Here’s how to make, what the kids on the app call, real Snapsterpieces (masterpieces on Snapchat)…
1. Get set up first on the app’s main camera screen
Before taking your selfie, why not switch up your look with a Face Lens? Press and hold your face on the screen and swipe left and right through your options. Puke rainbows, glam up with makeup, throw on some shades – the choice is yours (and enormous!) with so many filters to try out.
Want more? Next time you’re pointing your camera at your surroundings, tap the background of your shot to add characters or special effects with World Lenses. Or experiment with different camera modes to get the perfect picture on Snapchat. From capturing several Snaps at once with Multi Snap, so you can choose the best, to putting on the timer delay that gives your friends enough time to get into shot.
2. Snap a photo or video
Tap the circle to Snap your photo, it’s the camera button, or hold it down long enough to record your video.
3. Add filters, doodles, stickers, sounds and text
Editing your Snap on the preview page is all part of the fun and very little effort with the toolbar at your fingertips on the right of the screen.
Tap ‘T’ to write a caption in your chosen font, ‘@’ to mention your friends or the pencil to draw with your finger (pinch the screen to change brush thickness). Want to show the time or temperature, where you are or how fast you’re travelling? Open thesticker drawer and get decorating.
To put a basic filter on top of your photo that changes the colour or adds a little pop to your Snap, swipe left or right. The ‘Am I snapping right?’ and ‘My first Snap’ filters couldn’t be more perfect for your initial attempt. Want to use more than one? Tap the layers icon (the three squares stacked up) and go ahead.
Press and hold the speaker icon to add a voice filter. Add a track from the list of Featured Sounds by tapping the musical notes icon or choose Create Sound to record your own for up to a minute.
4. Snap your Snap to your friends
Finished creating? Tap the blue Send button and you’ll go to the Send To screen, where you select the friends who you want to see your Snap, and press Send again. When your friend opens your Snap, they can see it until they tap their screen, which will make your Snap disappear from Snapchat.
Snapping with your friends, like this, is how you’ll spend most of your time on the app. And when you both send a Snap within 24 hours, more than 3 days in a row, you’ll be on a Snapstreak – you’ll each have a fire emoji next to your username, as well as the number of days you’ve kept it running. Watch out for the timer emoji that will warn you that you are running out of time to continue your Snapstreak. Messages in Chat and group Snaps don’t count to your Snapstreak, it’s just between you and a Snapchat friend.
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