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How to make a photo book from your Instagram

To make a photo book from Instagram you need your photos out of Instagram, a way to choose the posts and a layout that prints well. With Inbunden you upload your Instagram export, pick the posts and download a print-ready PDF. It takes a few minutes, plus the time Instagram needs to prepare the export.

Step 1: Get your photos out of Instagram

Instagram has no "print a book" button, so the photos have to come out first. There are two ways, and neither asks for your Instagram password:

  • Data export: ask Instagram for a copy of your posts and upload the ZIP it emails you. It works for every account, private ones included. Instagram needs a few hours to a couple of days to prepare it. How to download your Instagram data shows every step.
  • Google Photos: ask Instagram to send a copy of your posts to Google Photos, then pick them in Google’s own picker. Captions and likes stay behind that way.
  • Connect Instagram: sign in on Instagram’s own page and your posts show up straight away. This needs a Creator or Business account.

Step 2: Choose the posts

A book works best with a theme: a year, a trip, a child’s first year. Inbunden groups your posts by month and year, so you can tick whole periods at once or pick single photos. Carousel posts come with every photo in them.

A book holds up to 999 photos. The PDF has no minimum or maximum page count, and the price stays the same whatever the number of pages.

Step 3: Check the layout and adjust it

Inbunden lays out the pages for you in date order, with one to four photos per page, full-bleed or framed. Then you can change anything:

  • the layout of each page: one, two, three or four photos, or full-bleed
  • the order, by dragging photos between pages
  • text pages for a title, a date or a few words
  • the cover photo, the title and the format: square (21 × 21 cm) or portrait (21 × 28 cm)
  • captions and dates under the photos, on or off

Step 4: Download the print-ready PDF

The preview is exactly what prints. When you are happy, you pay once and download a high-resolution PDF. Every page has 4 mm of bleed and a trim box. Your photos are embedded as the original files, never re-compressed, and the colour is tagged as sRGB, so a print shop can print the file as it is.

Instagram stores photos at up to 1080 pixels wide. That looks good when a photo takes half or a quarter of a page, but can look soft across a full page. The preview warns you about any photo that is too small for its spot, before you pay.

Step 5: Print it

Take the PDF to any print shop or online photo book printer that accepts PDF files. The guide to printing your photo book lists the settings to ask for. Printed books from Inbunden are coming soon.

Questions

Can I make a photo book from a private Instagram account?

Yes. Instagram’s data export works for private accounts, and your account stays private.

Are captions and dates included?

Only if you want them. You can show captions and dates under the photos or leave them out, for the whole book.

Do videos work?

A book is printed, so Inbunden uses your photos. Videos and Reels are left out of the book.

Ready to make yours?

Bring in your photos, pick the ones you want and preview every page before you pay.

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