One big video with three small ones below
The big cell fills the top two thirds of the story at 1080 × 1280. Three cells of 360 × 640 sit in a row below it. Put the clip that tells the story in the big cell and the details below.
4 cells · 9:16
A main clip and three details
The big cell is close to the 4:5 shape of an Instagram feed post. A 4:5 photo or video keeps almost its whole frame there, so a post you already shared can lead the story. An upright clip keeps the middle two thirds of its height.
The three cells below are exactly 9:16, so upright clips fill them with no cropping. Each is a third of the width, so use them for close-ups that read at a glance: a face, a hand, a logo.
Good for
- A main clip with three close-ups
- A speaker with three reactions
- A product shot with three details
Tips
Give the big cell the sound
The export mixes all four soundtracks. When the main clip has speech or music, fill the small cells with quiet clips or photos so the main sound stays clear.
Crop the small cells tight
Each small cell is 360 pixels wide at 1080p. Zoom in until the detail fills it. At this size a tight crop of one thing reads better than a wide shot of many.
How to make it
- 01
Open the layout
The open buttons on this page start the editor with that layout picked.
- 02
Fill the 4 cells
Tap a cell to add a photo or a video, or turn on the camera. Pick several files at once and they fill the cells in order.
- 03
Frame each cell
Drag inside a cell to move the shot. Pinch on a phone or scroll on a laptop to zoom in.
- 04
Export
Tap the check mark, pick a resolution and a frame rate, and download the MP4. On iPhone, tap “Save to Photos or share”.
Specs
- Cells
- 4
- Cell size at 1080p
- 1080 × 1280, 360 × 640
- Story size
- 1080 × 1920 (1080p), 1440 × 2560 (1440p), 2160 × 3840 (4K)
- Frame rate
- 30 or 60 fps
- File
- MP4, or JPEG when every cell is a photo
- Length
- As long as the longest video. Shorter videos loop
- Sound
- Mixed from every video
