Image editing
Instagram Grid Maker
Turn one photo into a profile-grid mosaic or a swipeable panorama, sized for Instagram's portrait grid and numbered in the order you post them.
Processed on your device — nothing is sent anywhere.
Works in your browser. No account needed.
Frequently asked questions
Why do I have to post the last tile first?
Instagram places your newest post at the top left of the profile grid and pushes everything else one step right and down. So the piece that belongs in the bottom-right corner has to go up first and the top-left piece last. The files are numbered in that posting order — 01 is the bottom-right tile — and the ZIP includes a posting-order.txt that maps each file to its row and column. If a piece still lands in the wrong spot, Instagram's option to reorder your profile grid lets you move it afterwards.
Why are the tiles 3:4 and not square?
Instagram's profile grid no longer shows square thumbnails. As of September 2026 — checked against Buffer's and Hootsuite's current Instagram size guides, updated March and September 2026 — every post appears on the grid as a 3:4 portrait thumbnail cut from the middle of the post. A grid built from square tiles no longer lines up, so this tool cuts the photo into 3:4 cells.
What does the 4:5 post size do with the extra width?
A 4:5 post (1080 × 1350) is slightly wider than the 3:4 part the grid shows, so the grid trims a thin strip from each side. The tool fills those strips with the neighbouring part of your photo. On the grid the 3:4 centres line up edge to edge, and a post opened on its own still looks complete, not cut short. The 1:1 option works the same way with wider strips; 3:4 posts (1080 × 1440) have no strips at all.
How is this different from the Image Splitter?
The Image Splitter cuts a picture into equal square tiles in any of several layouts, including 2 × 2 and vertical strips — handy for general use and for the classic square grid. This tool is built only for Instagram: three columns, 3:4 grid cells with bleed for 4:5 posts, a mock profile preview, files numbered in posting order, and a carousel mode for seamless swipe panoramas.
How does the carousel / panorama mode work?
It splits a wide photo into 2 to 10 side-by-side slides of the same size, 4:5 or 1:1. Put them in one carousel post in number order, and swiping moves across the photo without a break, because each slide starts exactly where the one before ends. For the best result, use a photo roughly as wide as the number of slides times the slide width.
Is my photo uploaded anywhere?
No. Cropping, slicing and building the ZIP all happen in your browser with the canvas element and a small ZIP library. The photo never leaves your device, and nothing is stored after you close the page.
About this tool
This Instagram grid maker cuts one photo into a 3-column mosaic for your profile: 3 × 1 for a single banner row, 3 × 2, 3 × 3, or 3 × 4 for a full-screen takeover. It is built for the profile grid Instagram uses now, where every post shows as a 3:4 portrait thumbnail and not the square of earlier years. The preview draws a generic profile page with your grid at the top and one row of older posts underneath, so you can see the result before posting anything.
Each post is exported at Instagram's full width of 1080 pixels. With the default 4:5 size (1080 × 1350), the visible 3:4 part of each post lines up exactly with its neighbours on the grid. The strips Instagram trims off the sides are filled with the matching slice of your photo, so each post also looks right when someone opens it or sees it in their feed. The Cuts & posting order view shows what the grid displays and what only appears in the full post.
Grids depend on posting order. Instagram always puts the newest post in the top-left position, so the files are numbered in the order you upload them: 01 is the bottom-right tile and the last number is the top-left one. The ZIP also includes a short text file listing every file with its row and column. Upload the whole grid in one sitting, and add future posts in multiples of three so the mosaic doesn't shift out of line.
Carousel / panorama mode splits a wide photo — a landscape, a group photo, a product line-up — into 2 to 10 equal 4:5 or square slides. As one carousel post, they swipe as a single continuous image. Everything runs in your browser, so the photo is never uploaded. For square tiles in other layouts, such as 2 × 2, use the Image Splitter.
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