Grid.Studio

Free browser tool

Cut one image into a seamless Instagram grid.

Split a photo into perfectly aligned grid posts or panorama slides, built for Instagram's new 3:4 grid so every block connects with zero cropping. Plus profile icons, highlight covers, captions, hashtags, Reels and Story covers, carousels, a palette extractor and no-crop resizing. All free, all in your browser: your files never leave your computer.

✓ Seamless grid or panorama ✓ Profile and highlight covers ✓ Captions, hashtags, bio ✓ Carousels and palettes ✓ No upload to a server

See it in action

A two-minute tour of all twelve tools. No sound, captions are on screen.

Drop your image here

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Cut mode

Portrait tiles cut for Instagram's 3:4 grid. Rows are auto-calculated. Tiles come numbered in posting order: post bottom-right first.

Output

Posts come out as 1080 × 1350 with colored side edges. Instagram crops those edges away in the grid, so your banner stays seamless.

Edge color
Visible only when a post is opened.
Columns
3

This is a wide image. As grid tiles it loses a lot of width to Instagram's 3:4 crop. For a seamless wide look, try Panorama instead.

Preview of your uploaded image

Ready to cut.

Pick a mode and press Split image.

Cutting your image...

Your grid
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How it works

1

Upload your image

Drag a photo or graphic into the Grid Maker, or pick a file from your computer. Nothing is sent to a server.

2

Choose your cut

Grid posts for a seamless puzzle feed, or panorama slides for a swipeable post. Pick how many columns you want.

3

Split the image

The tool cuts everything in your browser and shows a live preview of every tile, numbered in posting order.

4

Download and post

Save tiles one by one or grab the whole set as a ZIP. Post them in numbered order and the grid assembles itself.

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Recommended image dimensions

Grid formatLayoutRecommended sizePosts
3 × 1One row3240 × 1440 px3
3 × 2Two rows3240 × 2880 px6
3 × 3Three rows3240 × 4320 px9
3 × 4Four rows3240 × 5760 px12
3 × 5Five rows3240 × 7200 px15
3 × 6Six rows3240 × 8640 px18

Any image works: the tool calculates the best fit automatically. These sizes give every tile pixel-perfect 3:4 content, the shape of Instagram's profile grid. Other sizes with the same proportions work too, for example the 3039 × 1350 banner used in popular tutorials. Making a profile icon? The Icon Maker exports a 1080 × 1080 square that Instagram masks to a circle.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I split a picture for Instagram?+
Upload your picture or graphic to the Grid Maker above. Choose whether you want to cut it into a grid (portrait posts for your profile) or into a panorama (slides for one swipeable post), set the number of columns, and press Split image. Then download your tiles and post them in the numbered order. For a carousel built from text, use the Carousel tab.
Does this work for puzzle feeds?+
Yes. A puzzle feed is exactly what grid mode creates: one large visual cut into portrait tiles that connect across your profile. Design one big image, split it here, and post the tiles in order.
What image size do I need?+
The Grid Maker works with any image dimension and automatically calculates how many posts fit your image. For the sharpest result, use the recommended sizes above so every tile lands at 1080 × 1440 pixels.
Why 3:4 tiles and not squares or 4:5?+
In 2025 Instagram changed the profile grid from squares to portrait 3:4 thumbnails. Old square or 4:5 puzzles get trimmed by the new grid, which is why they no longer line up. This tool cuts every tile's visible content at exactly 3:4 and offers two ways to deliver it: Safe edges (a 1080 × 1350 post where the grid crop only removes the colored edges) or Native 3:4 (a 1080 × 1440 post that Instagram displays without any cropping). Both keep your banner seamless on the phone.
What are the colored edges for?+
Instagram crops the sides of standard 1080 × 1350 posts to fit its 3:4 grid thumbnails. With Safe edges, your seamless content sits in the centre of the post and the tool fills the sides with a solid color of your choice. The grid crop removes exactly those edges, so your profile shows a perfect banner. The edges are only visible when someone taps to open a post, so pick white, black, or a brand color that looks intentional.
How do I make a swipeable panorama?+
In the Grid Maker, choose Panorama mode and set how many slides you need. The tool cuts one wide image into full-height vertical slices that flow seamlessly when people swipe through your carousel post. To build a carousel from text instead of an image, use the Carousel tab.
How do I make a matching profile picture?+
Open the Icon Maker tab and upload a logo or photo. Position it with zoom and drag, pick a background color, and the live previews show it inside the round mask at profile and feed sizes. Keep your logo or face inside the inner safe square, since Instagram hides the corners behind a circle. Download exports a flattened 1080 × 1080 square (never a transparent circle, because Instagram strips transparency and fills it with white or black). You upload that square and Instagram masks it to a circle.
How do I make matching Story highlight covers?+
Open the Highlights tab, tap the icons you want (or upload your own glyph), and pick one background, icon color, and optional ring. Every cover renders in that same style so the set looks designed, not assembled. Download the whole pack as a numbered ZIP. Each cover is 1080 by 1920 with the icon centered, so when you set a highlight cover from your camera roll, Instagram shows the centre as a clean circle.
How do I get a color palette from an image?+
Open the Palette tab and drop in any photo. The tool reads the image in your browser and pulls out its main colors as hex swatches you can click to copy, with a downloadable swatch card. Handy for matching your captions, covers and highlights to a brand or a photo.
How many hashtags should I use on Instagram now?+
Instagram cut the hashtag limit to 5 (rolled out December 2025) and can show posts with long generic lists less often. The Hashtags tab counts your tags against the 5-tag cap, removes duplicates, gently flags generic engagement-bait tags, and lets you save reusable sets. Aim for up to five sharp, relevant tags.
How do I keep the line breaks in my Instagram caption?+
Instagram collapses blank lines when you paste a caption. The Captions tab fixes this by placing an invisible character on each blank line so your spacing survives, with a live preview and a character counter. Those invisible characters do count toward the 2,200 limit, and the trick is reliable on feed captions, less so on Reels and Story text.
What are the Reels and Story safe zones?+
Instagram covers parts of a vertical video with its own buttons and captions, so a cover image can get hidden behind them. The Covers tab shows the safe area for Reels and Stories on a 1080 by 1920 canvas, lets you position your image and an optional title inside it, and exports a clean cover. Instagram shifts these zones over time, so the guide values are dated and can be reviewed.
In what order do I post the grid tiles?+
Instagram shows your newest post at the top left, so a grid must be posted bottom row first, right to left. The tool numbers every tile and names the files in that posting order: just post 1, then 2, then 3, and the puzzle builds itself correctly.