Now almost every modern smartphone has the Instagram application installed. It allows you to edit photos and share them with other users. However, many people still have a question about how to use Instagram.
First, let’s tell you what functions the Instagram program provides. With it, you can take photos, apply filters to them and share the results of your efforts with other users. It is important to note that photos taken via Instagram have a square shape (other mobile applications work with images whose aspect ratio is 3: 2).
To start using the program, you must download it to your smartphone or tablet. There is Instagram for Android and iOS. By interface and functionality, they are no different. You can download the program in the Play Market or in the App Store (depending on which operating system is installed on your device). It is strongly discouraged to download Instagram from third-party resources, as a virus can be integrated into the application sending sent SMS to short numbers.
During the first launch of the application, a welcome window opens, in which the user is prompted to register. Without it, Instagram simply won’t work.
After registering, you will probably wonder how to use Instagram. There is nothing complicated: first, the application will offer to find friends through social networks (Twitter, Facebook, etc.). It is highly recommended that you go through this procedure - after all, after it you will get access to the photo feed of several people at once.
The main screen of the application is a tape of photos of your friends. At the same time, you can rate and comment on your favorite images. And you can get into your feed using the “Home” button, which is located in the bottom menu.
Also in the bottom menu there is a button with three asterisks. By clicking on it, you can view the most popular photos from around the world. They are regularly updated. Engaged in watching them, you can not leave Instagram for hours. Also, while navigating the feed of popular photos, you can find people whom it will be interesting to subscribe to.
As already mentioned, the main purpose of the program is the creation, processing and subsequent uploading of photos to the network. But here's how to use Instagram if you don't know where to find this feature? Everything is simple here. Just click on the blue button with the image of the camera. After that, you can take a photo and process it. The program has 17 filters through which you can transform the picture beyond recognition. In particular, you can increase contrast, edit hues and blur the image.
So, we have listed the main functions of this useful program. Now the question of how to use Instagram, you should not have. In principle, you can master the application without any guidance - because its interface is intuitive. In addition, in 2012, the Russian version of Instagram for Android and iOS was released. Therefore, using the program has become much easier.
In general, Instagram is a very convenient service that you can always access from your smartphone or tablet and share your photos. The application has no worthy analogues, therefore it has become so popular among users of mobile devices.