Instagram New “Add Yours” Templates with GIFs and Text: Instagram, now under Meta’s ownership, has rolled out a creative feature known as “Add Yours” templates, fostering collaborative storytelling in Stories. Users can personalize these templates with GIFs, images, and text.

How to Create Your ‘Add Yours’ Template

To get started, upload a Story and enhance it with GIFs, custom text, or images from your gallery. Utilize the “Add Yours Templates” sticker to select specific elements you want to highlight. Once configured, your followers can actively contribute to your template.

Customization for All

This feature encourages everyone to craft their unique ‘Add Yours‘ prompt, providing a broader canvas for creative expression and collaborative storytelling.

Bonus Feature: “Backdrop” for Image Editing

In conjunction with this, Instagram introduced “Backdrop,” an AI media editing tool. Currently available for US users, Backdrop facilitates easy background editing. Respond to prompts like “chased by dinosaurs” or “surrounded by puppies” to transform your image and create a distinctive narrative for your Story.

Meta’s Comment

Ahmad Al-Dahle, Meta’s lead for generative AI, announced the backdrop feature on Threads, stating, “Our AI media editing tool, backdrop, is available on Instagram in the US! With backdrop, you can reimagine your image’s background with just a few taps and a prompt like ‘chased by dinosaurs’ or ‘surrounded by puppies’ to create an entirely new image for your Story.”

Instagram Video Notes

Instagram has recently introduced ultra-short video statuses, known as video notes, lasting up to 2 seconds. These can only be captured through the app’s front camera and cannot be uploaded from the user’s device storage. Video notes are visible to close friends and mutual followers for 24 hours but cannot be shared as stories.