![]() If you’re using the app, you’ll see a plus sign in the bottom right hand corner-click it, and then click “images” to access your phone’s photos. Once clicked, you’ll be able to upload the photo from your computer or just like you would with any other program. So, one spot down from “templates” you’ll see “uploads.” Once you click “uploads” you’ll see a button to “upload media.” ![]() The next step is getting the photo you want to use into Canva. Once you click, you’ll be taken to your new design canvas, where you see a blank white space to work from, along with a number of template options on the left (on Desktop). On the Canva app, you’ll see the “Instagram Post” option front and center, and when clicked, you’ll see the option to start with a “blank” design.” Your dimensions of the new design are going to be anything square shaped, or, you can simply type in “instagram” and then select the 1080x1080px “Instagram Post” option. Since you are going to be uploading a photo as the primary element in the next step, I’d suggest starting blank, or finding a template with a background you’d like to utilize. ![]() If you’re new to Canva, the first thing you’re going to do is create a design You can easily do so by clicking the “create a design” button at the top right of the screen, or, by searching for an already-built template to work from. From there, you can choose whether or not to fill in the new white blank space and background with other design elements or not. To make a photo square without cropping, all you need to do is upload the photo to a square canvas. (If you’d rather watch a video, here you go!) Music: How to Make a Photo Square Without Cropping My preferred tool is Canva, which is what I’ll use with the instructions below, but there are a number of different apps and options that might help you accomplish the same. So, we are going to go through how to make a rectangle photo into a square without cropping, and then as a bonus, I’ll show you an option for making the most out of the leftover white space. One popular need and use case comes with Instagram, where you want to be able to post, say, a physical photo in its entirety without having it cropped to fit the Instagram feed size. Affiliate Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links within the content, sidebar ads, and in other areas, which means if you click those links and make a purchase, I will receive a commission.Ĭropping is an easy and amazing capability at your design fingertips, but sometimes you want to be able to have your photo take on a different shape and size without having to crop and remove any bits and pieces.
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