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Instagram stories look much more striking if you pay attention to the design beyond the photo.
Alicia Rivera
The Instagram stories They are a central axis of the social network. What started as an extra to complement the photos and videos of the profile is now the epicentre of the content. They are dynamic, entertaining and we can spend hours stringing together these brief – but abundant – creations of our contacts.
Although its raison d'être is precisely immediacy and naturalness, Instagram is still the most visual social network, where creativity takes the lead. That's why more and more people prefer to give an original and striking aesthetic to their stories. Not in vain, they even have the react and like function.
Links, videos with music, photo montages, GIFs, stickers and other animations are growing in popularity, turning stories from entertainment into a work of art. And fortunately, you don't need to be an expert in graphic design to achieve this. There are several free and very easy-to-use applications with which you can create stories to surprise your followers without too much effort.
Canva
Canva is a web-based design tool and smartphone app that is very easy to use, intuitive and visual. It contains a huge number of templates to create different formats, from presentations to posters, CVs and event invitations.
And of course, there's also a section dedicated to Instagram stories. A wide catalogue of designs to choose from, in which you can personalise each element to your liking. Move decorations, insert your own photographs, change fonts and alter colours. Most templates are free, although some options are for the premium version.
This mobile app is especially geared towards creating stories, although it is also excellent for editing videos. It offers a succulent variety of templates with different themes to choose from, whether for personal or business use.
Everything can be customized by changing colors, adding animations, replacing backgrounds, or altering the text format. It also has very interesting filters. It also includes a complete video editor, very useful for expanding the usefulness of Instagram reels to TikTok.
Mojo
An excellent ally for both stories and videos. Its main strength is the creation of animated videos with endless customizable details.
It features animated templates, text styles, music bank and stickers. It is very easy to use and in just a few clicks you can create professional looking content.
Unfold
The main function of this app is editing photos and videos for social media. It offers many templates to create collages for stories, reels, Instagram posts or TikTok videos.
It is very complete and intuitive. It has options for mosaics, photo frames, filters, text fonts and very complete editing options.
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