In the course of 2020, Instagram launched a new function within the platform. This function would be called ‘Reels’, which allow you to upload 15 seconds of videos to your stories with one or more cuts, which is incredible for the interaction with your followers.
How to Add Animated Gifs in Instagram Video Reels for More Interaction?
The Reels offer us the option of being able to add animated Gifs so that we can customize them and have more fun in the process. If you want to discover how to add animated Gifs to your Instagram Reels, keep reading, because in today’s article we will teach you how to do it.
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- Where to find the Gifs that you can add to your Instagram Reels videos?
- How to add many Gifs of different themes in your Instagram Reels?
- What can you do to add a Gif created by you in your Reels videos?
- How to add texts or Stickers in your Instagram Reels videos?
- From iPhone
- With an Android mobile
Where to find the Gifs that you can add to your Instagram Reels videos?
The use of Gifs within our social media content today is very important , as it has been shown that the vast majority of people react positively to them.
So if you want to have more visits and visibility on Instagram, then you should use Gifs to add a more personal and warm touch to your Instagram Reels . If you are new to Instagram or just not used to uploading stories, finding the Gifs on Instagram might be a bit difficult for you.
But don’t worry, finding them is not a complicated process at all, you just have to follow these simple steps within the Instagram application and you will get it:
- Record your video as if you were creating a story.
- When you’re editing, select the square smiley faceat the top of the screen.
- This is the Stickers section, but in there you can find the Gifs option.
How to add many Gifs of different themes in your Instagram Reels?
When you have obtained the Gifs section in the Stickers part , you will be able to select as many as you want to your video, you only have to write in the search engine the theme of the Gif that you want to add to the story. When you do this, Instagram will start searching its database for all the Gifs that match your search.
You will be able to choose between hundreds of Gifs to add to your story, you only have to touch on your favorite and it will be added automatically, and you will only have to adjust the size of it to your preference.
What can you do to add a Gif created by you in your Reels videos?
If you want to add your own Gifs to your Instagram Reels, then you will have to make your Gifs with photos or videos through external applications. In this case , we recommend using Giphy, since as it is an acquisition of Facebook, the process to be able to use your Gifs will be much easier and less time consuming.
It is necessary that you have a Giphy account and that you have verified it before because otherwise you will be able to create your Gifs, but they will not be able to be used within Instagram.
After you already have a verified account in Giphy you must go to the ‘GIF MAKER ‘ option in which you can upload your short videos to convert them into Gifs. There you can also give them a unique style and it is also very important that you add tags so you can find them on Instagram.
Once you have created your Gif and added keyword tags to it, all you have to do is go to Instagram and search for it in the Gifs section using the keywords you added in the tags.
How to add texts or Stickers in your Instagram Reels videos?
When we make a video for Instagram Reels , we can not only add Gifs, but we can also add texts and Stickers so that we can make our message clearer. This in combination with the Gifs could boost your Reels quite a bit.
From iPhone
In order to add texts or Stickers to your Instagram Reels, you must go to the Reels section of the application and select the camera icon that is located in the upper right corner of the screen. Then proceed to record your video in several parts or in one shot and select the ‘Preview’ button located to the right of the record button.
Then to add text select the letters ‘Aa’ that are located in the upper right corner of the screen and to add Stickers select the smiley face icon located at the top of the screen.
With an Android mobile
If you have an Android device and want to use texts and Stickers in your Reels in order to better engage your audience, then follow these simple steps:
- Go to the Instagram app in the ‘Reels’ section where you can edit the coverand select the camera in the top right corner to record a new video
- Choose the length of your video, you can choose between 15, 30 or 60 seconds long
- Record your video take. You can start and stop each take in the record button that is in the center of the screen
- Once you have your ‘Reel’ recorded you can add text and stickersto it with the options found at the top of the screen.
