Instagram stories has been slowly catching up and has officially beaten the Snapchat user number so needless to say you need to start paying close attention to your Insta-stories! So we sat together & compiled/created some fun ways of spicing up your Insta-story so you can stand out of the crowd.
Here we go:
1.ADDING A COLOR FOG:
This subtle effect is one of our personal favourites! Though this effect is only possible on an iPhone & also the image cannot be posted onto stories directly. You'll have to take a screenshot of the screen with the fog effect, crop the image (to remove the header and footer) & then upload the image-we know it's tedious but it's worth the effort!
The steps to get this effect:
1.Add an image on your story screen
2.Select an emoji of the color you want your fog to be of
3.Keep expanding the emoji to a size till it starts fogging out
4.Move it around to place it exactly where you want it
#ELDTip: To experiment you can even try mixing two colours to create a unique fog colour.
2.ADDING DOUBLE TEXTS:
The steps to get this effect:
1. Add your text in a solid color
2. Create another text block with the same text & in the same size in another color
3. Get the texts to be perfectly placed on each other
#ELDTip: Use this with pop colors for the effect to look eye-catching!
3.ADDING MICROSCOPIC EMOJIS:
So there are no steps to this one. It's very contextual & subjective to your image but it's a really fun technique to get people to spend more time on your story.
You can use this to play fun games such as : spot the difference, I spy, etc.
4.ADDING TEXT BLOCKS:
We're always trying to find crisp ways of adding text on our insta-story and we found this trick to be super helpful!
Create text blocks in this way:
1.Pick an emoji with clean lines such as the unicorn float, flamingo float, watermelon, etc.
2.Enlarge the emoji to a size till you can only see the block shape.
3.Change the orientation of it the way you want it placed.
#ELDTip: The circle & square emojis from the regular emoji bank can also be used one on top of the other to create a unique text block.
We hope you found these tricks useful!Share your thoughts & questions with us in the comments below !