Instagram Now Lets You Layer Photos and Add Text to Images
Instagram has introduced new tools that let users add text to photos and layer images together.
In a blog post published on Tuesday, Instagram announced that it would be adding several new creative options to give users more ways to express themselves with their photos and carousels.
Add Text to Photos
Instagram will now allow users to add texts to their photos directly from the in-app post editor. This means that users will no longer need to edit their photos in a separate app in order to add text to an image.
Instagram says that this feature will offer users the “creative flexibility to make your content stand out and explore new, more entertaining storytelling with photos and carousels.”
Instagram users can add words to their images by selecting a photo from their gallery and then tapping the new text button to write a text overlay for it in the font that they prefer. Instagram is also adding new fonts to the app.
Layer Photos On Top of Each Other
In the blog post, Instagram also announced that users will be able to layer another photo on top of another image as a sticker directly from the post editor.
Instagram users can layer in additional images by tapping the gallery button in the top-right corner of the app. They can then tap on the sticker itself to change it from a rectangular image to a square, circle, heart, or star shape.
The new features come a few weeks after Instagram revealed that it would now let users share up to 20 photos and videos in a single grid post.
In 2017, Instagram added the ability for users to post up to 10 photos or videos in one carousel post — something which became informally known as a “photo dump.” This announcement means that Instagram has doubled the number of photos and videos users can share in a carousel post.
As The Verge notes the change brings Instagram closer to TikTok’s carousel feature, which enables users to include up to 35 photos in a single post.
While TikTok initially gained popularity as a short-form video app, photos have rapidly gained traction too.
Image credits: All photos via Instagram.
