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TikTok photo carousel: size, the 4-photo minimum, and how to make one
TikTok photo mode takes 4 to 35 photos at 1080 × 1920 (9:16). The minimum is the part that catches people out: a three-image swipe simply won't post as a photo carousel.
Photo posts on TikTok are full-screen vertical images that viewers swipe through sideways, which makes them a natural home for a seamless design — one wide picture cut into 9:16 slices reveals itself as people swipe. Framescrll builds exactly that, and flags the TikTok limits before you export rather than after a rejected upload.
- Set the frame to 9:16 and at least 4 slides In the Canvas strip choose Story / Reels / TikTok — 9:16 as the frame size and a slide count of 4 or more (up to 35). The export screen shows a platform strip for your current settings; with three slides it reads TikTok: needs at least 4, and with 4:5 slides it says wrong shape.
- Design across the strip Add photos from the Photos tab. A panorama or wide landscape can be selected and stretched over every slide with Fit across; several overlapping shots can be joined first with Stitch photos into a panorama. Layer headlines from the Text tab and stickers or backgrounds from Decorate. Keep text inside a slide — the editor badges anything that straddles a cut.
- Export and post in photo mode Export → Download all cards (.ZIP), or on a phone Share all slides as images, which hands the slides to the share sheet in order. In TikTok, start a new upload, select the photos together, and post them as a photo post (not a video) so they swipe. Pick them in order, slide 1 first.
Prefer a video? Export the same design as a panning MP4
The same canvas can go out as a video instead: Export as video → Pan across at Reels / TikTok — 9:16 renders a 1080 × 1920 MP4 that glides along the whole strip as one continuous image, with a Loop seamlessly option. You choose a pace — slow, steady or brisk — and the length follows from how far the camera has to travel, so a long carousel doesn't fly past. It's rendered and encoded on your device.
TikTok photo carousel size at a glance
| What | Value |
|---|---|
| Photo size | 1080 × 1920 px (9:16) |
| Minimum photos | 4 |
| Maximum photos | 35 |
| Seamless strip, 4 slides | 4320 × 1920 px |
| Seamless strip, 6 slides | 6480 × 1920 px |
Instagram, Threads and the other platforms have different counts and shapes — the carousel size guide lists them all.