I need help with posting my comic on instagram

[llobucervallince]

ok so like many of you may know, Instagram many times crops the images that doesn't fit the format specified, at least on PC which is the easiest way for me to post.
now I've tried to fit my most recent episode in these formats but they leave that emptied black space that I hate.
I also rather no uploading all 10 pages at once but rather create an only row for 5 episodes, this way I don't confuse readers.
these are the formats:
1:1 (square)

16:9

4:5 (or 8:10)

all tips, advices and answers will be welcome. Thank you

[WildMoonCrow]

You could just split it and make it into a carousel post on Instagram? That way it would also be easier to read (since it looks kinda small) and it would probably make it easier to get rid of the black part :3

[llobucervallince]

ok so I tried that which brings me back to the cropping problem
the pages are 940x1440 px

even when I set it to "original" it will cut a good part of it, that's why I'm trying some other ways to post the comic avoiding this issue.
edit: also I want to give a complete equal number of pages, meaning that I can only post 10 at once, 5 pages in 2 parts or 2 pages in 5 parts.
which to be honest doesn't look that bad in the square option but I'll listen to other people before prpceding

[yumeryuu]

This bottom example is the best ratio imo

[llobucervallince]

ok So I think this is the best option, something I can do to improve?

[jeramyhobbs]

Just did a quick scan of your comic- So Not trying to sound harsh here, just some honest feedback- but One thing that would help you going forward is to not overlap every panel. Giving your art some room to breathe would help it be more readable in general but also you could then cut it up much easier and post it as a series of single panels on IG. That would also help you with balloon placement- which I can see they end up covering the art a lot.

[RedLenai]

Well... personal opinion... it looks really bad.
Especially the first images, but overall all of them would be extremely hard to read, not only because Instagram/Facebook lowers down the quality of image, but also the fact that many people won't be on Instagram through their PCs, they'll likely be on their phones so text is not going to be readable, and panels looks way too pressed against each other it's not even possible to tell what's the order or what's going on.

Yes, I took the time to see the images from my phone, and even if I don't have the limitations from Instagram's overlay, it still its hard to read

My personal recommendation would be:

1. For the panels you've already done, crop them individually and make new images with them, then you'll have to redraw some areas, fix some speech bubbles and such. If you have the PSD/CLIP file with separated layers then it'll be easier.

2. For future chapters, try to not overlap panels so much, keep them in separated layers then arrange them as you like for the "Comic Page" format without risking having to redraw for the Social Media format.