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. Next, choose a color from the options at the bottom of the screen or tap theto choose a color from the image in your draft. Finally, press and hold anywhere on the screen for about two seconds to fill it with your solid selected color. Tap and scroll to find the. On iOS this is a circular preview of your most recent photo overlaid with what looks like two mountains in a frame, and on Android it’s two rectangles with a plus sign.
There’s a shortcut for iOS users too: Open your camera roll, copy the picture you want , and go back to your Story draft. Your copied photo will appear for a few seconds in the bottom left and you can add it to your Story from there. If you don’t see it, you’ll have to use theIf you want to put a translucent tint over a photo, follow all the steps above, but choose theinstead of the pen tip.
Instagram offers a number of backgrounds and templates inside its Create tool, though you are limited to what the app has in its library. To check it out, start a Story draft and make sure your camera is on, as if you were going to snap a shot for your Story. Next, tap theThis will bring up a multi-colored field with some circular icons along the bottom that you can swipe through. Most of them have a few preset backgrounds for you.