How to make separators on Instagram

Instagram is your favorite social network and, for this reason, you love to personalize your profile through the publication of photos characterized by a particular graphic style. Now, however, since you would like to give your feed a new look, you are wondering about the possibility of being able to graphically separate the posts with the new style from those published previously.

How do you say? That’s how things are and, therefore, you wonder how to make separators on Instagram? If so, you will be happy to know that you happened upon just the right tutorial and at the right time! In the course of the next chapters of my guide, in fact, I will provide you with all the information on how to do it and I will explain, step by step, how to create this type of content through the use of some third-party apps.

So, if you can’t wait to start now, sit down comfortably and take just a few minutes of free time to calmly read the procedures I am about to illustrate to you. You will see that, by following my instructions carefully, you will easily and quickly succeed in the intent you have proposed. At this point, I just have to wish you a good read and, above all, a good time!

Index

• Preliminary information
• App to make Instagram separators
  • Grid Post (Android / iOS)
  • Grids (iOS)
• Other useful tips

Preliminary information

Before explaining how to make separators on Instagram, I have to give you some preliminary information about what they are, what they are for and how this content is created.

Well, you must know that the separators are nothing more than a sequence of three images that, published on your Instagram profile, allows you to graphically “separate” the images currently in the profile feed with those that will be posted later.

To create these images you can give space to your creativity, creating customized graphics through the use of photo editing programs, such as Photoshop. Alternatively, more simply, it is possible to use graphics apps for smartphones, such as Spark Post for Android (also available on alternative stores to the Play Store) and iOS / iPadOS.

Alternatively, if inventiveness and/or time to create original content is scarce, you can use applications that include predefined separator templates, as I will explain in detail in the next chapter of this guide.

Furthermore, as I will explain further on, it is possible to use separators created by other users, by searching and downloading these images directly on Instagram or from other apps, such as Pinterest. For more information on this, read on.

App to make Instagram separators

As anticipated, to make the separators on Instagram it is possible to use special apps that provide a series of predefined templates from which to draw for the publication, on your Instagram profile, of a sequence of three separation images. Here are some of the most interesting.

Grid Post (Android / iOS)

One of the first apps that I recommend you use to make separators on Instagram is called Grid Post: it is an app that allows you to easily customize your Instagram profile through the use of separators already made on the basis of predefined graphic styles, which can however be customized.

The app in question can be used for free, but by purchasing the Pro version at a cost of € 7.49 on Android and € 7.99 on iOS, it is possible to remove advertising and unlock all other additional templates.

To use it, download the app on Android from the Play Store (or via alternative stores ), by pressing the Install button, while on iOS / iPadOS, take it from the App Store by first pressing on Get and then confirming the download and installation via Face ID, Touch ID or via your iCloud account password.

In both cases, after starting the app (by pressing its icon located on the home screen and/or in the applications menu), locate the template to use as a separator, among those that are proposed to you in the sections relating to the 3 × grids. 3, 3 × 2 or 3 × 1.

After choosing the template, tap on it and press the picture-shaped icons to add the photos to be published as separators. At this point, tap the Next button and choose whether to add other customization elements, such as texts ( Add text ), stickers ( Sticker ) or filters ( Filter ) to the project. Once you’ve finished editing, press the √ icon (the Done button on iOS).

Now you can publish the three images on Instagram by acting directly through the Grid Post app: press, then, on photo number 1, in order to start the app of the photographic social network and publish it in the feed (by pressing the Next, Next and Share buttons ).

Once this is done, go back to the Grid Post app and repeat the same operation also for the second and third image, in order to create the separation of the images published on Instagram through the template of your choice.

Grids (iOS)

If you have an iPhone, you can use the Grids app to create separators for Instagram using various predefined templates, or you can create them yourself in a completely personalized way. This app is free, but in order to have access to some additional features you need to purchase the Pro version at a cost of € 5.99 / week or € 45.99 / year.

Therefore, to start, download the app in question through the App Store, then start it and refer to the Instagram Feed Layouts section, to find the separator template you want to use (in case you want to publish separators on Instagram already made on the basis of specific graphic layouts).

Alternatively, click on the Grid item to set an empty layout to customize. In this specific case, you can customize the grid using the Width and Height items, in order to create, for example, a 3X1 grid.

Once this is done, press the Done button and then press the (+) button, located at the bottom, to create a series of completely customized separators, by adding elements such as texts ( Text ), stickers ( Stickers ) and shapes ( Shape ) . Furthermore, by pressing the Tap to add background button, you can add an image from the Gallery ( Image from Gallery ) or color the background of the separators ( Color fill ).

At the end of the customization, but also if you have chosen to use a predefined template, press on the arrow icon, then tap on the Instagram button.

Once this is done, press on the first image, to automatically open the photo social network app and publish the image on your profile ( Feed ), using the Next, Next and Share buttons. Then repeat this operation for all three images to be published as separators and that’s it!

Other useful tips

As an alternative to using the apps I mentioned in the previous chapter, to make separators on Instagram you can also use images created by other users, searching for them through apps such as Pinterest, in order to download them.

The latter social network of images, in fact, is perfect for looking for the right inspiration, in case you want to create separators in a personalized way, through the use of programs or graphics apps. Furthermore, it is also the place to search for images created by other users, to use as separators.

Therefore, start the app of this social network on your device or connect to its official Pinterest site and, in the search engine, type terms such as “Instagram new theme divider” , “Instagram feed divider” or, in Italian, “Separatori Instagram ” , to identify this type of images.

Once identified, you can download them to your device by clicking on the icon (…) and then on the Save button. For more information on using Pinterest, in relation to downloading images, refer to my guide dedicated to the topic.

Alternatively, you can use the separators created by other users and which have been published directly on Instagram, by searching for them on the photographic social network, by typing, in the search engine, the hashtag #themedivider.

In this case, to download images from Instagram you must make use of special third-party tools, such as the DownloadGram website, useful for downloading photos from Instagram by acting directly online. For more information on this, refer to my tutorial dedicated to the topic.