9 mixed into a square set breaks the swipe. Pick one aspect. For the feed, that is usually the square or the 4:5.

A ZIP opened out of order

Sort by filename before you attach. The story is the sequence you built, and a date-added sort can scramble it.

Type that only works on a desktop preview

1080 pixels is generous until a phone shows the slide. Keep lines short and the type large, then look at one slice at phone size.

Related guides

Related image tools

Pair the Carousel Maker with crop, compress, resize, or format converters before you create your carousel.

Trust & technology

Feed frames this maker exports

1:1 is 1080 by 1080 and 4:5 is 1080 by 1350. Those are the feed recommendations. 16:9 at 1920 by 1080 is the wide option.

A ZIP of equal slices

From 2 to 16 slides, up to 16 images, JPG or PNG, each slice the same size.

Local until you upload

The carousel is drawn in the tab. The network sees the files only after you attach them.

Frequently asked questions

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