4:5 slides, 1080 × 1350
Carousel splitter for Instagram
One picture cut into slides that line up as you swipe. No posting order to get wrong, no grid to break, and the whole thing lives in a single post.
- Runs in your browser
- Free, unlimited
- No watermark
Drop an image here
JPG, PNG, WEBP or GIF. Read by your browser, never uploaded.
Choose an imageor paste with Ctrl / ⌘ + V
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What a seamless carousel is
A carousel is one post with several images in it. Cut a wide photograph into equal slices, put them in as slides, and swiping moves across the picture instead of jumping between separate images. Its the easiest of the split formats to get right — the slides go in in reading order and nothing about it can break later.
Why 4:5 and not square
A feed image can be up to 1080 by 1350, which is 4:5. Thats the tallest shape allowed, and a taller image simply occupies more of the screen while someone scrolls. A square slide gives away about a quarter of that height for nothing.
One thing to know: every slide gets cropped to match the first one. Mix a square slide in with 4:5 slides and the tall ones get trimmed. Everything out of this tool is the same shape, so it can't happen here.
How many slides?
Up to twenty are allowed. Almost nobody swipes that far — three or four is where most carousels land.
| Slides | Source needed | Works well for |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2160 px wide | A before and after, or a simple reveal |
| 3 | 3240 px wide | The sweet spot for most photos |
| 4 | 4320 px wide | A wide landscape, short enough to finish |
| 6 | 6480 px wide | A proper panorama, from a stitched source |
What makes one worth swiping
- Give slide 1 a reason to exist. Its the only one most people see. An empty corner of the picture and nobody swipes.
- Put the payoff in the middle. Not the last slide. Drop-off is real and the final slide gets the fewest eyes.
- Cut between subjects, not through them. A face half on one slide and half on the next just looks broken.
How to make a seamless carousel
- Pick the number of slides. Three or four for a normal photo.
- Add a wide picture — a stitched panorama is ideal.
- Leave the shape on 4:5 and frame it so no cut runs through a face.
- Download and add every slide to one post, starting from slide 1.
Questions
What size should a carousel slide be?
1080 by 1350, which is 4:5 — the tallest shape the feed will display. Every slide from this tool comes out at that size unless you change the shape.
Do I upload the slides in a particular order?
Left to right, slide 1 first. The order you attach them in is the order they appear, and unlike a profile grid theres nothing backwards about it.
Why did my slides get cropped?
Every slide in a carousel is cropped to match the shape of the first one. If they are all the same shape, which they are here, nothing gets cropped.
Will the slides look continuous?
They join up correctly, but theres always a gap between slides as you swipe. Thats the app, not the cutting.
How many slides is too many?
Twenty are allowed. Engagement usually falls off a cliff after four or five, so pick the number the picture needs rather than the number the app allows.