5 tricks to publish your Instagram Stories
Table of contents:
- How to quickly access Instagram Stories
- How to share a photo or video from the gallery to your Instagram Stories
- How to find and place stickers in Instagram Stories
- How to search for GIFs in Instagram Stories
- How to activate Stories masks on Instagram
In the hypothetical and improbable case that you have been locked up in a cave for the last 5 years, this Instagram Stories thing should sound Chinese to you. But don't worry, we'll explain very simply what it is. Instagram Stories are small videos that are only published on the social network for 24 hours and that we can decorate with a lot of accessories such as stickers, texts, gifs, survey questions... You open the first story of a contact on Instagram and the following ones go on and on, as if it were a reality show in which the protagonists are your friends and the celebrities you follow on the social network.
Do you want to delve into the wonderful world of Instagram Stories but you're a little lost? Don't worry because we are going to tell you 5 tricks so that you become the number 1 of your contacts and become an expert.
How to quickly access Instagram Stories
There are two ways to make your Instagram Story. The most common is to press the camera icon that we can see on the main Instagram screen, in the upper left. And the one that many people don't know, which is sliding your finger from the left side of the image to the right In this way it will unfold like a curtain and the interface that we all know to start making our Stories on a regular basis. Isn't it simple?
How to share a photo or video from the gallery to your Instagram Stories
It could be that you want to share a video or a photo that you already have on your phone and you don't quite know how to do it. Well, it's very simple. You just have to open the gallery and find the file in question. We open it and click on share, as we do with any other photograph when we want to send it to WhatsApp, for example. In the list of applications that appear, we must find an Instagram icon in which we read 'Stories' Do not share it in 'News' because it will appear on the normal wall from Instagram.
How to find and place stickers in Instagram Stories
We have made our story and now we want to decorate it with stickers.It's very simple, when you take the photo or video you have to click on the icon in the shape of an emoji-sticker. A screen will be displayed that, if we go down, the different stickers that we have at our disposal will appear. Instagram is renewing them little by little so stay tuned for news. We can put the stickers where we want, rotate them and change their size. If you want to delete the sticker you've placed on it, move it to the bottom, until the icon of a trash can appears.
How to search for GIFs in Instagram Stories
And now we move from stickers to GIFS. Click on the emoticon again and, on the screen that appears, click on 'GIF'. Now, we put the search term that we want, for example 'love'. We can place the GIF wherever we want, increase and decrease it... And we can add as many as we want.If we want to delete it, we drag it to the bottom of the screen until the trash can icon appears.
How to activate Stories masks on Instagram
Do you want to know how to put on those funny dog ears that you see in the Stories? Well, it's very simple. When you enter the Stories screen, activate the front camera with the arrow icon and then keep your face pressed for a few seconds until a bar is displayed at the bottom of the screen. You can also choose the mask by pressing the emoticon with diamonds Choose the desired filter and that's it. You can also use skins with the main camera.
