Author: Baptiste Brassart

Instagram guide: How to repost photos from other users

In this third episode of our complete guide to Instagram, we explain how to repost, or ‘regram’, Instagram photos and videos from other users, while obviously respecting their copyrights.

PhotoRepost is a well-designed application that lets you “repost” your friends’ Instagram snapshots and videos. This reposting system, in addition to offering a real alternative to the simple “Like”, has two significant advantages: conservation of the original image quality, as well as respecting and developing the media offered by the original author.

Before PhotoRepost, Instagram users had to take a screenshot on their phone before reposting an image. Then, they’d have to somehow try to crop the image properly. Of course, it was normally pretty obvious that the photo had been taken from somewhere else.

Here, I give you a step-by-step guide for using PhotoRepost to repost an Instagram image or video in a matter of seconds.

1 – Install PhotoRepost

Install Photo Repost

PhotoRepost is available on both Android and iOS, the only two platforms currently offering the latest version of Instagram.

Windows Phone owners will probably know that a beta version of Instagram is currently available, but PhotoRepost doesn’t yet offer an app that’s compatible with Windows Phone 8. It’s likely that they’re waiting for a final version for WP8 before offering a service.

2 – Connect to your Instagram account

Once the app is installed, press “Login with Instagram” to give PhotoRepost access to your Instagram profile and photos. Enter your user name and password and press “Login”.

Log in to PhotoRepost with your Instagram details

3 – Select the photo or video you want to repost

Your Instagram feed will appear on your screen. From here, you’ll be able to see your stream, ‘like’ a photo or video, or view your list of followers.

Select the photo or video you want to repost

It’s also possible to search for users, as well as images or videos related to a hashtag, through the integrated PhotoRepost search engine.

Search for users or hashtags

Once you find the media you want to repost, press the “Repost” button at the bottom right of the photo.

Press the repost button

4 – Change the media before posting

If you use the free PhotoRepost app, editing options are limited. If you decide to spend a bit of cash for the Pro version, it’s possible to change watermark inscriptions and their location, as well as being able to delete the original user’s logo.

Then, you’ll have two options: “Direct Repost” or “Quote Repost”. This second option simply adds the commentary that accompanies the original picture to your post. In any case, the next step is the same: sending directly to Instagram. To do this, click on one of the two options mentioned above, then select “Open in Instagram.”

Change the image before posting

5 – Edit and publish the photo in Instagram

You can access Instagram directly from PhotoRepost. You can add a new filter to the photo before publication, but we advise you not to change the original image; the author of the photograph has probably already tried to optimize the photo using editing techniques and filters.

You can edit and then share the photo on Instagram

Then, you can share the photo. To publicize your post, you must stay on the “Subscribers” tab. You can then edit the message accompanying the media, add new hashtags or mention friends. Then click “Post” and the photo or video will appear in your, or another contact’s, stream.

And here’s the result!

Gone are the days of screenshots and approximate cropping. The free version of PhotoRepost lets you re-post Instagram content that you like, giving your thread of photos a makeover while respecting the original author.

Read our Complete guide to Instagram to get all the info you need to become an instagram pro!

Have you ever tried to repost a friend’s photo?

Winamp is dead: 5 things we miss already

Winamp media player is no more after AOL decided to close the company on December 20, 2013, saying goodbye to 15 years of good and loyal service to the public.

For the millions of people who used this player, whose glory days were in the 90s, it’s time for some meditation. Before finally drawing a line through Winamp, here are 5 things that only true fans of Winamp will understand.

The questionable skins

Personalizing the audio player with customizable skins was, on paper, an excellent idea, and the creativity of Winamp community members knew no bounds.

In the late 1990s, download sites even provided special sections dedicated to the NullSoft audio player. From football teams to race cars, landscapes to futuristic imagery, the choices were endless.

Here’s a small selection of “skins” from the past that you’ve probably already seen online.

Winamp for Windows

99% of Winamp skins looked…questionable

Psychedelic view modes

There’s no doubt that the “View” mode was the first thing that all Winamp fans proudly showed their friends and relatives, back in the days when animations moving in time to the music was kind of a big deal. 

Like all other Winamp users, there’s a good chance that you stayed glued to your screen at least once, trying to guess what the psychedelic sound waves would do next.

Winamp for Windows

Trippy…

The miniature player

Winamp was the mark of the MSN generation, who spent ages configuring eMule and Kazaa to settle down for hours in chat rooms, playing Minesweeper, and listening to their favorite radio station on Winamp. These people will always remember the Winamp “mini-player”, the tiny bar that controlled the majority of the music player’s options. We also remember that the “Minimize,” “Reduce,” and “Maximize” Winamp buttons were anything but clear.

Winamp for Windows

One wrong click and the mini-player wasn’t so mini

Featherweight player

Some faithful Winamp users unwisely decided to download the first versions of iTunes to try. They quickly discovered that iTunes cost patience as well as money. To download iTunes using a 56K connection, it took at least thirty minutes, time which, in those days, would be deducted from your 20-hour monthly package.

Many users can testify that opening iTunes for the first time was a shock in more ways than one. It was significantly slower than the very light Winamp, and iTunes quickly ended up in the trash. The most savvy Winamp users always maintained an aversion to iTunes. Now that Winamp’s on the way out, the most similar replacements would probably be AIMP or foobar2000.

The legendary jingle

“Winamp: it really whips the llama’s ass”. Sound familiar?!? This jingle was the catchphrase of a generation. How many of us have joyfully repeated the jingle, despite not being sure what it really meant! If you’re interested, the llama is the mascot of Winamp’s original developer, Nullsoft.

Despite the closure, all is not lost for fans of Winamp- you can still install the media player until 20 December. After this date, no updates will be released but users can keep Winamp as the default media player on their PC.

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Winamp?

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