Photo booth for Instagram stories: a free, story-sized photo strip
The crisskross arena photo boothmakes photo strips at exactly Instagram-story size, 1080 by 1920 pixels, so they fill a story with nothing cropped. It is free, runs in your phone's browser, and shares straight to Instagram from the share sheet. No app and no sign-up.
Why most photo strips look wrong on a story
A classic booth strip is long and thin; a screenshot is whatever shape your screen is. Put either on a story and Instagram crops the top and bottom or shrinks it onto a blurred background. The booth skips the problem by drawing the whole strip — photos, paper, tape, caption — on a canvas that is already story-shaped.
How to post a photo strip to your story
- Open the photo booth on your phone and allow the camera.
- Take four shots, or one snap.
- Pick a look, a filter and a caption.
- Press share and choose Instagram, then Stories.
- Add stickers, music or a tag on top, and post.
If your browser cannot hand pictures to other apps, share saves the strip instead. Open Instagram, start a story, and pick it from your photos — it is already the right size.
Making it look at home on a story
- Keep stickers off the faces. Put music, polls and tags on the paper around the photos, not over them.
- Match your highlights. Pick one look and stick with it, and your highlights read as a set.
- Go minimal if you add text. The quieter looks — gallery, polaroids, x & o — leave text easier to read than coquette or love note.
- Post the strip, then the outtakes. Retake for free and post the worst one next.
- Tag the other person. If you took it together from two cities, you both have the same strip to post.
Story ideas with a photo strip
- Monthly strip. The same four poses every month, saved to a highlight.
- Date night recap. Roll a plan on D.A.T.E. and the D.A.T.E. look prints it under the photos.
- Game night proof. Win a game and the room offers to snap the win.
- Long distance, side by side. A booth for two cities puts you both in every frame.
Post one? Tag @crisskrossarena — we like seeing them.
Questions people ask
Is there a free photo booth made for Instagram stories?
Yes. The crisskross arena photo booth draws every strip at 1080 by 1920 pixels, exactly the size of an Instagram story, so nothing is cropped. It is free, runs in the browser, and on most phones shares straight to Instagram from the share sheet.
How do I put a photo strip on my Instagram story?
Take your strip in the photo booth, press share, and pick Instagram, then Stories, from your phone’s share sheet. If your browser cannot share files, press save instead, open Instagram, start a story and pick the strip from your photos.
Why does my photo strip get cropped on Instagram stories?
Most photo strips are a different shape from a story, so Instagram crops or shrinks them. A strip made at 1080 by 1920 — the shape the crisskross booth uses — fills the story exactly.
Can I post a photo strip with someone who lives far away?
Yes. Open a booth for two, send them the link, and both phones count down together. You are side by side in every frame, and you both get the story-sized strip to post.
More to read: the ten aesthetic looks, cute photo booth poses and downloading with no watermark.
crisskross arenais free two-player games and a photo booth for people who aren't in the same room. → open the photo booth