Instagram Isn't Just For Square Photos Anymore (theverge.com)
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- News link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/05/30/2146239/instagram-isnt-just-for-square-photos-anymore
- Source link: https://www.theverge.com/news/676549/instagram-3-4-aspect-ratio-photos-phones-square-rectangle
> An image from [3]Instagram's broadcast channel shows how the change makes a difference. You can already post images with a rectangular aspect ratio of 4:5, but with 3:4, your photo won't be cropped at the ends. 3:4 photos are supported with single-photo uploads and with carousels, according to the channel. If you want, you can still post photos with a square or 4:5 aspect ratio.
[1] https://www.theverge.com/news/676549/instagram-3-4-aspect-ratio-photos-phones-square-rectangle
[2] https://www.threads.com/@mosseri/post/DKOIbJkRNIb
[3] https://www.instagram.com/channel/AbblUjTFQ69pvy6a/AbZvyCPrUB0795Wn/
Too bad (Score:2)
I stopped sharing my artwork on IG when Facebook decided to start spamming my feed with posts from various groups intended to be hostile towards LGBT*. I'm on BlueSky now and have no interest in looking back, even if they did make it easier to post.
But why? (Score:2)
Seriously, a pox on the house of whoever uses portrait orientation for shots that should clearly be in landscape orientation.
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No problem, AI will soon fix it at the push of the button! Disclaimer: may append extra relatives you don't recognize.
3:2 (Score:3)
> "Instagram now supports 3:4 aspect ratio photos, allowing users to upload images that "appear just exactly as you shot it."
Unless you are using a prosumer or professional camera which is typically 3:2/2:3?
Moronic changes vs return to hashtags and squares (Score:2)
They're trying to justify headcount by implementing features people don't want.
People want hashtags and people want their Square Ratio Feed back.
Hashtags were taken away because it was free advertising vs using Facebook's Business Center's ad console. Encroaching upon Facebook's ad revenue was the last straw, and hashtags were taken away. Not for any other purported reason.
For the Squares, they did it only to seem interesting, but TikTok has kept relatively the same layout and same features but
What? (Score:2)
I confess I have never used Instragram (they demanded my phone number in order to sign up, screw that) but isn't it a photo sharing site? Why would anyone use a photo sharing site that arbitrary crops their photos?
Re: What? (Score:3)
Haha, funny you should ask ... I recall at the beginning of IG, a big fuss over a religious like dedication to a square aspect ratio as key and defining characteristic... the kids running the place took this very seriously and issued a press release to calm the fractious debate.
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I've never used it either but I can kind of see the appeal of square. They work the same no matter how the phone was held and always fit into a nice grid. For anything else, with a mix of portrait and landscape you either need to crop some photos, add extra space or sort of tetris them together to build layouts. Changing the order can radically change the layout in some of those cases too.
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Correct. Square is superior when presenting collections of images, particularly when the display device is unknown.
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Nah. Square is boring. It requires a bit of effort to make a decent contact sheet with non-square images, but it's more interesting. E.g. [1]https://images.app.goo.gl/rEBy... [app.goo.gl]
Not that Instagram does that anyway. It's just a scroller like everything else.
[1] https://images.app.goo.gl/rEByKj3kxYDYvymV8
where is SuperKendall, professional photographer? (Score:2)
I can't wait to hear SuperKendall's opinion on this subject, given that he's a published professional photographer and all.
More boring post ever (Score:2)
Isnt 3x4 an old photo ratio from the 80s? World famous Photo site finally supports format from the 80s that all phones have always used - Why is this remotely interesting? Because instagram is kinda dumb and has been for ages?
Hexagon photos (Score:2)
I recently did a little Raspberry Pi Pico project that came with a round display. Fascinating little round panels are pretty cheap now days. Then formatting images so they were centered nicely on the round display and the important elements of the image went right up to the edge. Simple stuff like a clock face is very easy.
But that little hobby project got me thinking. Why not hexagon images? I mean I'm not going to hold my breath for tileable hexagon displays, there are a lot of caveats at the hardware lev
The fucks? (Score:4, Informative)
Instagram has allowed non-square photos for years. And their UI browser even allowed a non-square layout of photos on a user's profile for at least a year as well. What's changed? They formally announced a feature that's been there forever now?
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Yeah but what about those of us who keep all of our images in Rhombicosidodecahedron aspect ratio? Nobody ever caters to our needs!
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The Prejudice of technology, always forward, never backwards!
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But always twirling, twirling!
Re:Had it for years, publicity stunt? (Score:2)
It's the Trump Era: take credit for everything and anything, unless it's unpopular, then blame it on the prior schmuck.
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Didn't make it past the title?