We all have nice cameras that has a lot of megapixels and holds a lot of information. Then we take that information and edit them increasing the file size. The moment we are done spending all of this time on a photo we just want to share it so we upload it to Instagram without making a few minor adjustments and that’s where we go wrong. Instagram doesn’t allow our full image to be uploaded, In fact it is way to big of a file. So Instagram compresses our photos and guess what makes it worse? You guessed it, your file size. A photo around 3-4 Mbs may not look bad at all when Instagram compresses it. But if your photo is around 5,10, or 25mbs like most of my photos are, Instagram will strip every thing that makes our images look as perfect as they appear to us. But using some methods, you can edit the images so that they don't lose their quality.
First when you are uploading an image on the web, you have to make sure that the color profile of your image is sRGB.
This is because when you add any other color space than the sRGB, your colors won't be as accurate as they are in the original image that isn't uploaded. If you want to check which color space you are in navigate to Edit the scroll down until you see Color Settings. When you are here you can choose to change your color space to be set to sRGB IEC61966-2.1 by default.
If you are not in sRGB, you will need to convert the current photo to the correct color space. So for this navigate to Edit then Convert to Profile. The Source Space will tell you which space you are in and the Destination Space will give you an option to change it to which ever color space you want the image in. Here is where you click the drop down menu and select sRGB IEC61966-2.1.
The next step is to set the size ratio of your image.
Instagram allows a aspect ratio of a square that is 1 x1 or a longer option which is 4x5. Select the Crop Tool switch it to Ratio and choose which ever aspect ratio you want out of those options. Move the box to how ever you would like to crop it, then click the check in the top right.
The final step is to export this file to get it ready for Instagram
Navigate to File and go down to Export then choose Export As. Change the format to JPEG. The quality should be between 72% - 100% we want to choose a quality that will be around 2Mbs. In the Image Size section change the Width to 1080 and the Height to 1350 for taller images and for square images make the Width 1080 and the Height 1080 as well. For the resample choose Bicubic Sharper which will give a little more sharpness to the final image
Your image will be sharper and you will get rid of blurry images if you follow these steps. This is where you are ready to show your skills to the world
Details are highly important when you are showcasing your art, so you need to focus on this aspect. Posting blurry images will result in a negative impact of the content you produce, and you don't want your audience to think that this is a representation of your work.