How to make an impact on Instagram

Instagram is your favorite social network and you now use it daily. However, you think you still have doubts about the use of some of its features: in particular, you have no idea how to achieve a particular effect that you have seen in the stories posted by a user.

How do you say? This is exactly how things are and, for this reason, you wonder how to make an impact on Instagram? If so, don’t worry – I’m here to help you and to provide you with all the information you need. In the next chapters, in fact, I will explain step by step how to create the most famous effects available directly in the well-known photographic social network.

So if, now, you can’t wait to find out more, I invite you to sit down comfortably and take just a few minutes of free time, so as to carefully read the procedures I am about to provide you. You will see that, following my instructions, you will easily and quickly succeed in the intent you have proposed. At this point, all I have to do is wish you a good read and a good time!

Index

• How do you make an effect on Instagram
  • How to make a boomerang effect on Instagram
  • How to make Instagram zoom effect
  • How to make a rainbow effect on Instagram
  • How to make a polaroid effect on Instagram
  • How to make a vintage effect on Instagram
  • How to do the mood effect on Instagram
  • How to make the sparkle effect on Instagram
  • How to make Instagram child effect

How do you make an effect on Instagram

If you wonder how to make an effect on Instagram, you must first know that the effects are available natively only in the stories, that is, in that section of the social network relating to the creation of multimedia and/or textual content lasting 24 hours. Furthermore, they can only be created via the Instagram mobile apps for Android (also available on alternative stores ) and iPhone.

Having clarified this, in the next chapters I will explain how to use some of the main effects of Instagram, showing you step by step how to apply them in your stories. In addition, I will provide you with some alternative solutions that will allow you to create particular effects also with regard to photos and videos designed to be published in other sections of Instagram, for example posts. Read on to learn more.

How to make a boomerang effect on Instagram

The boomerang effect is what allows you to repeat a sequence of a few seconds back and forth.

To do the boomerang effect on Instagram you must first start the photo social network app on your device. Then, press the (+) button and then the one called Story, to open the Instagram stories editor.

Now, through the side menu, select the infinity icon, to activate the Boomerang tool that allows you to create a short video in loop. Once this is done, press on the round button located in the center to create the story.

At this point, customize the story you have created, through the use of all the tools of the Instagram story editor (such as the possibility of adding GIFs or Hashtags ) and, when you are ready to publish the story, press on the Your Story button.

How to make Instagram zoom effect

The zoom effect on Instagram is a particular effect available in the stories of the photographic social network which, called Superzoom, allows you to create a short video with the super-magnification effect.

The first thing you need to do to use it is to launch the Instagram app, in order to create a new story via the (+) button. Now, in the side menu of the stories, select the Superzoom button (the icon of concentric circles ), then choose the type of Superzoom effect to create (for example hearts, flames or suspense ) and create the story by pressing the round button placed in the center.

Once this is done, all you have to do is customize the video made, using the other tools of the multimedia editor of Instagram stories. Finally, to publish the story, click on the Your Story button. For more information about it, I also suggest reading my in-depth guide.

How to make a rainbow effect on Instagram

The rainbow effect is an effect that, natively, can only be applied to stories and, more precisely, to textual content created through the editor of the well-known photographic social network.

To use it, start creating a new story and then press the Aa button, which allows you to add textual content. Then type the text of your interest and press the A icon located at the top, in order to open the color selector.

Now, select the text and move the two sliders, in correspondence with the part you want to color, then press on the red color, to apply it to the highlighted portion of text. Repeat, then, this operation, moving the cursors, to highlight the other parts of the text, so as to color each of it with the colors of the rainbow which are, in sequence, red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple.

At the end of the modification, press the Done button located in the upper right corner and, after applying any customizations for the story you want to create, publish it on Instagram, by pressing the Your Story button.

How to make a polaroid effect on Instagram

Have you seen stories on Instagram with the polaroid effect and would like to know how to apply it to your multimedia contents? If so, you need to know that it was made on Instagram through the use of user-created effects, which are available in the Effects Gallery.

To find the polaroid effect you like best, so as to make your stories look like old instant photos, start the Instagram stories editor and then scroll through the list of effects, until you tap on Browse the effects.

At this point, through the effects gallery, locate the polaroid effect by searching for this term in the search engine. After identifying the effect you are interested in, select it, then press the Try it button to try it out and, if you like the effect, save it by pressing its name and then the Save the effect button.

Once saved, the effect in question will be available in the Instagram camera effects list and you can apply it at any time in the stories you make.

In case you want to use third-party tools to create the polaroid effect, you can use some apps and/or online services (such as Canva for example ) so that you can apply this particular effect to all the photos you take and not. only to those that can be published in the stories of the well-known photographic social network.

How to make a vintage effect on Instagram

To make the vintage effect on Instagram you have to use, also in this case, one of the effects created by users, available in the Effects Gallery.

Then go to the Effects Gallery section as explained in the previous chapter and, in the search engine, type the term vintage, in order to try the more line effect with your tastes and possibly save it, using the Save effect button.

To create vintage effects on the photos you take, you can also use third-party apps, such as VHS Camcorder Lite for Android (also available on alternative stores ) and iOS / iPadOS. Therefore, I invite you to read this dedicated guide of mine, for more information about it.

How to do the mood effect on Instagram

In the Instagram Effects Gallery there are tons of mood effects that you can use to embellish the stories you create thanks to augmented reality. Among these, one of the most famous and used is the mood effect created by Diana_luchitskaya, but there are many others just as valid.

after starting the Instagram camera in the stories, go to the Effects Gallery and, using the magnifying glass icon, that is the search engine, type the term mood.

Then identify the effect you are interested in, to try it out and possibly save it, using the Save effect button. In this way, in fact, you can find it in the list of saved effects of the Instagram camera.

How to make the sparkle effect on Instagram

To make the ‘ sparkle effect on Instagram and have beautiful sparkles in your stories you must, once again, make use of the Gallery of effects of the social network, in order to identify the effect you want.

To start, then start the Instagram camera in the stories and scroll through the list of effects, until you find the Gallery of effects section. Then, press on it, to access it and then, in the search engine located in the upper right corner (the magnifying glass icon ), type terms such as brilliant or, in English, sparkle or shining.

Then scroll through the effects created by users that are shown to you, in order to find the one you like best. Among these, one of the most used is the one called Sparkles made by Instagram. To try it in the stories, via the Instagram camera, tap on it; to save it, instead, click on the Save effect button.

How to make Instagram child effect

To make the child effect on Instagram and, therefore, to rejuvenate yourself in the photos, you can use one of the effects created by users of the social network, in order to use it in the stories of the social network.

also in this case, start the Instagram camera to go to the Effects Gallery section which collects all the effects created by users. Once this is done, type the term baby in the search engine and find the effect you like best: one of the most used is the Baby effect created by Anyazhikh. Once you have tried it, you can save it in the Instagram camera effects list by hitting the Save effect button.

If, on the other hand, you want to rejuvenate the photos you post on Instagram in other sections of the social network, such as in the posts, to make the child effect you have to use third-party apps that rejuvenate the face: one of the most famous is definitely FaceApp, a free app for Android (also available on alternative stores ) or iOS / iPadOS. for more information about it, I suggest you read my guide dedicated to apps to rejuvenate.