Best Size and Crop Notes
Instagram Stories are vertical and unforgiving: a square or landscape photo often gets cropped in the wrong place. This page gives you the exact Story dimensions and a browser-side resizer so you can export a ready-to-upload PNG without sending the source photo to TolMaker.
Recommended workflow
- Upload a photo Choose a JPG, PNG, or WebP image from your device.
- Select Instagram Story Pick Instagram Story or Instagram Reels from the platform list.
- Export Generate the resized PNG and download the result locally.
Best practices
- Use 1080 x 1920 for a 9:16 vertical canvas.
- Keep important faces and text near the center of the frame.
- Avoid placing logos at the very top or bottom where app UI may cover them.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Uploading a 1:1 crop and letting Instagram zoom it automatically.
- Putting text too close to the bottom reply area.
- Using a low-resolution screenshot as the source image.