Do you know the most loved social media application for sharing photos or videos now? Yes! Instagram.
Applications with tens of millions of more active daily users are the number two social media applications most often opened after Facebook.
Especially for young people, if acquaintances are asked by Instagram, or if you want to know someone, look for Instagram.
Relax you are not too late, in this article we will discuss in full how to use Instagram from basic to expert. There are many discussions about how to use Instagram, the following Tech Arlina is concise and clear. This tutorial can be used on Android and iOS.
Download and register Instagram account
You need to download the latest version of Instagram on Playstore or Appstore
- Open Google playstore, type Instagram and Install to complete
- When first opened the Instagram application will display a login and register
Tap login if you already have an account before You can also log in using a facebook account Because I assume you are a new user on Instagram So tap sign up to register for Instagram
- A column will appear that must be filled in to register
In the initial column you are asked to enter your cellphone or email number. Empty the cellphone number column, fill in the email column. It is recommended to fill in using your active email account, because later there will be verification in the email. This active email also becomes a backup in the future if you forget your Instagram account password.
- Tap the next button then fill in the password field 2 times
You have successfully registered for an Instagram account
Understand Instagram Interface Display
For you novice users do look confused the first time, calm down after this you will get used to and expert in using Instagram ..
Initial appearance Instagram has many button icons with different functions.
At the top there are 2 button icons, a camera picture button, and a paper airplane
- The camera button , its function is to create insta stories, commonly called snapgram. The complete way to use insta stories will be discussed below.
- Paper airplane button , its function is to send messages between Instagram users, commonly called DM (direct messages)
At the bottom there are 5 icons, namely home picture, magnifying glass, added, heart, people.
- Home button , is the timeline home page containing uploaded photos of the account videos that you are taking
- Search button , the initial function is to look for another IG account. At the bottom of the search there are related videos and photos, based on your interests.
- Plus button , its function is to upload your video photos to Instagram.
- Heart button , there are two functions, on the tab "You" contains notifications about your account. The "Followed" tab contains a chronological timeline of the friends you follow.
- People button , is your Instagram profile page. Contains info and content of your upload on Instagram
Set Instagram Profiles
The next thing you need to do is set up and fill in some of your Instagram account info. Make sure your Instagram profile page is complete. Because no one will follow you if the profile photo is empty.
There are a few things to fill in on your IG profile page:
- Name , this will be the display name of your Instagram account
- Username , username is useful for identifying an Instagram account, or a url. Username will make it easier for someone to find the account you are looking for. Just by typing @username in the search, the account immediately appears. And if opened through a browser, it becomes https: //www.instagram/username. Both of these names and usernames will appear when you or someone views your Instagram account profile.
- Link , Optional, you can enter a website link if you have one ... Or you can also enter the URL of your social media account Twitter, Facebook, Path, etc.
- Bio , optional, you can fill in your description briefly.
Understand the menu of your Instagram profile page
Besides the basic biodata above, there are several menus that you can understand on your Instagram profile page.
- Story highlights (highlights) , This feature allows you to save your favorite instastory without being deleted. You can save 4 instances at the IG profile
- Menubar , a , will display your photos in a grid per 3 rows. b , will display the photos in the form of stretching down. c , will display the photo content that you made the closest friend. d , will display all the photos that have been tagged to you
Various Ways to Use Instagram
Anyone knows that Instagram is social media photo / video. The initial concept was like that, increasingly developing intagram continues to add many features so it is not monotonous.
Another reason not to be inferior to other social media. So playing Instagram doesn't just upload / view photos. You can use Instagram, among others:
1. Upload photo videos on Instagram
first of course to upload your video photos. In the past, the photos to be uploaded must be in the form of 1: 1 square, otherwise the photos will be cropped by Instagram, and need another photo editor application to make photos square or square.
How to upload video photos on Instagram
- Tap the + button, then at the bottom select the gallery.
- Select the folder where your photo is located.
- If your photo is portrait or landscape, tap this button to prevent the photo from being cropped.
- If you want to upload more than one photo in a post, tap this feature.
- Then tap next, you can add filters if you want. Then tap again next.
- Please write your caption and hashtag if you want, finally Tap share.
2. Make Insta Stories aka SnapGram
I think this feature is what makes Snapchat users move to Instagram. If you don't know Adapt SnapChat , insta instagram stories allow you to upload photos or videos that are automatically deleted in 24 hours.
There is something unique from insta stories. Ie the Instagram algorithm will sort snapgram content according to accounts that you frequently communicate with, so don't be surprised if your friend's snapgram content is always at the beginning.
the concept of insta stories originally only touched content that was deleted 24 hours. But, now it has several additional features. Like Instagram Live, these features are on the Insta Story interface.
We will discuss the features and ways to use Instagram stories or commonly called snapgram.
How to use insta stories
Tap the camera button in the upper left corner of
Intagram to activate your smartphone's camera with an interface like in Snapchat.
There are 5 buttons
- To create a snapgram from a photo in the gallery.
- button to turn on the flash.
- Middle button to record snapgram directly.
- Button for selecting front or back camera.
- The fifth button to use various face filters
At the bottom there are 6 features that accompany the insta stories
- Captions, insta stories with many words.
- Live, works to create live streaming video.
- Boomerang, makes insta stories with videos that play many times, like boomerang.
- Superzoom, create insta stories with dramatic zoom.
- Rewind, makes the video play back.
- Handsfree, make insta stories without having to long press the record button.
How to create Insta stories (SnapGram)
How to take a picture or video like Snapchat.
- Press the round button to take a picture, with a maximum duration of 10 seconds.
- After more than 10 seconds the camera will stop recording, which then displays the editing screen.
- Here you can add various types of text with many color choices, various stickers, add locations, etc.
- After editing the photo, your inta stories can be shared immediately, you can also set whoever you want can see your story posts.
- To see your own insta stories, they are in your Instagram avatar, marked with a purple gradation circle.
To find out who has seen your insta stories. Open insta stories then from the bottom Pull up. A list of people who have seen your story will appear, there will also be displayed how many times that person has seen your story.
3. Seeing updates on the Instagram Timeline
Social media seems incomplete without a timeline, as is the habit of having to look at the timeline every time a social media site opens. Instagram has two timelines or timelines.
1. Timeline feeds , Contains video photo uploads from the Instagram account you are following.
This is what is on the Instagram homepage display.
2. The following timeline , the following timeline or timeline will display updates that your friends have just done.
Like just like posting photos, comments, following accounts, etc. Sequentially from the earliest to the last or chronological time. you can use these two features to stalk your crush or even just want to know what your friends are doing on Instagram.
How to see the timeline being followed (timeline following)
- Tap the heart icon
- Then in the tab above tap "Followed"
- An update will appear that your friend just did on Instagram.
4. Send messages on Instagram direct messages
A must have inbox feature on every social media. Instagram has a conversation feature called direct messages abbreviated as DM.
Initially direct messages can only send and reply to text messages between Instagram users. For the sake of increasing user comfort, currently DM Instagram has the ability to send photos and videos.
Features of Instagram direct message
- Of course, conversations with other intagram accounts.
- You can send short video images. What's more Sending pictures also comes with remixing features, where users can reciprocate editing photos by adding various filter effects, stickers, and various types of text.
- Not only that, you can also set for how many times the photo can be seen, with the option "one view" one view or "allow replay" can be seen / opened many times.
- You can cancel messages that have been sent on Instagram DM.
- And the latest you can see when someone last online on Instagram via DM
How to send Instagram direct messages
On your Instagram homepage tap the paper airplane icon, located in the upper right corner.
Tap icon +
Select the user you want to send the message to, you can choose more than one user (multi chat), or only one person (personal chat.).
You can also search directly by name in the search field.
How to add Instagram followers
Having lots of Instagram followers is seen as bona fide. It feels proud when you have more followers than your friends even though the followers are not necessarily genuine humans.
if you want to add Instagram followers, the first point is never to buy followers. Anyone can buy Instagram followers, with the lure of cheap prices to get thousands of followers. Free tools can also be used. The bad, certainly you get is a fictitious follower alias made bot. Don't use hashtags that don't connect with your photos, like hashtags swapping followers # follow4follow # f4f etc.
So what?
Your post will be commented on by the folback words, if it is not interrupted by the comment then it doesn't matter. But most of these accounts will unfollow you in the future.
Then how to add followers on Instagram the natural way?
There are 2 types of Instagram account users.
Informers , users who like to share
Meformers information , users who like to share their own social life.
The first type is easier to get Instagram followers than number two.
Though Instagram users meformer around 80% more than informers who only 20%. This means that most Instagram users prefer to share their social lives. The two types above are not much different for how to get followers.
Especially for account informers
Determine the theme of your Instagram account. The most followed themes, likes and shares like: Funny. Awesome, feelings, and useful information, then make it in a picture. Can use canva online photo editor
Here's how to manually add Instagram followers
Use bright photos on Instagram
Bright photos on Instagram proved to get a lot of likes and followers compared to dark photos.
Not using the default Instagram filter
Photos that don't use the default Instagtam filter are easier to get likes and followers.
Use Hashtags on Instagram posts
Using hashtag has proven to be effective in adding likes and comments, not just any hashtag.
Use the hashtag that matches the photo to be uploaded. Your photo will later appear in the list that was uploaded using the hashtag. So it will be easier for other users to find and most likely to get new likes and followers.
Use the location on the Instagram post
Same as the hashtag. Your photo will later appear in the list uploaded using that location
How to use Instagram on a computer
Instagram is a smartphone platform based social media. Can you really use Instagram on a laptop or PC?
The answer can be. As I recall, between the years 2013-2014 the beginning of the Android Instagram era did not yet support the use of a computer browser.
So if you want to use Instagram on a computer you still have to use an Android emulator or browser extension. But that was before, along with the development of many smartphone-based social media can be used on the LAPTOP desktop, even provided a special standone for computers. One of them is Instagram.
There are 2 ways to play Instagram on LAPTOP
Using Instagram through a computer browser
You can register or enter Instagram on your laptop through your computer's browser. And you are not restricted anymore like before, which can only open photo urls.
Open the browser in the address bar type https://www.instagram.com
Please log in using your account
Some views are different, but the features are the same as on smartphones
Using Instagram on a Windows 10 computer Windows 10
users can use the Instagram application provided in the Windows 10 store. The appearance and features of Instagram are no different from those on smartphones. You can still upload photos, videos, create or view instances, chat on direct messages and other features.
Download the Instagram Windows 10 application in the Microsoft Store
Login using your account
Now you can have Instagram
Of course using Instagram on LAPTOP is very beneficial for people who are used to being online on a computer. Especially for users who often take pictures with a DSLR camera.
How to copy captions and comments on Instagram
Generally to copy text you only need to long press on the text then tap copy. Unfortunately, this feature is not in the Instagram application for smartphones. You can't copy captions or comments on Instagram.
Relax, there are several ways to copy captions on Instagram.
How to copy captions on your own photos
- Open the photo or video that you want to copy
- Click the menu (vertically 3 point in the upper right corner) then edit.
- Select caption lalu copy.
How to copy someone else's photo caption The
method is slightly different
- Click menu (vertex 3 in the upper right corner)
- then copy the url.
- Paste in your smartphone browser Then tap and select caption then copy
Closing
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