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How to make your Instagram grid

Three steps, about a minute. Everything happens in your browser, and nothing is uploaded.

Step 1
Open the grid maker and add a photo
Go to the Instagram grid maker and press Upload your photo, drag a file onto the editor, or paste an image with ctrl/⌘ V. JPG, PNG, WebP and iPhone HEIC all work. A sample picture shows until you add your own; to swap photos later, use Use another picture in the tool bar.
Step 2
Choose rows, tile shape and framing
Under Rows, pick 1 to 6. Open the Tile shape menu and keep 3:4 unless you have a reason not to. Drag the photo to reposition it and use Zoom out, Zoom in or the slider; Reset position centres it again. Fit whole photo shows the entire picture with a padding colour, and Export settings holds the format, quality and that colour.
Step 3
Download and post in order
Check Your profile on the right: it updates as you edit, and the sun and moon buttons switch between light and dark mode. Press Download 9 tiles (ZIP) (the number follows your rows), then post tile #1 first. Under Ready to post?, press Show checklist and tick each tile as you go.

What is free and what costs credits

Splitting, all tile shapes, every export format and the ZIP download are free with no limit and no watermark.
Your last project is kept on this device automatically. Start over clears it.
Batch splitting, watermarks and AI upscaling come with Pro and Lifetime; they are launching soon.

The number on every tile is its posting order. The ZIP filenames use the same numbers.
Ready to post? checks your grid. A yellow Soft line means your photo is too small for sharp 1080px tiles: use a larger original or zoom out. If you picked 4:5 or 1:1, Use 3:4 switches back in one tap.
Tap any tile in the Your profile preview to save just that one, which is handy on a phone.

Check the tiles were posted from #1 upwards with nothing else in between, and that you used 3:4 tiles.

Most browsers need a moment to convert HEIC. If it still fails, export the photo as JPG from your phone and try again.

Something else? Contact us and we will help.