Chapter 15
Making Your Story More Fun
IN THIS CHAPTER
Designing graphics for your stories
Typing text, adding user tags, and drawing on stories
Adding stickers, hashtags, links, and face filters
Using Boomerang, Layout, SuperZoom, Hands-Free video, and Reels
In Chapter 14, we showed you how to create and share a basic Instagram story. However, there is so much more you can add to your stories to make them come alive and get seen by more people!
Instagram Stories has rolled out a number of additions to enhance the stories you create. In this chapter, we discuss how to create your own graphics; add text, username tags, stickers, hashtags, geolocation tags, and website links; use face filters, Boomerang, Layout, and SuperZoom; and shoot a Hands-Free video.
In addition, you’ll find out how to use Reels, including how to prepare for, promote, save, and repurpose your broadcast.
Creating Graphics for Stories
If you enjoy posting graphics versus photos, you’ll be happy to hear that you can use graphics in Instagram Stories. Create your graphic in Illustrator or Photoshop, making sure ...
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