While the Instagram mobile app has many capabilities, one thing it did not have was the ability to create collages.
Many users wish to use their collection of Instagram photos to make a collage that represents what they think and feel. However, if they wanted to do that, they would have to download third-party apps, sync up the libraries then create the collage.
However, Instagram just added an option that will simplify the process. Meet the Instagram Layout, an app that will let users arrange their photos along a grid-based system to create the collage of their dreams.
"In Layout, Instagram offers a new take on how collages are built by changing the order of the steps involved in the process," Techcrunch writes.
But how do you use it? "When you open Layout, we automatically show you previews of custom layouts as you choose photos from your camera roll," Instagram says in a blog post.
"To make it easier to find the photos you want, we've also added a Faces option that shows you all the photos in your camera roll that feature people.
From there, you have complete artistic control. Drag and drop photos to rearrange them, pinch to zoom or pull the sides of each photo to adjust its size and get your layout just right. Then flip and rotate your photos to create cool arrangements and mirror effects."
The Layout feature currently exists as an app on iOS. Instagram plans to release an Android version of Layout in the near future.
