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The masks and filters of Instagram Stories are very good, but there are more things to improve in this social network. Or what to innovate And proof of this is the new function that we have just discovered, and that will solve some of the usual problems when drawing in a story: create arrows It's simple . And so simple that it is curious that no one has thought of it before. But be that as it may, it is what is about to arrive on Instagram.
At least that's how it has been shared on Twitter by those who have already been able to taste this function. A feature that is reaching users around the world, but gradually. So make sure you go through the Google Play Store and App Store to keep the Instagram app updated to its latest version. Hopefully, their deployment will be a matter of days and not weeks, although it is not something we can say with certainty given the company's modus operandi.
Arrows easier than ever
Drawing arrows on a digital screen is easy with a stylus. Or when one is learned in this drawing. But if you have fingers as fat as sausages, or are not very good at drawing and drawing, the chances are that the only thing you will achieve is creating a bad doodle. And that you have to repeat the action constantly until you get something similar. Well, Instagram wants to make it easy for you with this tool
It is one more option within the drawing with lines of Instagram Stories. Thanks to him you just have to draw a line as usual The difference is that, when you lift your finger from the screen, the last end will be crowned with two more strokes on its sides to draw this arrow. It's that easy and fast that you can point to specific points in the photo or video without having to be an ace at drawing on the screen.
New Instagram Stories feature: arrow tool.
This is grrrreat. The number of times my sausage thumbs have attempted a misshapen arrow is laughable. pic.twitter.com/cTmFZRlvzD
- Jack Appleby ☕️ (@jappleby) March 1, 2020
No It doesn't matter if it's straight, curved or whatever color is needed You can even choose the thickness of this stroke. As with the rest of the Instagram Stories drawing tools.The difference is that, automatically, and in the direction of the stroke, the head of this arrow appears without us having to do anything else.
How to use the arrow tool
Just enter Instagram Stories by clicking on the camera icon in the upper left corner of Instagram. Once here we take a photo or a video as the basis of our story. And now yes, the drawing begins.
To do this we choose the icon at the top in the form of a stroke. The one that keeps the tools like the pencil, the marker effect or that wand effect with a different touch. Well, among all of them now there is also the icon of an arrow We just have to select it to start drawing these elements on the screen.
Of course, you should first choose the color of the stroke, for which we continue to have the carousel of tones at the bottom. Remember that, if you are not convinced by any of these colors, you can make a long press to choose a more personalized one. And the same happens with the width of the stroke To choose a thinner or thicker stroke, you just have to slide the control of the vertical bar that appears on the left of the screen. screen. Higher up it will be thicker, and lower down thinner. And now, let's get to work.
You can slide your finger across the screen at will. Of course, the idea is to create arrows that point to a specific point. But you don't have to detail a straight line. It can be curved. And that's it, when you lift your finger off the screen and leave the trace where you wanted to point, Instagram does the rest. And create the arrow head smoothly
