Have you tried this out yet? Did it work for you? 👇🏼

The fact that you have to do alllll this just for a quality upload says alot about how unnecessarily complicated Instagram chooses to be

I've been facing that issue for a long time, I tried re-uploading an old reel again by your method and it worked, thanks a lot man

For some reason, everytime I upload, the quality is really good but when I switch accounts, it turns terrible

THAAANNKK YOOOUU. I've watched a minimum of 6 of these videos so far with shockingly awful results but YOU, Dane McBeth! You have saved my bloody day, dude!!

You are literally the best, I've been looking for a tutorial for three days and yours works

YOU are a live saver. i’ve been losing it trying to find one that works, and this one did. thankyou so much

This just saved me a ton of time for the instagram reel losing quality. Thanks!

“Allow high quality uploads” function on Tik tok has made it so the video that saves to my device when it’s uploaded is 1080p but the actual video on Tik tok is like 360 or 480 or some potato resolution. I am convinced that tik tok just targets smaller creators to save space on their platform because there is nothing else you can use to fix it.

Thank you!!! You fixed my issues with blurry/dark reel uploads.

Holy shit. I've recently found you on IG and love your content and now I accidentally found your youtube while searching for how to fix my upload quality. Love this, thanks Dane.

Thanks Bro I was trying to figure out what I was doing wrong, I love the step by step instructions with both visual and explanation of each step of the process, its how I found where I went wrong. Thanks

appreciate the hardwork put behind this. such a underrated youtuber

Great video, very informative. I would suggest one on HDR uploading next. I have been uploading with my IPhone 10 in HD because my videos look way better on these apps than with my IPhone 13 somehow lol

True. Everyone recommends to export at HD even if it was shot in 4K. I compared them on a dummy account with another device (in your own device reels look always better, don’t know why). 4K even compressed looks far better than hd within Instagram.

This might have been the most useful video on this topic I have ever seen! Thank you very much!

You are a life saver! Kudos to you! You rock!!

Excellent video! You showed how to do it really well. You earned a new sub!

I didn't know this video existed! Thanks bro! Really grateful.

Nice tutorials is much more simple than I thought with you explaining it. Currently half way through and I feel like I know every tutorialng already lmao

Dude great walk through, I appreciate it.

Since TikTok only allows 1080p, should we just save the video as 1080p instead of 4K and upload as 1080p? I have a feeling TikTok lowers the quality of 4K uploads compared to 1080p uploads.

Thank you! I didn't know about this before, much apreciated!

Super helpful been doing this and its definitely a huge difference

Thanks bro. You responded some doubts I had about reels. Started following you.

Awesome breakdown, thanks!

Do you film vertically or horizontally and then crop in? Also when you export, why don’t you have the ‘maximum render quality’ box checked? And what about the CBR, VBR pass 1 or VBR pass 2 settings? Thanks!

Whew thank you for this! I was getting tired of filming in great quality but not seeing it once uploaded 😩😂

I believe if you upload in 4K it gets downgraded by instagram to around full HD (1080x1920 or 1080x1350 or 1080x1080) so this 4K exporting seems like a bit overkill to me

Damn I subscribed WAY TO EARLY LMAO . WISH I WAITED TILL THE END BECAUSE YOU JUST GAVE UP SOME INFORMATION I NEVER KNEW !!!!

I'm struggling so much. I follow every guide ive seen on how to upload to HD, but as soon as the video goes public, the quality PLUMETS down. In private its so good but the second it becomes a public video it just dies

Thanks for the rest of the video, appreciate it I will try this 4K render on IG, quick question though, does the video have to also be recorded in 4K or can I upscale?

This helped tremendously. thank you.

Dane, Thank you for sharing how to post good quality videos.

thanks man . you helped me so much thank you again

I wondered about waiting for the videos to play through on Instagram & KZfaq before I post them! Do you think it helps checking the 4k output for 1080P Videos on Adobe Premiere Pro?? I'm also having to convert PS5 videos that are WEBM to MP4 to edit them on Adobe Premiere. I'm noticing a resolution change sometimes, even when I select the highest quality. Your video was extremely helpful, though. I can tell that you know what you're talking about!

Super helpful simple and efficient. Thank you!

It doesn't work for me on tiktok even with High Quality option turned on. The video was good when watched in the account where I uploaded the video but when I watched in a different account on the same device or phone the video is ugly and grainy.

Man u made my life easy i was struglling to upload my 60 fps video insta thanks for that aglitch suggestion it works!!! love u mate!!!!

Thanks for making video on this ‘ my videos were always blury ‘ this video is really helpful .. 👍🏼

With reels do you think the audio music you choose affects the quality of the video as well?

IT WORKED!! THANK YOU BRO!

Hi I have the done the following: High quality upload on Exported at 4k 30p, max Bitrate Wifi upload speed 50mbps Let the video load completely after upload. But it's still the same! Literally feel like uninstalling Instagram now 🙂

Thank you for the information! So useful!

What would you do if you want to use a tiktok or IG sound? Would you edit the sound in premier or would you edit the whole video in the social media app and upload the raw footage from your camera to your phone?

Thank you so much! This is very helpful!!!

Im convinced tiktok limits upload quality for smaller creators. my one account gets roughly 10k views per video and the videos are always super crisp. my other account that rarely breaks 100 views a video always has horrible upload quality. I use the same process for exporting and uploading on both accounts.

I think you're right. I tried letting my reel play out once before clicking on add, the preview was, as expected blurry. I didn't finish the preview and uploaded it. After it was on my feed, I let it play out once fully before clicking on it (the action that opens the reel and starts the reel loop) and it was good quality. However when I revisited it later, it doesn't look the same quality. I'm *this* close to giving up on Instagram entirely.

Thanks for explaining it so simple!

Tip: make sure u're using the latest instagram version.. blurry quality can sometimes be due to not updating the app

Do you recommend these same settings for KZfaq Shorts?

Hey Dane, Thank you for the video. I love it. Do you have a video step-by-step on how to edit the right way (TikTok and Instagram)?

THANK YOU SOO MUCH😭😭😭✨✨✨

Thank you for this video, I am trying to figure out what setting should I be recording in for easier upload either to google drive or to an editor via we transfer, just because I did a 6 min video on UHD60 and tried upload it to google drive it took like 2 hours, I also have a Sony Zv1 and recorded a 4k video in an sdxc card, I transfer the video to my laptop no editing software, I tried to transfer it via we transfer size was 4GB and it took about 2 hours to send to someone for edits. I am not an editor so I believe my settings are wrong what are some recording size I should look for, for easier transfers from my camera to to computer or from my phone to drive for edits.

Awesome video! Thank you! Any tips for making the vodeos on the phone?

just the video i needed

My tiktok app used to have high quality option but now it's not available anymore. Is it the same for everyone?

Worked for me thank you!❤️

This works Hella good! Recommended

what program do you use to capture the video so that you can edit it afterwards?

Nice. Thanks a lot actually. It worked, you explained it well. Thank you

If you are uploading from iphone, does this make your audio mono or keep it stereo? I'm a musician and I don't want my music to be played out mono! Thanks for any advice.

Hi thanks for the help! I had all my preset settings for ig reels set and now when I export my files from premiere pro I get a lot of quality lose, do you know why ?

thank you bro very simple and direct content

is it better to upload tiktok videos through my desktop or is it better to airdrop to my phone and upload them from there?

Hi, Great video. Whiat is the your camera settings when you record your video (4K, 24, 30 or 60 FPS) ? Thanks

But Instagram isnt 4k compatible still so it's compressing your video to 1080 anyways. Is there any point uploading a 4K file versus just exporting in premire pro as 1080p and uploading to IG that way?

do you think if I add a music from instagram on the reels instead of add the audio from directly since I edit the video make some difference?

if you don't have a macbook to airdrop what do you do? I've used wetransfer but sometimes the video is too big i guess and wont be downloaded to my phone same via google drive

Great info. Much appreciated

interesting take on the upload quality. Another guy I watched here said you have to upload the way iG shows it because if the quality is too high IG will process it for you in lower quality

everything perfect, but how did you record the video? If I were to use a GoPro, apart from setting 4K, what else should I put? example how many fps? Did you shoot this video with the GoPro?

Do you recommend I continue filing with my 13 pro or get the latest phone or new camera?

I've seen other YT'ers change the width, height, and bit rate of the video. Does this not effect it much? Also recommendation on iphone video settings? I have a iphone pro max 12. Great video, thanks!

I sadly don’t have that “More options” on tiktok 🤷🏻‍♂️

Is there a similar process for photos? Any certain way you must export the photo from the computer?

Thank you very much for this video!!

I have a question! After posting my Reel, the quality was fine, I noticed it only turned blurry MONTHS later!! Whyyyyy? How can I get the quality back to normal without having to delete my reel and start over again? I find this to be so frustrating!!! 🤯🤯🤯

Appreciate this Dane

Thank you for this!

Goated thank you brother very very thankful!

I am recording with an Iphone 12 Pro MAX at 1080 at 60 frames. And my videos lose fluidity, I already have my Instagram account configured to upload videos in high quality. When I upload the videos from account 1 when I later go to see my published stories I see them fluent but if I go to account 2 to look at the history of account 1 it shows it to me without fluency. I also Airdropped my video to the Mac and repeated the same process, uploading it with the Grids app both the original file (.mov) that I copied from the iPhone and the same one processed by premiere (.mp4) at 1080 at 60 frames. Can someone share some information about why I have fluidity problems in the video when I see it from another account? I want to highlight that I alternate both the data internet and Wifi and the Mac with lan.

Smashed this 😍

This video literally prove ur point.

Thanks I’ll try this out. I’ve been uploading Reels IG videos through my desktop and it seems fine on my iPhone, but my coworker said the quality is blurry which is why I sought this tutorial. She has a Samsung phone though so I don’t know if that changes the quality? I assumed uploading through my desktop is good since I don’t have to send myself the file and upload through my phone. Your thoughts?

Care to share your camera setup for this video you recorded? :) Would love to upgrade my current setup, thanks! Been enjoying your content for quite some while

What kind of filters are you using for your instagram videos. Or where you are finding them? Thank you

I noticed that you focused a lot on the app settings after exporting the video from AE, but I wanted to know if you really just use that preset on the Adobe export settings. Don't you also need to look at framerate, encoding settings, levels and especially bitrate to get the highest possible quality on the apps? My doubt comes from the fact that I hear around about a compression problem with Instagram that affects heavier videos in particular. Some claim that lowering the export quality prevents the upload from being downgraded, but of course it still decreases the quality of the video. From my experience I've noticed that uploading heavy (but high quality) videos returns a better result than pre-downgrading the video and avoiding compression, but still it's annoying to notice that quality drop even if you upload in 4k. ~~ So you confirm that pushing the quality to the max when exporting helps 'fight' apps compression instead of worsening the upload?

worked for me, thanks!!

thank you almost I learned something new today 😇

I noticed the reels on your IG are 1080x1920 quality , while 99% uploaded reels are 720x1080. ( even using the steps form this video ) 🤔 im wondering if this is a feature reserved for only some accounts.

I feel like when you hit match source it will undo the 4k option and match it to the source video, reverting it back to its original resolution.

Incorrect: Two things. 1. The high quality button is only on Apple 2. You can't upload 4k, the only app i know that accepts 4k is KZfaq, all other app compress it to 1080p or 720p What to do, i have tried all sorts of combinations. Get your video on your mobile device in the highest quality as stated in the video. Then use a video compression app to compress it to 1080p and around 20-30 mbps (so the app does very little compression). Once this is done, upload to tiktok or Instagram or whatever app. This will give you a consistent good looking image. Unfortunately it will not look as good as KZfaq unfortunately. The other benefit is to shoot in 60fps (best) or 30fps, as IG/FB and TT reformat to 30fps, (this reduces jitters). For us in PAL it will be slightly jittery as it gets changed to 30fps. One thing i have noticed recently, IG seems to have improved the video compression on reels as they now have got rid of video in the feed, the feed previously looked better, now reels is the same quality as the previous feed quality. Good luck everyone.

Everything works at its best!!

Hi, for both Instagram and TikTok, would you recommend uploading from a phone and not a desktop for quality purposes?

Thanks for the great video. I had a problem today adding music to my 4k reel. Can you not add music to 4k reels?

seems like it worked for me! thank you!

Do you know what the best settings are to film on the iPhone? FPS and resoultion?

I followed these steps carefully, once I open Instagram and after I watched the upload play through before I clicked 'add' as you suggested it then straight away turns into a pixelated mess. I really hate IG... its 2023 and they can't sort this shit out

is it more like exporting in 4k vertical and cropping it in horizontal? i can't seem to find option like that in davinci resolve