Our Favorite Insta Story Tricks

This is a long awaited blog post. I hope you enjoy it. Here are the 10 Insta Story tricks I always use:

1. Rainbow text
2. Same image with more text (looking like an animation)
3. Use any color you want
4. Change typewriter background color
5. Fill the screen with any color
6. Transparent background colour on top of photo or video
7. Fun tricks with the eraser
8. Pop-up trick
9. Insta Story covers
10. Flying Instagram heart emojis
11. The Hanging Letters
12. New Post Suspense
13. Big Box
14. Custom Background when resharing someone’s Story
15. The Tabs Trick
16. Letter Shadows
17. The Twirl
18. Collage

Let’s start.

Quick tip: Love Instagram? If you’re not using Preview app you’re totally missing out.

Trick 1. Rainbow text

Probably the most asked question. How to do the rainbow text / ombre text effect in Insta Story?

• Write text
• Select All text
• Hold your right thumb on the purple color
• Hold your left thumb on the text cursor
• Slide both fingers at the same time to the left
• Your letters will change colors

2. The same image with more text after you tap to the next Story

You know when you see an Insta Story and it is the same as the previous one? Except that there is more text or emojis on it? It looks like a cool animation.

This is how to do it:

• Make your Insta Story
• Press the save icon on the top of your screen (the first icon) to save it to your camera roll
• Add more text on your Story
• Save to your camera roll again

Once you have prepared your Stories, post them in order.

3. Use any color you want

You can change the color of your text , text background or even Insta Story background to any color you want.

For example, let’s say I want to change the font color of the text:

• Write something
• Bottom of the screen are the colors
• Hold your finger pressed on one color
• The color palette will appear
• Slide your finger on the palette to use any color

4. Change typewriter background color

There are new fonts on Insta Story. One of them is the typewriter font. You can add a background around the typewriter text. And you can also change the color of that background.

A lot of people wonder how we change the background color.

This is how:

• Write text
• Select typewriter font
• Add the background (the default color is yellow)
• Press a color on the bottom of the screen to change it
• Or hold your finger pressed on one color to choose from the full color palette
• White background: slide your finger all the way to the left of the palette

5. Create a background color

How to fill the Insta Story screen with one color? You can color block your Insta Story screen:

• Take a random photo
• Select the pen tool
• Choose a color at the bottom of your screen
• Hold your finger pressed on the screen to fill it with that color

Then you can write text on top of it.

6. Create a transparent background / overlay

You can do the same thing as above, but with the transparent pen. It is the second pen tool on top of your screen. The trick is to take a photo you like and add a transparent background on top. It gives a cool effect to your Insta Story.

• Take a photo
• Select the transparent pen tool
• Choose a color
• Hold your finger pressed on the screen

7. Fun tricks with the eraser

Now that you know these two Insta Story tricks with the background colors, you can have a fun with them. A cool thing to do is to use the eraser tool.

8. Pop-up

Another highly requested tutorial: how do we make a photo look like a pop-up card?

• Go in your feed (or the feed of someone else)
• Hold your finger pressed on a photo
• Take a screenshot

It takes a little bit of finger gymnastics to take the screenshot, but once you train a bit it’s very easy.

9. Insta Story covers

Many of you also ask us how we did our Insta Story covers. These Insta Stories under our bio are called Highlights. There are many different ways you can create covers for your Insta Story Highlight. You can use:

• Your computer
• Your Insta Stories (have fun with text, emojis or GIFs)
• Apps

We use an app called Canva . It is very easy and quick to use. It has a bunch of fonts and icons.

Here is our step-by-step tutorial .

10. Flying heart emojis

And the last Insta Story tricks a lot of you ask: where do we find the flying heart emojis? They are in the GIFs section

• Press on the first icon on top of your Insta Story
• Select GIF
• Type Instagram

You will see a lot of Instagram-related GIFs. Scroll to find the Instagram hearts.

11. Hanging Letters

This is a super fun Insta Story trick for everyday Insta Stories. Especially if you want to show something nice, or say Happy Weekend, or you just want to create a Title for your Instagram Story. A lot of people love using this trick too when they announce their new post on their feed.

Video tutorial:

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⭐️ Insta Story Trick ⭐️ Let’s call it: The Hanging Letters. Your turn! Tag us @preview.app if you try it, so we can see it and RESHARE it! Have fun! ⠀⠀ And have an awesome, relaxing weekend ⠀⠀ Alex & Andrew

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⭐️ Insta Story Trick ⭐️ Let’s call it: The Hanging Letters. Your turn! Tag us @preview.app if you try it, so we can see it and RESHARE it! Have fun! ⠀⠀ And have an awesome, relaxing weekend ⠀⠀ Alex & Andrew

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12. New Post Suspense

Try this when you share a post from your feed to your Instagram story. Hide a part of your post to increase the suspense.

Video tutorial:

Coming soon

13. Big Box

Create a big box in your Instagram Story. You can use this box to write text in it. This is a great trick if you want to add a caption to your Instagram Stories.

Video tutorial:

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Your turn! Tag us in your Insta Story if you try it! Use any colors and photo you want. . Here's the trick: . Use the 'Strong' font Write a random word or letters Make the box one color And make the letters the exact same color as the box . Now you have a box with no letters (well, the letters are 'hidden'). . What's next? . Make the box very big so it is the size of your screen. . You will see in the video that I used some extra little tricks to customize the Insta Story even more. Feel free to do the same, or you can skip these steps. . Your turn to do the Big Box! . Other idea for the Big Box: . Write your Insta Story captions/subtitles Write a title Write tips / recipes / steps Write day and/or time . Your turn! . @preview.app . . . . #ipreview #creativecommunity #instagramnews #instagramtips #creativity #calledtobecreative #contentcreators #thegramgang #mycreativecommunity #creativeminds #theinstagramlab #insta180 #communityovercompetition #lovelysquares #bloggercommunity

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14. Custom Background when resharing someone’s story

You can add your own photo or background to your Instagram Story when you reshare someone’s Story, when they tagged you in it. You need to use the Create option in your Instagram Story.

Video tutorial:

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You can upload ANY background you want from your camera roll when you re-share someone's Insta Story. Have you tried it? What do you think of this new feature: or ? . Here's how to use it: Use the 'Create' feature in your Insta Story Go to the '@' option Select an Insta Story Add any background you want . Quick Hack: Sometimes my camera roll option doesn't show up at the bottom of the screen. If that happens, press on the 'settings' button and get out of the settings again, and it will show up (you will see what I mean in the video). . Extra tip: . Create your own Insta Story backgrounds and save them in your camera roll in a special album just for Insta Story background (for example, you can call the album 'Story' or 'Insta Story'). . If you're looking for beautiful backgrounds, check out @byrawpixel. They are creating beautiful designs (as you can see in the video). . That's it! . Your turn to try it out! Tag us in your Insta Story if you try it. . Have fun! ✌️ . @preview.app . . . . . #ipreview #creativecommunity #instagramnews #instagramtips #creativity #calledtobecreative #contentcreators #thegramgang #mycreativecommunity #creativeminds #theinstagramlab #insta180 #communityovercompetition #lovelysquares #bloggercommunity

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15. Tabs

This is one of my favorite Instagram Story tricks. I call it the Tabs trick.

Video tutorial:

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Can you do it too? Tag us in your Story if you try it out! . It's a simple + fast Insta Story idea – using the Instagram app only. All the tools you see in the video are from the Instagram app itself, in your Insta Story. . Here is how it works: Take a photo, video or boomerang Use the Typewriter tool to write a word Add a lot of space before the word Write each word in its own separate box to create the best effect . How to do the Light leak? Press on the emoji button on top of your Story screen Use any filter you want to create a cool effect (I used the Light leak) . You can continue to customise your Insta Story. For example, you can draw or add GIFs. . And that’s it! Your turn! . Tag us @preview.app in your Story. I'll be reposting your creations! . Have fun . . . . . . #ipreview #previewapp #creativity #instagramtips #mycreativecommunity #contentcreators #bloggergirl #bossbabesquad #instagrambloggers #bloggercommunity #creativecommunity #calledtobecreative #instastoryidea #insta180 #smallblogger #theinstagramlab #thatsdarling #bloggerstyle #glitterguide #bloggerstribe #bossbabetribe #bloggingcommunity #bloggervibes #lovelysquares

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16. Letter Shadows

Want to create a shadow effect behind your text?

Video tutorial:

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Can you do it too? Tag us in your Insta Story if you try it out. . Insta Stories can be a place where you can surprise people by having a lot of fun with your creativity . The main Insta Story trick in this video: The TEXT SHADOW. . Add a shadow to your text by layering the 2 exact same texts on top of each other (you’ll see how I do it in the video). Make the text different colors to create the shadow effect. BONUS: You can make a lot of layers / shadows (you’ll see an example at the end of the video) . Want to be extra with your Top Text? Make a Rainbow text . Add GIFs. . BONUS: Choose GIFs that are related to your photo. As you can see, my photo was related to sunflowers so I used sunflower GIFs to add more action to the Insta Story + and a little butterfly to make the Story come to life 🦋 . Filter used: Filter U3 in the Teal and Orange filter pack in @preview.app. . And on that fun note, have an awesome new week everyone . – Alex & Andrew . . . . #ipreview #previewapp #instagramnews #instagramtips #mycreativecommunity #contentcreators #bossbabesquad #instagrambloggers #bloggercommunity #creativecommunity #calledtobecreative #creativity #theinstagramlab #thatsdarling #bloggerstyle #glitterguide #bloggerstribe #bossbabetribe #bloggingcommunity #bloggervibes #lovelysquares #instagramexpert #creativeentrepreneur #designer #art #createlounge #smallbizsquad #instastory #inspiration

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17. The Twirl

The famous Twirl trick! You can use a photo of: A person, a drink, a pen, a flower, a tree, or anything you can hold in your hand.

Video tutorial:

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Tricks used: . The Neon pen Twirl your finger around something (or someone) in your photo Use the Eraser tool to erase parts of the Twirl (to make it seem like it is going behind the object) Add a few neon dots on the photos for extra sparkles Add GIFs . ✨ Done! ✨ . Your turn! . Tag us in your Insta Story if you try it out! . You can use a photo of: A person ☕️ A cup of tea/coffee A pen A flower A tree Or anything else you can hold in your hand . @preview.app . . . . #ipreview #previewapp #creativity #instagramtips #mycreativecommunity #contentcreators #bloggergirl #bossbabesquad #instagrambloggers #bloggercommunity #creativecommunity #calledtobecreative #newbloggers #newblogger #smallblogger #theinstagramlab #thatsdarling #bloggerstyle #glitterguide #bloggerstribe #bossbabetribe #bloggingcommunity #bloggervibes #lovelysquares

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18. Collage

I use this Insta Story trick every single day. For just one image, or sometimes to create unique Insta Stories.

It’s all thanks to the copy and paste feature available in your Instagram Story. You can create anything your mind can think of.

Video tutorial:

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Hello creative people! We're back with another Insta Story trick video. As promised, here is our previous Insta Story trick tutorial for iPhone… and ANDROID! Android doesn't have the same feature as iPhone. But there is a trick: an app you can use to do the same thing. With this quick and easy trick, you can create ANYTHING you want. Let us know if you have any questions. And until next time, have fun creating your Instagram feed. Click here to download Preview: https://thepreviewapp.com Enjoy! – #instagramtips #instagramtipsforbusiness #instagramexpert #socialmediatips #instagramtheme #instagramfeed #feedgoals #travelbloggers #bossbabetribe #travellovers #bloggerstribe #bloggingtips #bloggersofinstagram #bloggercommunity #pursuepretty #creativelife #calledtobecreative #creativeliving #creativity #livecolorfully #creativityeveryday #creativebusiness #inspiremyinstagram #risingtidesociety #creativeentrepreneur #lovelysquares #mycreativecommunity

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19. The Fairy Lights

Such a cute and simple Insta Story trick. The trick is to use the Neon pen option to create the lights.

This trick is perfect for fall and winter because it looks cozy and festive.

Click here to watch the tutorial.

And that’s it! I hope you enjoyed this blog post. Tag us in your Insta Stories if you try any of these tricks ( @preview.app ). We’d love to see your creations.

Are there any other tricks you would like us to add?

That’s it for the Insta Story tricks!