How to Make Instagram Reels with Multiple Photos - More than 10 and Even 50 Photos

Want to share your travel pictures or family photos in Instagram Reel? Well, you can create Reels on Instagram with multiple photos directly on within the app. But when you add multiple photos to a reel on Instagram, the maximum number of photos is 10, then what to do if you want to make a reel with more than 10 photos? Keep reading to find the way.

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Part 1 How Many Photos Can You Use in a Reel?

Ever tried to make a Reel with a bunch of your favorite photos, only to wonder, "Wait… how many can I actually add?"

If you Google how many pics you can drop into a Reel, you’ll find conflicting answers. Some say Instagram supports up to 50 photos per Reel, within a maximum duration of 90 seconds, while others mention lower limits—such as 10 or 30 photos—due to constraints in the app’s "Select Multiple" feature.

What’s going on with these differences? Instagram hasn't officially confirmed an exact current limit, and it seems to vary—possibly being tested or changing over time. The general consensus from multiple sources: Instagram Reels likely allow between 10 and 50 photos, depending on your app version, timing, or whether you're including clips as well.

Part 2 How to Make Reels on Instagram with Multiple Photos

Before you get started, make sure the Instagram app is updated to the latest version. Then check the simple tutorial below to learn how to make Reels on Instagram in the following two ways:

1.1 Add Photos One by One to Make a Photos Reel on Instagram

Step 1

Go to the Reels screen and tap on the Gallery icon usually present at the bottom-left corner.

Make Reels with Photos on Instagram - Step 1

Step 2

Tap the drop-down menu at the top-left corner to add photos from a specific photo album on your device.

Make Reels with Photos on Instagram - Step 2

Step 3

On the next screen, you can adjust the time duration for each particular photo that should appear in the photo Reel. Once done, tap on the Add button to add it to your Reel.

Make Reels with Photos on Instagram - Step 3

Step 4

Once you have added all photos, you can later add text, music, and original audio to your Reels.

That's it. Your photo Reel is now ready for sharing on Instagram.

1.2 Add Multiple Photos Directly to Make a Photos Reel on Instagram

If you want to quickly select multiple photos for your Reels, just check the way below:

Step 1

Head to the Reels screen first and tap the Gallery icon.

Step 2

Tap the "Select Multiple" icon (two overlapping squares icon) from the top-right corner.

Make Reels with Multiple on Instagram

Step 3

Select the required photo or video in order from your Gallery. Here you should see the limit of photos of a reel video is 10, so here is no option to add more than 10 photos to a reel on Instargam, but you can check the alternative way to make a Instagram reel with more than 10 photos oe clips.

Step 4

After selecting all the photos, tap on Next to the editing screen. Here you will be able to adjust the time interval of the photos one by one. And then add a song, sticker, effects, and even your own voice to the Reel.

Part 3 How to Make a Reel with More Creative Freedom

Want more flexibility or flair? Or encounter the lower limits for 10 photos in your reel and want to make Instagram reels with more than 10 photos and clips? Then, FlexClip offers a great workaround for you, allowing you to control timing, effects, text layers, and quality and making your photo Reels look far more professional and engaging.

With FlexClip, you can effortlessly make your still picture moving and turn your photos into a video, and get numerous photos, videos, and music from its abundant library to help level up your Instagram reels. Besides, it has numerous video editing tools and stunning effects for you to add dynamic texts, animated elements, music, transitions, or make other edits.

Check the simple steps below to make Instagram reels with more than 10 and even 50 photos and videos for more flexibility using FlexClip:

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Step 1

Click the Get Started Now button to access the FlexClip video editing page, pick the proper ratio of 9:16 for the Reels video first. Then upload your photos from your pc, phone, or some third-party platforms, like Google Drive, Google Photos.

Make Reels with Photos with FlexClip - Step 1

Step 2

You can also add more photos or find some great visuals in the FlexClip Photo library, and click the "+" icon to add those footage to the Timeline as the scene. Or you can add some visuals to your Reels video as a layer to make collage effects or simply combine them into one video directly.

Make Reels with Photos with FlexClip - Step 2

Step 3

Now, you can edit the photo duration to make it in the length you want. Add transition effects between the photos to make it go smoothly, or use the animation and inside motion feature to add a cool animation to the still picture.

Make Reels with Photos with FlexClip - Step 3

Step 4

Make more edits and add more effects, like animated text, funny stickers, dynamic elements, cool filters, overlays, various shapes, etc. to your photo video to get more likes and comments on Reels.

Make Reels with Photos with FlexClip - Step 4

Once you're satisfied with your video, you can save it to your computer in 480p, 720p, 1080p HD and then upload the Reels video on Instagram from PC.

Bonus: Automatically Make a Reel with Multiple Photos with AI Recreate

Want a quicker and smarter way to make a Instagram Reel with multiple photos? The FlexClip's AI Recreate feature is ready to help!

The advanced feature helps create stunning reel video from multiple photos and video clips using pre-made template in a breeze! Just select a template for recreating, then upload your photos or clips, and the AI automatically arranges your footage within the template—keeping the original fonts and styles intact while generating custom on-screen text that perfectly matches your theme.

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Check the video tutorial below to learn how to use FlexClip's AI Recreate feature.

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