1 00:00:04,559 --> 00:00:07,520 Speaker 1: Instagram Stories turns too. Here are some tips and tricks 2 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 1: to take your story posts to the next level. What's 3 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:13,360 Speaker 1: going on. I'm rich Demiro. This is rich on Tech. 4 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 1: If you can believe it. Instagram Stories has been around 5 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:20,240 Speaker 1: now for two years. The service celebrated its second birthday 6 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:23,320 Speaker 1: on August second. How appropriate. What started out is a 7 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 1: Snapchat copycat has turned into the way to share quick 8 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 1: little posts online. I love it. A lot of folks 9 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:32,880 Speaker 1: love using this, and it's because it's a lot of fun. 10 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 1: Instagram says there are more than four hundred million people 11 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 1: using the feature every day. To me, the popularity is threefold. 12 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:41,599 Speaker 1: First Off, when it came out, everyone was already on Instagram, 13 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 1: so it was super easy to start using it compared 14 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:46,199 Speaker 1: to signing up with a new account on Snapchat. And 15 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:48,159 Speaker 1: even if you didn't post, you can still check and 16 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: see what your friends were posting. Then of course you 17 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 1: eventually would use it. Second, Instagram lets you get super 18 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 1: creative with your posts. There are so many ways to 19 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 1: craft your posts. You can include text, videos, jiffs, music, 20 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 1: whatever you want. And Third, Instagram keeps adding new tools 21 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:04,560 Speaker 1: that you can continue to have fun with. They just 22 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:07,959 Speaker 1: added that new music feature the questions feature, or of course, 23 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,480 Speaker 1: the poll feature. Now, there is one new feature that 24 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 1: not everyone will appreciate, and this is just in the 25 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 1: Instagram app at large. It's called Activity Status. This basically 26 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:19,759 Speaker 1: tells your friends when you are actively using the app, 27 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:21,960 Speaker 1: or they can see the last time that you check 28 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,679 Speaker 1: the app. Now, some people might like this, others might not. 29 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:26,759 Speaker 1: The idea is that if you know when your friends 30 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 1: are online, you'll interact with them in more ways, like 31 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:31,679 Speaker 1: sending a message or a direct photo. But if you 32 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 1: don't want to do this, let me tell you how 33 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:36,399 Speaker 1: to turn it off. On iOS. You open Instagram, you 34 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:38,679 Speaker 1: go to your profile page by tapping the little person 35 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 1: icon in the lower right hand corner of your screen. Then, 36 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 1: once you're on your profile page, tap the gear icon 37 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: which is near the upper right of the screen. Next 38 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: year edit profile button. This will take you to the 39 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 1: options page. Scroll down to the section labeled Privacy and 40 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 1: Security and tap wort says activity status. You can toggle 41 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 1: the switch next to show activity status to turn it 42 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 1: on or off. Now, if you're on Android, the instructions 43 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 1: are slightly different. You open Instagram, then you go to 44 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: your profile page by tapping the little person icon in 45 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 1: the upper right hand corner of your screen. Once you're 46 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 1: on your profile page, tap the three little dots in 47 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 1: the upper right hand corner of your screen to take 48 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 1: you to the settings page. Scroll down to the section 49 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:17,919 Speaker 1: labeled Privacy and Security. Then tap where it says activity Status. 50 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: Toggle the switch next to show activity status. Now. When 51 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 1: this is lit up, that means it's on and it 52 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 1: will show all of your friends and anyone that you 53 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 1: message when you're online and the last time that you 54 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 1: check the app. You'll also see this information if your 55 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 1: friends have this feature turned on. Now, if you do 56 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 1: turn activity status off, your activity details will not be 57 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:40,800 Speaker 1: shared with your friends, but you also won't be able 58 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 1: to see their activity detail status. Get it, It's a 59 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 1: two way street. Instagram wants to make sure that you 60 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:48,640 Speaker 1: have the feature turn on so that you can access 61 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 1: the data from your friends, so keep that in mind 62 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 1: if you turn it off. Okay, now time for some 63 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:55,120 Speaker 1: tips and tricks to take your Instagram stories to the 64 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 1: next level. First off, if you're posting a picture over 65 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:00,920 Speaker 1: twenty four hours old, you'll notice that Instagram automatically includes 66 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 1: a date on the screen that you took the picture. 67 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 1: If you don't want that. All you have to do 68 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 1: is tap and drag it into the little trash can 69 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 1: that appears at the bottom of your screen. If you're 70 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 1: recording a video and you want to zoom in, well, 71 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: all you have to do is press and hold that 72 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 1: little recorder, then slide your finger up or down the screen. Yep, 73 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 1: zooms in or out. If you're using the hands free 74 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:20,920 Speaker 1: recording option, which I often do, all you have to 75 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 1: do is pinch on the screen to zoom in or out, 76 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 1: just like you would if you're looking at a photo 77 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 1: on iPhone or Android, to zoom in or out for 78 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:29,919 Speaker 1: a closer look. Now here's a fun tip. I call 79 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:33,680 Speaker 1: it the eraser effect. First, take a picture, then tap 80 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 1: the penn icon. Now, normally you would doodle or write 81 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 1: something on the screen, but instead of doing that, choose 82 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 1: a color first and then tap and hold the screen. 83 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 1: You'll notice the entire screen will fill up with that color. 84 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 1: But here's the fun part. Now, tap the eraser at 85 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 1: the top of the screen and you can create a 86 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 1: cool see through effect. Wherever you erase on your screen, 87 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 1: Basically where you're erasing the color, you'll start to see 88 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: your photo right through it. So think scratch off lottery ticket. 89 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 1: That's a really fun on. This next tip is similar, 90 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 1: but instead of filling your screen with a solid color, 91 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: you can fill it with a see through color. First, 92 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 1: take a photo, then tap the highlighter tool. Now choose 93 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 1: a color, then tap and hold like you did before, 94 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 1: and the color will fill the screen, but this time 95 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:16,160 Speaker 1: it'll be a sea through color. You'll still be able 96 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 1: to see your photo behind the color. Now, when it 97 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 1: comes to those stickers, you can have a lot of 98 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:21,920 Speaker 1: fun with those. But what you might not know is 99 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:25,159 Speaker 1: that you're not necessarily limited to just one design. So 100 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 1: after you drag a sticker onto your story, tap it 101 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 1: and most of the time you're going to see it 102 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 1: appear in a bunch of different styles, so you can 103 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 1: just cycle through those and stop it the one you want. 104 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 1: And finally, if you ever wondered how your friends get 105 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 1: a sticker to sort of stick to an object on screen, 106 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 1: you know, follow the action, Well, it's called pinning. You 107 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:44,680 Speaker 1: have to pin it. So first capture some movement, then 108 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 1: choose a sticker. Now tap and hold the sticker to 109 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:50,280 Speaker 1: bring up a special menu that lets you pin it. 110 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 1: You'll see a slider you slide to see the object 111 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: that you want to pin your sticker to just place 112 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:57,360 Speaker 1: it on top of that object, So drag it and 113 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: kind of leave it there. Then you can adjust the size. Finally, 114 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 1: tap where it says pin. Now, when your story video 115 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 1: starts moving again, you'll notice that the sticker will follow 116 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 1: the action. How cool is that. There you have it. 117 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: Now that you've got some new tricks to try out, 118 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:11,600 Speaker 1: I want to see them in action, tag me in 119 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:14,359 Speaker 1: your next creative Instagram story and I will share some 120 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:17,479 Speaker 1: of your posts on my stories to my followers. Just 121 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 1: find me on Instagram. I am at rich on Tech. 122 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for listening. If you want to see 123 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 1: a video of these tips, just go to my website. 124 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 1: It is Richontech dot tv. I'm Richdemiro. I'll talk to 125 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:29,479 Speaker 1: you real soon.