Confusingly instagram has a 9:16 ratio for igtv and instagram stories.

Premiere pro sequence settings for instagram. Open premiere pro & create new project. Set your in/out points on the timeline to prep for export and then you can just use your shortcut of ctrl/cmd + m to open export settings: Instagram reels are typically in the 16:9 ratio, and you’ll have to emulate this on premiere pro to ensure no cropping occurs.

Not only does this stylize your videos and make them look professional but it will help your vide. Let's make some sequence setting for video in premiere pro. The first step is to decide what settings you want to use.

*** download my free instagram reel overlay template at the following link. Note that the 9:16 video will be cropped when it appears in the feed. Do you want the best video quality for your instagram video?

Edit your video in a sequence sized exactly to instagram's video. Then, watch this video and learn how to achieve this in premiere pro. First, i’ll go to file > export > media to open up the export settings dialog box.

Using the settings below, i'll create presets for each aspect ratio. So now we have one of the native aspect ratios and format sorted out lets go thought the steps to export an instagram. Go to file in menu and click new sequence (cmd + n) locate custom presets.

Sequence settings for 1:1 format. This package includes a sequence preset and an h.264 export preset with settings optimized for instagram. If you want to create a vertical reel, these settings would work great.