How to get 4K uploads
Took me so long to figure out the truth:
There isn’t true 4K on Instagram.
You’re really getting the cleanest “enhanced 1080p” possible.
Here is how to do it:
Steps:
1. Downsize your 4k footage to 1080p and export in 1080p. Instagram cannot process true 4k footage without compressing it.
2. Set your frame rate to 30fps
3. Set your bit rate to 30 Mbps
4. Export using H.264 or H.265
5. Here is where people GATEKEEP and trick you into thinking you can just upload regular footage and get this look:
a. Import into Topaz AI
b. Use the Proteus enhancement tool and input these settings:
i. Fix compression: 100
i. Improve Detail: 100
i. Sharpen: 70
i. Reduce Noise: 60
i. Dehalo: 33
i. Anti Alias: 0
i. Recover detail: 20
6. Turn on Upload at Highest Quality in Instagram settings
7. Upload through the edits app for the highest quality
That’s the formula for the sharpest Instagram upload. Will drop a video soon on how to do this. But b...