How to make an HDR Reel
Instagram is video-first and phones are HDR, so an HDR Reel stands out brighter than the SDR clips around it. Here's how to convert your clip before you post.
Free to try with a watermark.
This display isn't HDR — content shows at standard (SDR) brightness
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Convert your clip to HDR
Drop your video into MakeHDR in Chrome, Edge or Android and download the HDR version.
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Post it to Instagram
Upload the HDR clip as a Reel at full quality — don't screenshot or re-export it first.
- 3
See it glow
On HDR phones your Reel renders brighter highlights than the SDR clips around it. Other screens see normal video.
No AI and nothing uploaded: the HDR is computed on your device, from your own pixels.