This is how you can put a cover on an Instagram reel
Today we are going to teach you how to put a cover on an Instagram reel . Ideal to be able to give a different touch to our Instagram feed and make it look much more professional.
When we start posting on Instagram, we may get a little lost in the amount of content we can post. And no longer with so much content, it is possible that we get lost with the amount of means we have to get our information or our photos and videos to other people.
In this article we are going to deal with reels, a function that Instagram is giving a lot of value to and therefore, you are interested in knowing very well how it works. And for this, you must know how to add a cover to each and every one of these publications that you are going to make.
How to Add a Cover to an Instagram Reel Before Posting
The process is very simple, but if you don't look closely, this option may go unnoticed. And yes, once you have published, you will no longer be able to add a cover.
Therefore, when we are in the final screen, in which we have to add a description, choose if we want to publish it in our news. It will be here where we can add that cover. To do this, click on the thumbnail image that we see at the top left, with the text of "Portada" .
Click on the Cover tab
Once this is done, it will take us to the menu in which it lets us select a part of our video as a cover or do it from the reel, if we have created one. We advise you to create one, because aesthetically it looks better and believe it or not, Instagram rewards it more and therefore, will have more reach
Choose image from our library
We select from our library the cover image that we want and that's it. We will have our perfect reel ready to be published. Now in the reels section of our feed, this one that we have created will appear, with the cover image that we have uploaded.
