Instagram Carousel Splitter: what it does
A seamless carousel is one wide picture cut into slides, so the image carries on from one slide to the next as people swipe. This carousel splitter cuts your photo into 2 to 10 slides of 1080 pixels wide in the shapes Instagram keeps uncropped: square (1080 × 1080), portrait 4:5 (1080 × 1350) or tall 3:4 (1080 × 1440). Drag the frame to choose the part of the photo that is used, zoom in, or keep the whole photo on a blurred or coloured background. A phone preview lets you swipe through the slides before you post. Then download them as a ZIP, numbered 01, 02, 03 in the order to add them to the post. Everything happens in your browser: the photo is never uploaded and the slides carry no watermark.
How to use it
- Drop a wide photo or panorama into the box, paste it with Ctrl+V, or tap to choose one from your phone.
- Pick the number of slides (or Auto) and the shape: 1:1, 4:5 or 3:4.
- Drag the frame to choose the part that is used, zoom in, or pick “Whole photo” to keep everything on a blurred or coloured background.
- Swipe the preview, then download the slides as a ZIP and add them to one carousel post in order, slide 1 first.
Tips
- Choose the shape before you design: every slide in a carousel takes the shape of the first one, so all slides here share one shape.
- 4:5 is the safest choice for the feed. 3:4 is taller and also matches the profile grid, where the first slide appears as a 3:4 tile.
- Put something eye-catching on slide 1 and let a line, a road or a person cross onto slide 2: it makes people swipe.
- Keep faces and words away from the cut lines, so nothing important is split between two slides.
- Use a photo at least 1080 pixels wide per slide (3,240 pixels for 3 slides) so each slide stays sharp.
Frequently asked questions
How do I make a seamless carousel on Instagram?
Cut one wide photo into equal slides of the same shape, then add them to one carousel post in order. Add your photo above, pick the number of slides and the shape, download the ZIP and select the slides 01, 02, 03… in that order in Instagram.
What size should carousel slides be?
1080 pixels wide: 1080 × 1080 for square, 1080 × 1350 for portrait 4:5, or 1080 × 1440 for 3:4. Instagram’s Help Center says photos between 1.91:1 and 3:4 keep their resolution at 1080 pixels wide.
Why doesn’t my carousel line up when I swipe?
Usually because the slides have different shapes or were cropped by the app. Every slide must be exactly the same size, and you should tap the crop button so Instagram keeps the original shape rather than cropping to square.
How many slides can I make?
Here 2 to 10 slides, or Auto, which picks the number that keeps your photo’s full height. Instagram carousels can hold more posts than that, but a seamless picture over more than 10 slides gets hard to follow.
Is my photo uploaded?
No. Your browser cuts the photo on your device and builds the ZIP there too. Nothing is sent to our servers, and the page keeps working in airplane mode once it has loaded.