Instagram, under Meta's umbrella, introduces a fresh feature enabling users to craft personalized "Add Yours" templates, integrating GIFs, images, and text. This novelty allows the creation of meme-worthy Stories, inviting followers' participation. TechCrunch confirms the global rollout of this feature.
To craft an 'Add Yours' template, start by uploading a Story, incorporating GIFs, customized text, or gallery images. Then, utilize the “Add Yours Templates” sticker, selecting the elements to pin down. While users can't alter your selections, they have the liberty to contribute.
This enhancement empowers individuals to tailor Add Yours prompts, fostering expansive creativity and collaborative engagement.
Concurrently, Instagram debuts "backdrop," an AI-powered media editing tool. Initially for US users, it facilitates background editing in images for Stories. Meta's generative AI lead, Ahmad Al-Dahle, shared the tool's capabilities, allowing users to reimagine backgrounds with prompts like 'chased by dinosaurs' or 'surrounded by puppies' to craft unique Story images.
Key Points:
1. Instagram, under Meta ownership, has introduced a new feature enabling users to craft personalized "Add Yours" templates comprising GIFs, images, and text, allowing for the creation of engaging and shareable Stories. This feature's global rollout has been confirmed by reports from TechCrunch.
2. Creating an 'Add Yours' template involves uploading a Story and incorporating elements like GIFs, custom text, or images from the gallery. Users then utilize the “Add Yours Templates” sticker to select and pin desired elements, permitting others to add to the template without altering the original selection.
3. This update empowers users to design unique and customizable 'Add Yours' prompts, fostering increased creativity and collaborative interactions among followers.
4. Alongside this release, Instagram has introduced an AI-powered media editing tool called "backdrop," initially accessible to US users. This tool allows for background editing in images through prompts like 'chased by dinosaurs' or 'surrounded by puppies,' offering the ability to transform Stories with a few taps.
5. Ahmad Al-Dahle, Meta’s lead for generative AI, shared details about the backdrop tool on Threads, highlighting its capacity to reimagine image backgrounds, facilitating the creation of entirely new visuals for Stories by leveraging prompts.
(With Agency Inputs)
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