How to Make a Reel on Instagram

By now you use Instagram daily and creating content for this social network is becoming a real passion for you. In this regard, you have noticed the considerable diffusion of Reel, that is short vertical videos that contain movies, photo sequences and music, and you would really like to make them too.

How do you say? That’s how things are and, therefore, you wonder how to make a Reel on Instagram? In that case don’t worry, I’m here to help. In fact, in this tutorial of mine, I will explain in detail how to create this type of content using the app of the famous photographic social network for smartphones and tablets.

Furthermore, if you are interested in it, I will also talk to you about how to use third-party apps to create Reel in a more advanced and “professional” way. So, if you can’t wait to find out more, get comfortable and read this guide carefully, so you can learn how to create Reel on Instagram easily and quickly. I wish you a good read and, above all, a lot of fun!

Index

• How to make a reel on Instagram
• How to make Reel on Instagram with photos
• App to make Instagram Reel

How to make a reel on Instagram

From the moment you wonder how to make a reel on Instagram, I want to first explain how to use the social network’s Reels feature, which as you probably already know is only available in the Instagram app for mobile devices.

To get started, then, start the Instagram app on your Android device or your iPhone and log in to your account if necessary. Then, press on the (+) button located at the top and tap on the Reel item, to access the editor of the instrument in question.

At this point, first of all, set the duration of the movie, by pressing the 30 or 60 button, to record a video of a maximum duration of 30 seconds or a maximum of 60 seconds respectively.

Once this is done, press on the round button located in the center, to record a video on the spot, or press the icon of the multimedia gallery located at the bottom, to import the movie through the Gallery of your smartphone or tablet.

Other functions that may be useful to you are those accessible through the icon in the shape of a musical note, which allows you to add a background music track, the 1 × button , which is used to adjust the playback speed of the movie, but also the icon in the shape of a spark, which allows you to set filters in real time. The wand- shaped icon, on the other hand, allows you to make aesthetic adjustments to the movie. Finally, the stopwatch icon is used to set the duration of the movie and the countdown before recording.

Among the most interesting possibilities of the Instagram Reels tool there is also the possibility of recording a video on the spot, combining multiple segments of the same, so that you can only redo a part of the video, in case of errors.

In fact, after having recorded a part of the video, if you press the arrow icon to the left, you can review the clip you have just recorded and possibly cut or delete it, by pressing, respectively, on the scissors icon or on the trash can.

If, on the other hand, you are satisfied with the clip made, continue recording the video by pressing the round button located in the center again. Finally, when finished creating the video, click on the Preview button.

Once this is done, apply any other changes to the movie, for example by adding overlays (the Aa key ) or recording a voiceover (the microphone icon ). Then, press the Next button, write a caption to accompany the video made, move the lever corresponding to the word Share also in the Feed to an ON, if you want to publish the video in question also in the Feed section of your Instagram profile and, finally, click on the Share button to post it.

How to make Reel on Instagram with photos

Using Instagram’s Reels feature, you can make Reels using photos instead of videos. Again, to get started, all you have to do is log into your account via the Instagram app installed on your smartphone or tablet, in order to start the editor of the tool in question.

Having done this, after setting the duration of the movie ( 30 or 60 seconds) and eventually having customized the creation of the Reel through the other tools I told you about in the previous chapter (such as the timer or the addition of filters ), press the icon in the shape of a media gallery, to import photos from your device’s default gallery. Then select the photos to import and press the Add button to insert them.

At the end of the addition, press the Preview button, to see the preview of the Reel, apply, if you wish, any changes such as written overlay ( Aa ) or background music (the icon in the shape of a musical note ) and press on the Next button to continue.

Finally, to publish the video created, write a caption, using the appropriate text field, choose whether to share the video in the Feed and then press the Share button. The game is done!

App to make Instagram Reel

Are you looking for apps to make Reel for Instagram, as you would like to make videos in a more advanced way, compared to the features offered by the editor of the well-known photo social network?

In that case, you will surely be happy to know that there are several possibilities at your disposal, as it is enough to make use of one of the numerous video editing apps available for free for Android and iOS / iPadOS.

An example of these is certainly represented by Canva, a free basic app, available both for Android (downloadable from the Play Store or from alternative stores ) and for iOS / iPadOS (downloadable from the App Store ), which can be used later to the creation of a simple account and allows you to create Reel for Instagram (but also to create content dedicated to many other popular social networks), starting from predefined templates or empty templates (some models are paid).

To use it, all you have to do is select the Video Reels category for Instagram through the search engine located on the main screen of Canva, locate the template to use and tap it, so that you can modify it using the tools made available by the ‘app, which allow you to add photos, videos, texts and change the colors of the template.

At the end of the customization, you can export the movie by pressing the arrow icon located in the upper right corner and press on the Save as item, to download the video in MP4 format, using the Download button.

Once you have the video, all you have to do is upload it to the Instagram Reel editor, in order to publish it, following the instructions I gave you in the previous chapter.

If you have any doubts or problems, you can learn more by reading my guide on how Instagram Reels works.