Editing photos before you post

Crop, rotate, filters, and fine adjustments, right in the composer.

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How it works

Hover any photo in the composer and click Edit to open the photo editor (this only applies to photos, not videos). It mirrors Instagram’s own edit screen: a crop/rotate toolbar up top, then two tabs, Filters and Edit.

Crop/rotate toolbar: pick an aspect ratio (Original, Square 1:1, Portrait 4:5, or Landscape 1.91:1, matching Instagram’s own feed crop bounds), drag the zoom slider (1×–3×), rotate in 90° steps, or flip horizontally/vertically.

Filters tab: 16 one-tap presets (Normal, Clarendon, Gingham, Moon, Lark, Reyes, Juno, Slumber, Crema, Ludwig, Aden, Perpetua, Amaro, Mayfair, Willow, Sierra) shown as live thumbnails on your actual photo so you can compare before picking. Applying one still leaves it fully editable in the Edit tab afterward.

Edit tab: fine sliders for Brightness, Contrast, Warmth, Saturation, Tint, Fade, Highlights, Shadows, Vignette, and Straighten (a fine-angle tilt from -45° to 45°, separate from the coarse 90° rotate buttons). Tap a tool’s icon to bring up just that slider; a small dot on the icon shows which tools have been adjusted.

Clicking Done exports the edited photo and swaps it into that slot in the composer, the original file isn’t touched. This is the same editor engine used for cropping images elsewhere in the page builder.

Set it up

  1. 1

    Open the editor

    In the Plan composer, hover an uploaded photo and click the Edit pencil icon.

  2. 2

    Crop & straighten

    Pick an aspect ratio, zoom/rotate/flip as needed, then switch to Edit and use Straighten for small tilts.

  3. 3

    Apply a filter or tune manually

    Tap a Filters preset for a one-tap look, or switch to Edit and adjust individual sliders for full control.

  4. 4

    Save

    Click Done. The edited photo replaces the original in that slot; the rest of the post (caption, schedule) is untouched.

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Tips to get the most out of it

  • Square (1:1) is still the safest crop for a classic grid look; Portrait (4:5) gets more vertical real estate in the feed.
  • A slight Vignette plus a touch of Warmth is a fast way to make flat, evenly-lit photos feel more intentional without hunting through every slider.