They’re short, fun, and to the point.
You can use them to advertise anything, share travel moments or make dinner plans through
a poll.
Instagram stories have taken the world by storm and even if you think you’re a pro,
there’s no limit to perfection.
Here comes your chance to up your Stories game!
11.
Make a collage without using external apps There are tons of apps that let you create
Stories collages, but if you want to save your phone memory and some time and get as
creative as can be, this tip is for you.
Start by making a solid background.
You can take a random picture, then tap and hold on it with the Pen tool so that the screen
becomes monochrome.
Or, you can choose a picture from your library that will serve as a background for your collage.
Then, open your Camera Roll, pick the picture you want to paste and simple copy it using
the little icon in the left bottom corner on iPhones.
Go back to Stories, and voila, the picture you just selected will pop up.
Now you can put it wherever you want it to be and resize it however you wish.
You can add as many pictures as you like, but this isn’t where the collage story ends.
Search the web for fun images or icons you want to add to your collage, save them to
you Camera Roll and add them just like you did with photos.
And, if you want to make a cool Polaroid frame, you can also find it online and add it.
Just make sure it’s a PNG file so that it looks transparent in your collage.
Save it, copy it, now add it.
This trick actually gives you infinite creative options!
10.
Add Pin stickers, emojis, and GIFs to your videos
Travel bloggers like to add this element of surprise to their Stories.
They show you a beautiful panorama of the city and bam! – a bird sticker comes out
of nowhere.
The trick to making elements appear at the right moment is simple: record a video or
add a saved one to your Stories.
Pick a sticker, emoji, or whatever element you want to add to it.
Tap and hold it until you see a slider bar at the bottom pop up.
Use it to scroll through your video till you find the right moment you want the surprise
to come out.
Then, tap “Pin”, and you’re done!
9.
Use portrait mode right in your Stories
If your smartphone doesn’t have a portrait mode, or you want to create that fancy-looking
blurred background right in your Stories for some reason, here’s what you can do.
The portrait mode in Stories is called Focus.
You can find it swiping through the different modes at the bottom of the screen.
Now focus on your subject, and the rest will be blurred in the best traditions of DSLR
cameras.
8.
Share videos from other sources Do you have a video you previously shared
to YouTube and want to add to your Stories?
Or maybe you’re dying to show everyone a piece of that new music video you loved?
If you have an iPhone, it’s easy as can be!
Enable “Screen Recording” in your phone’s Control Center, and you’ll be able to record
whatever’s playing on your phone.
And once you have the video in your Library, you can easily share it in Stories.
7.
Make your Emojis glow
It’s often the little things that matter most and change everything.
So why don’t you add some glow to your Emojis to make them stand out?
To do that, simply open the Text tool in your Stories and pick the Neon font.
And wow! – any Emoji you add will shine bright like a little diamond.
Another fun trick with Emojis you can try is using them as a gradient filter for your
Story.
Just pick one of the Emojis and zoom it in to the max and move it to the side using its
edge as a filter.
Experiment to find the perfect Emoji for this purpose.
6.
Play with the magic eraser
This trick is a good way to present even the least interesting picture in a mysterious
and fun way or maybe present some exciting news, but tease your audience a bit.
Take a photo in Stories or choose one from your Library, then open the Pen tool, pick
any color you like and tap and hold on the screen to fill it all with one color.
Now, pick the Eraser tool and draw whatever you want on your image.
5.
Make a pop-up card
You most definitely know how to add posts to your stories.
But, there’s a trick to make your shared posts look more fancy and advertise the whole
profile at the same time.
A blurred background will be an added bonus in this trick.
Open the profile you want to share a post from.
Pick the photo you like, tap and hold it.
Once everything else but the picture becomes blurred, make a screen shot and share it in
your Stories.
4.
Let everyone know about your new post in a fancy way
Instagram has interesting algorithms these days, and not every picture you post to your
feed shows up to everyone else.
So advertise it in your Stories, but do it the classy way!
Open your feed, pick the photo you like and press the Share button and choose Add to my
story.
Now zoom in to maximize the shot to fill the whole screen.
Pick from a variety of “Tap here” stickers and add an exciting caption so your followers
will be interested in your post.
3.
Hide your hashtags
Hashtags in Stories can look quite annoying but they make your picture searchable so you
might still want to add them.
So add up to 10 hashtags to your Story (that’s the maximum amount Instagram lets you use)
and then make them way smaller than they originally were.
Don’t go to extremes though, because this way Instagram won’t see them as working
hashtags.
Now, pick a good-looking GIF or sticker and simply put it over the hashtags!
They will still work but will be perfectly camouflaged and not annoy anyone.
2.
Add more than one question sticker to your Story
Question stickers sure add interactivity to the Instagram world.
People use them to ask for opinions, recommendations, and what not.
The only problem with them is that you are limited to one question sticker per story,
and so you sometimes have to share 10 stories in a row featuring just questions.
Luckily, there’s a solution for this Insta problem!
Create a Story with a question sticker and take a screenshot of it.
Discard the first story and open the screenshot you took.
Now, add the second sticker to the screenshot and keep going until you have asked as many
questions as you wanted.
Now your followers won’t have to scroll through endless question entries.
1.
Create rainbow or gradient captions I’m sure you know your fonts, colors, and
even text shadows.
But did you know how your favorite bloggers make their captions gradient or rainbow-bright?
To do that, open Stories, take a random picture or choose one from your library, type your
message, then tap on it and pick “Select All” to define what you’ll be working
with.
Now, in the color palette that pops up, press and hold on any color you like.
Keep one finger on the palette and one on the text you’re trying to decorate.
Now, slide with both fingers over the text and the palette to the left of the screen
simultaneously.
Can you see the magic happening?
You can try going faster or slower to add more or less color variations, and get a different
result every time you try it.
It takes practice but after a few attempts you’ll be a pro at this.
What’s your favorite Insta trick?
Maybe you have one to share with everyone?
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