How to animate your photos to succeed in Instagram Stories

Social networks have become a very demanding place. Sometimes we have no idea how to impress with our photos or Stories. This time we would like to help you with a free application that allows us to animate photos. What is an animated photograph? A photo to which motion is added, resulting in a video or GIF file. The result will be a moving image that we can export from the application. Everything we do here will not only be compatible with Instagram Stories, it can be shared anywhere else.

These moving images can be uploaded to Instagram Stories and even to publications, although due to their characteristics they are much better for the first option. The application is called Scribbl and it has been created by a member of the well-known XDA forum. In this little video you have an example of how to use the application to do magnificent things. When we enter it we see a wall with creations by other users that can be great if we are short of ideas at that moment. The community is doing amazing things with this app.

Scribbl, a good application to animate images

Scribbl allows you to create animations from still images, with all kinds of lines and animations. You can choose which animation you are going to use and give very funny effects to your photos from a great variety of options.One of Scribbl's strengths is that we can see the final result, if it doesn't convince us too much it's very easy to change. Videos can be exported in high definition. It's free ( although some features require you to upgrade to the Pro version).

How does Scribbl work?

Using this application is very simple, here are the steps to follow:

• We install the application from the Google Play Store.
• We open it and click on the More button that we find in the lower right corner.
• We select the photo we want to edit from the Gallery.

Once in this part, click on the color palette that we find at the top right.A menu will open where we can choose the type of animation and the type of line. There are a lot of animations like Blink (blinks), Beat (expands), Fill (fills from one side to the other), To and fro (fills and returns to its main state), Trail (runs the path) and wiggle (like an electric current). There are also some extras that require payment for the Pro version.

When we are clear about which line we want to use, we just need to select the animation, the style between glow (smooth), glow (with shadow) or dotted (of points); and the delay (the time it takes to process the animation). It is also possible to change the size and color and even choose if the animation is carried out only once or several. The possibilities are enormous and at first you will need a while to go through all the options.

In what format is the animated photo exported?

Once we have created the animation (based on layers and a little patience), we can preview the result from the application itself . If we like it, it is possible to export it and otherwise we can choose to fix it until we find the creation that we have been looking for for a long time. Once the image is finished, we can export the project in an MP4 file in HD or Full HD. If we want to remove the watermark from the application, it will be necessary to pay for the Pro version.

The results obtained are very good and with a little patience we can do fun things like putting on some blinking glasses, a line of an arrow pointing somewhere on our face or the like. The possibilities are limitless and the results are perfect to share in our Instagram Stories. Here are some tricks to make good Stories in addition to the above.We hope you enjoy this app.