Panorama splitter
Make a panorama you can swipe.
Cut a wide photo into 2–5 slides that line up edge to edge. Post them as one carousel and the scene scrolls past as people swipe.
A panorama or any wide landscape shot. Nothing is uploaded.
What makes a good swipe panorama
The effect depends on the eye being led across the gutters between slides, so the photo needs something continuous running through it — a horizon, a shoreline, a row of buildings, a wall. Photos with one strong subject in the middle do not work: the subject lands on one slide and the rest is filler.
- Start wide. The source is centre-cropped to (slides × slide width) : slide height, so a 3-slide 4:5 panorama needs roughly a 12:5 photo. Anything narrower loses height.
- Keep the horizon level. A tilt that is invisible in one frame becomes obvious when the image is cut into strips and viewed one at a time.
- Mind the seams. Faces and text that fall on a slide boundary get sliced in half. Nudge the composition so the cuts land on empty areas.
Questions
How do I post a panorama on Instagram?
Split the photo here, then create a single carousel post and add the slides in order, 1 first. Instagram keeps carousel slides in the order you add them, so swiping moves left to right across the original scene.
Why does my panorama have gaps between slides?
Instagram puts a small gutter between carousel slides, so the picture is interrupted at each edge no matter what. The effect works because the eye reconstructs the scene across the gaps — it is never a truly seamless single image.
How many slides should I use?
Three is the sweet spot for most photos. Two barely reads as a panorama, and five needs a very wide source or the crop removes most of the height. The tool warns you when your photo is too narrow for the number of slides you picked.
4:5 or square slides?
4:5 portrait gives each slide more height on screen, so the panorama occupies more of the phone as people swipe. Square is safer if you also want the post to sit neatly in your profile grid.
Does it work with iPhone panorama photos?
Yes. Those are very wide — often 10:1 or more — which is ideal. With a source that wide you can comfortably use four or five slides.
More tools
Split a photo into a grid, build a uniform carousel, or grade it with filters first.