You can also swipe across the bottom of the screen to take a Boomerang video, a Superzoom video, or another type of video. Tap on the small square icon with a preview of your latest photo to select a photo or video from your camera roll.
Select a font style from 5 different font styles: Modern, Neon, Typewriter, Strong, and Classic. Choose a text color by tapping one of the color bubbles at the bottom of the text editing menu. You can also tap and hold a color bubble to pull up custom colors. Tap a spot on the photo and type your text once you’ve selected a font and color. You can open your keyboard and add text to your photo before posting it to your story. Adjust the settings for your text by toggling font size, alignment, and the color of text boxes with different features in the text editing menu. Tap Done to save any edits you make to the text and will add the text to your photo.
Select a stylist design to adjust how drawn lines appear on your story post. Pick a design to change how the Pen tool draws or writes on your story post. Styles include: Highlighter, Pen, Neon, Eraser, and Chalk. Choose a color for writing or drawing on your story by tapping one of the colored circles displayed along the bottom of the Pen tool menu. Tap Done to save any edits you make in the Pen tool and will add the designs you drew to your photo.
You can select a variety of stickers to your story, including location tags and poll questions. Some stickers, like polls, are customizable. Simply tap on the text in the poll to change it. You can customize other stickers too such as: You can also adjust the size and location of these stickers on your post the same way you can adjust text. To add a poll, select the Poll sticker, enter your question in the ask a question field, and edit the text in the YES|NO fields. Like text, you can also adjust the size and location of the Poll sticker.
If you want to send a picture or video instead, tap the camera button instead and take a photo or video.
To upload a new photo, tap Photo then tap the shutter icon at the bottom of the menu. To upload a new video, tap Video then press and hold the shutter icon at the bottom of the menu. . To upload a photo or video from your phone’s library, tap Library (iPhone) or Gallery (Android) and select the photo or video you want to post to your story.
