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it depends "where" you upload it
as a classic post you can't turn your screen to make it full screen (square might be better in that case)
as a reel i think you can (HD should fit)
but it first depends on how you want it to look
Oh man I’m not even on Instagram yet! Could you explain the difference ? I have no idea what you are talking about
I’ll read up on it
Edit:ok I don’t get it. When would it make sense to post a reel instead of a classic post ?
Reels make sense when you film vertically as the video will take up the entire screen. If you film in 16:9, 4:3 or square, the video will either be cropped in to fill the screen or have huge black spaces above and below the video.
Film vertical: Reel/ Story
Film horizontal/ square: Post
I see, thx!
But what differs a reel video from an average post?
Just the vertical / horizontal posts? That’s it? I don’t get it
it's a bit weird to explain because insta has flopped between different video formats/platforms for uploading. when the video thing first got added it was 15 second clips, then it got expanded to 1 minute, then they came about with the IGTV thing, then I assume that got scrapped and now it's "reels" - reels are basically just Insta's attempt at Tiktok videos.
so let's say you film a clip of someone in portrait/verical mode. if you post that as a regular video post it will be cropped down to a square format, so you'll either be chopping heads or boards off the clip most likely. this doesn't affect landscape/horizontal videos.
if you post the portrait/vertical clip as a reel, it will be uncropped and allow you to add other clips to the reel, along with music. it also shows up in the reels section of IG and not just the main post feed, so you tend to get likes from people who don't follow you etc. i started posting clips as reels recently as i was tired of insta's shitty cropping, last video post was 2 weeks ago and i still get a couple likes a day on it. had some friends who's reels got picked up by the algorithm and they got a shit ton of views/likes.
you can also post the vertical clips as a story; think of them like temporary posts that are there for 24 hours, however they also have the option to be permanently shown in a highlights section on your profile.