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Troubleshooting
Fixes for common slideshow and carousel problems: blurry uploads, cropped slides, wrong aspect ratios, missing music and posts that show as video.
Start hereTikTok slideshow problems: a symptom-to-cause table with fixesLook up your symptom in the table below. Each row separates a documented cause (an official page states it) from things worth checking (reasonable, but no source confirms them) and links to the page that walks through the fix. Sources are dated November 2026.Fixes
- Instagram carousel cropped or cut off: why it happens and how to fix itInstagram crops unsupported ratios and applies one orientation to a carousel. See which crop you have, test whether slide one sets the ratio, fix a mixed set.
- Text cut off on slideshow slides: why it happens and a margin planText cut off on a TikTok or Instagram slide? Tell a cut file from a crop or an overlay, see what TikTok and Meta document for ads, and use a margin plan.
- TikTok slideshow blurry? Fix it in this order, from export to uploadWork through the checks in order: exported file, source images, file type and size, ratios, upload route. Includes TikTok's 1080p and 20 MB API limits.
- TikTok slideshow photos cropped or zoomed in: causes and fixesTikTok advises one ratio for all photos but documents little about crops. Tell documented causes from checks, pre-crop a mixed set and run a probe post.