There's nothing like sharing your own jokes and content on Instagram Stories. And it is that it is the way to create community and make sure that your followers come back for more. Also, it is the most creative way to develop your personality. Of course, Instagram has its own limitations. But also his tricks. If you want to share your own GIFs on Instagram Stories, the ones you use the most or the ones you create yourself, just follow these steps.
The first thing is to make sure you have the latest version of Instagram for the Android platform, where these functions are fully operational.Head over to the Google Play Store to check for any pending updates, or to download them if they are available.
Another important point here is to download the Google keyboard. And it is that it is the trick up our sleeve that we keep to be able to take advantage of our favorite GIFs. It is a free application in the Google Play Store with a special function: create our own GIFs. And not only that, it's also a keyboard with which you can search for famous GIFs on the Internet that are often used and that don't always appear in the Instagram Stories search engine. Follow the steps once you download this keyboard to set it up and use it by default At least for this trick.
With all this ready, all that remains is to create a story as usual. Record a video, boomerang, or take a simple photo through Instagram StoriesWhen it's time to edit this content, all that remains is to start developing our creativity through available GIFs or new ones. All this through the Google keyboard application. Of course, remember that you can also use GIFs from Instagram. You just have to slide your finger from bottom to top and click on the GIF icon, where you can search for any animated content to anchor to the story.
However, what we are looking for here is to create our own content. To do this we just have to click on the story as if we wanted to start writing something in it. This will bring up the Google keyboard. In it we must click on the smiling face or smiley to reach the emoticons. Then click on the GIF tab.
Recently, the Google keyboard allows you to create your own GIFs.That is, use the mobile camera to record our own GIFs and apply different predetermined effects to them. Click on create new GIF and record a short video of a few seconds. We can do it by selecting special filters such as slamming the door, question marks that appear on the screen to give a feeling of disbelief or doubt, the effects of a breaking newscast, etc. Once the content is created to our liking, it is available in the GIF menu of the Google keyboard, to send it as many times as we want. Or to embed it directly into an Instagram story. Something totally personal and unique.
Another option offered by the Google keyboard along with Instagram Stories is the GIF search engine. Once inside the GIF tab we see that at the top there is a bar where to writeIt is a search engine that helps us find GIFs according to the word we write. You just have to use it like the Google search engine to bring up a carousel of related animations. Use your finger to move around and select the one you want.
Both the GIFs created by ourselves and those searched through the Google keyboard are added to Instagram Stories as one more sticker. In other words, we can move it around the content, make it larger or smaller with the pinch gesture, rotate it with two fingers, etc. When published, the action is reflected in the story to enjoy all the animation as if they were Instagram's own GIFs.
