Crop preset and padding for Instagram

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2023-12-19 05:39:29

I am trying to edit an iPhone photo for Instagram. Even with Instagram's "no-crop/fit" toggle, it often leaves out the top and the bottom for vertical photos.

The trick is to create a new photo, with aspect ratio pre-set for Instagram, with padding (either a solid color, or a mirror-like 'blend' effect from the edges of the photo) so that the whole photo shows without any cropping.

Is there any way to do this in Photomator? (I used to do with with an old app no longer being supported called Enlight, where the feature was called "Insta-fit").

This is a very repetitive and routine task for me when editing photos. This is the one feature I need to buy Photomator :( I love everything else about the app.

Thank you

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(PS I noticed someone else asked about this feature in 2019 as well: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=16956)

[Just noticed I posted this in the wrong forum. Mods, please move to Photometer forum if possible! Thank you]