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When it comes to sharing a moment on your Instagram Story, sometimes a single photo just won’t be enough. Suddenly, you must know how to add multiple photos to an Instagram story.
And that’s where photo collages for Instagram Stories come in to save the day.
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Top 3 Ways to Add Multiple Photos to Instagram Story (i.e. Make a Collage)
Compiling multiple photos allows you to deliver maximum visual information in one powerful Instagram story moment.
This is as true for fashion brands as it is for the owner/manager of a canine influencer who wants to share the fondest memories of Mr. Chonk’s bark mitzvah.
Whatever your business or industry, you should use Instagram Story photo collages. There are actually three different ways to do this:
- using layout template in Instagram Story creation mode
- superimpose photos using Instagram Story creation mode
- upload a custom collage that you made with a third-party application or photo editing software
We’ll walk you through all three because we’re nice like that. (Perhaps keep that in mind as you compile the guest list for Mr. Chonk’s next major event?)
How to make a collage on an Instagram Story: simple method
Since you’re here looking for the answer to “how to make a collage on Instagram Stories”, we’re going to assume you didn’t know that Instagram offers a built-in way to do that.
But we don’t blame you for not noticing this feature: it’s oddly hidden away.
Here’s how to find it and use it to share multiple photos in a full-screen Design Story.
1. Open the Instagram app et tap the + icon at the top of the screen. Select History.
2. This will open your camera roll. But don’t get distracted by all your great photos! First we need to activate the creation mode. Tap the camera icon to do this.
3. On the left side of the screen, you will see a list of icons. Press the third from the top: a square with lines. This is the layout icon.
4. Tap the Layout icon to open a layout quadrant on your screen. From here you can fill each segment with a new photo or something from your camera roll.
Option 1: Take a picture! To capture a photo, just tap the photo capture button: the white circle in the center of the bottom of the screen.
Once you’ve taken a photo, your photo will fill that top left photo. Continue taking three more photos.
To delete something and take a new photo, tap the photo so what tap the delete icon.
Option 2: Select from your camera roll. Press the square camera preview icon in the lower left corner on your screen to access your camera roll.
Tap the photo you want to be in the upper left corner of the quadrant. Repeat until the screen displays four photos.
To delete something and take a new photo, tap the picture so what tap the delete icon.
5. Happy with your collage? Tap the tick to confirm and continue to add stickers, text or effects. Or, if you want to try a different layout, see step 6.
6. To select a different layout, switch to Layout view et tap the rectangular grid icon directly below the layout view icon. This will open a selection menu where you can choose another grid style. Tap your favorite style, then fill each segment with a photo capture or an image from your camera roll, as shown above.
7. Tap the check mark to approve your design. Then you can add stickers, text or effects. Tap the arrow in the bottom right corner when you’re ready to post.
8. Choose your favorite audience for your masterpiece and tap Share!
How to make a collage on an Instagram Story: layering method
Feeling limited by Instagram’s layout grids? This alternative method gives you the opportunity to go rogue.
Images can be enlarged, shrunk, tilted or placed in an overlay formation. It’s freestyle time!
1. Open the Instagram app and tap the + icon at the top of the screen. Select story.
2. This will open your camera roll. But don’t get distracted by all your great photos! First we need to activate the creation mode. Tap the camera icon to do this.
3. Tap the sticker icon at the top of the screen (the square with the smiling face). Scroll through the stickers for find the Filmstrip sticker: it will be a circle previewing your last photo, with a mountain and sun logo superimposed on top. (We know this sounds confusing but honestly we don’t know how to describe it more clearly? below will help clarify.)
4. Choose a picture and it will be added to your story. Drag it anywhere on the screen or use your fingers to change the size and tilt of the image. So, tap the sticker icon again to add another photo.
Repeat until all of your photos are on screen. Move them around and modify them as you wish.
5. To change the background color, tap the colored circle at the top of the screen. (You’ll also find tools to add text or other stickers if you like!)
You can also change the shape of your images by typing them – for example, maybe the circles tickle your fancy.
6. Ready to publish? Tap the arrow icon to switch to your sharing settings. Select your audience, then tap Share.
How to Make a Collage on an Instagram Story: The Most Customizable Way
If creating your collage in Instagram Story’s creation mode doesn’t give you the results you want, there’s good news: dozens of apps exist to help you customize the multi-image graphic of your dreams.
1. Download the Instagram collage app of your choice and design a graphic using your photos, cool templates and other design details. (You can also download one of our 72 free Instagram Story templates, open it in Photoshop, and customize it.)
For this example, we’ll use Unfold.
2. Export the image to your camera roll if you are using an app. (Using the Photoshop method? Send the final file to your phone…use it to save it as a .jpg or .png!)
3. Create a new Instagram story and select the collage image from your camera roll and post. See below for more explicit instructions if you need them!
How to post your collage to your Instagram story
OK, you have a collage saved on your phone that you are ready to share with the world. All you have to do is post it to your Instagram story like you would any other photo.
Need a refresh? No sweating. Here’s how to use Instagram Story’s creative mode to post an image from your camera roll.
1. Open the Instagram app et tap the + icon at the top of the screen. Select story. This will open your camera roll. Tap your collage to download it.
2. Add any text, stickers or effects you want. Once you have finished, tap the arrow in the lower right corner.
3. Choose where to share your Instagram story (to your public story, your list of close friends or send it in a private message). Tap Share when you are ready to publish.
Now that you are an expert in creating beautiful collages for your Instagram story, it looks like you have some time ahead of you. Might be a good opportunity to brush up on other tips for using your Instagram stories for business purposes?
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