If you’re the type of person that prefers to take photos with your iPhone camera, then it’s time to step up your Instagram content with Live Photos.
Live Photos add motions both before and after you take a picture and packages it together in a 3-second shot. Think of them as sort of a mixture between a GIF and a short video. Since Instagram has yet to add direct functionality for Live Photos, you’ll have to turn them into Boomerangs before you can upload them to Instagram.
Uploading Live Photos to Instagram Stories
- Launch the Instagram app and tap on the camera icon in the upper left corner to create a new story.
- Swipe up to reveal eligible photos from your camera roll. (Note: Live Photos have to be shot within the last 24 hours in order to be used)
- Select the Live Photo you want to upload to your story.
- Once your picture is selected, 3D Touch on the screen by pressing firmly with a finger. This will create your Boomerang.
From there, you can post Boomerang to your story, share it to separate followers or save it to your camera roll for later use. Before you upload it to your story, don’t forget that you can edit it and add filters just like any other photo.
Want to share this type of content to users without Live Photo capability?
The way these kinds of apps work is by allowing you to export your video as either a GIF or as an actual video. In this case, you’ll want to export it as a video.
