A hiker on a ridge above a sea of clouds at sunset

The Instagram carousel maker for photographers

Lay out a whole carousel on one canvas. Every swipe lines up to the pixel.

How it works

Design the whole carousel at once.

Most apps make you build a carousel one slide at a time. Ply gives you one continuous canvas, so a layout can flow across every swipe.

A hiker walking a forest trail in low sunlight

A hiker walking past a tent as the sun sets

A hand holding a camp mug beside a campfire and a lake

A hiker silhouetted on a rocky summit at sunset

A hiking boot kicking up dust in golden light

A hiker standing outside a tent door facing the mountains

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01Lay it out
Full-bleed shots, framed insets, stacked pairs. Put photos anywhere, even right across a cut.
02See every cut
Dashed guides and slide numbers show exactly where one slide ends and the next begins.
03Export in order
Check the slides, then save them to Photos in posting order at 1080 × 1440.

In the feed

Posted, every swipe picks up where the last left off.

Slides are cut at the exact pixel, so a photo that crosses a cut lines up perfectly as people swipe.

Review every slide before anything is saved
Save to Photos in posting order, or share straight out
Or export the whole canvas as one image to get feedback

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The tools

Made for layouts, tuned for thumbs.

Every tool was shaped by real use on a phone. Here's how laying out a carousel in Ply actually feels.

Tap first, then move

Pinch zooms and drag pans the canvas. Tap a photo to select it, and only the selected photo moves, so you never nudge the wrong thing.

Handles that click into place

Rotate from the top-left corner in 7.5° steps with a haptic tick, and double-tap to straighten. Resize from the bottom-right in steps, so photos match heights.

Grid and smart guides

Turn on the grid and edges and centers snap to it. With it off, guides appear as photos line up with each other and with slide edges.

Crop, Confine, Fit and Fill

Crop a photo by dragging its edges, or Confine it to trim at the slide edge instead of running into the next. Fit and Fill size it to the slide in one tap.