#It's just easier to pop into Instagram's stories and show little previews and such there!

[dreammeiser]

Teddy O’Stara Conversation Sprites! Dreamalong’s resident Merrymaking Magician can be prickly but he’s still sweet at the end of the day :o) He’s our Rotten Soldier! Our Sweet Cheese! Our Good Time Boy! But boy, does he harbor some dark secrets 👀 He can’t wait to show you a bit of his Midnight Show! These were made for fun when I opened my asks on Insta for a day :oD Thank you to everyone who sent in asks! I hope you all had fun! I also would like to thank my good friend @shantimochi on insta for Color Assistance and Animation with the Annoyed expression! She really nailed it, go give her some love!

#I kept forgetting to upload this onto here hahaha! #It's just easier to pop into Instagram's stories and show little previews and such there! #character design #original character #character art #cartoon characters #cartoon art #illustration #artists on tumblr #dawm project #oc #puppet oc #2d animation #animated #retro anime #retro art #retro cartoons #nostalgic cartoons #nostalgiacore #magician #rabbit #Teddy O'Stara

[judeblenews-blog]

Apple’s 3D Touch seems to have been a ‘huge waste’

A friend recently handed me their iPhone to look through some photos, and I pressed in to pop one open with 3D Touch. What I’d done surprised them — not because of the photo choice, but because they’d never seen this feature before on the phone they’d been using for months. This seems to be the story of 3D Touch: it’s a fascinating idea with the potential to completely rework the basic user interface of a smartphone that has gone fairly unnoticed. And now, three years after it was introduced, Apple seems to be on the way to phasing it out. “If it’s just a demo feature and a month later nobody is really using it, this is a huge waste of engineering talent.” While both the new iPhone XS and XS Max include 3D Touch, Apple has chosen not to include the feature on the iPhone XR. Yes, that phone is cheaper, and Apple had to strip out some features, but 3D Touch has been included on iPhones in that price range since it was introduced not too long ago, so this feels less like necessary cost savings and more like planned omission. There have always been a few core problems with 3D Touch. For one, its use often amounted to the right click of a mouse, which is funny coming from the company that famously refused to put a dedicated right button on its mice or trackpads. And selecting from those right click options was rarely faster or a substantially more useful way of getting something done than just tapping the button and manually navigating to where you needed to go. People also didn’t know the feature was there. The iPhone did little to train users on 3D Touch. And even the people who knew it was there had no way to tell which icons supported it without just 3D pressing everything to see what happened. Apple pundit John Gruber commented earlier this year that it was “baffling that there’s no visual indication of what can be 3D touched,” while linking out to a simple design proposal that suggested a way for Apple to move forward, if it really wanted 3D Touch to take off. This created a failing feedback loop. Users didn’t know 3D Touch was there or which buttons supported 3D Touch, so developers had little reason to add support. More importantly, not all iPhones included 3D Touch, so the feature, by necessity, could never be used for something more critical than a right click or as a secondary way of performing some other action. That alone may have set 3D Touch up to fail, but Apple didn’t help much, either. The company could have implemented the feature in more central ways, made its presence more obvious, or created apps that took advantage of the feature’s nuanced pressure sensitivity. Instead, 3D Touch has stayed the same since it launched. And the fact that Apple isn’t including it on the iPhone most people are likely to buy this year gives developers even less of a reason to support it. 3D Touch’s replacement speaks to how useless the technology has become Apple isn’t entirely removing the concept of 3D Touch from the iPhone XR. Instead, the phone will include something Apple is calling Haptic Touch, which will make a click when you activate a button’s secondary feature by pressing and holding it. But that replacement underscores just how useless 3D Touch has really become: it’s not more than a very, very fancy long press. That’s something phones have always been capable of. And despite the name, I’ve found long press features to be faster and easier to use than their 3D Touch equivalent. Instagram, for instance, lets you preview photos with a 3D Touch on the iPhone or a long press on Android. I find the Android version to be simpler and quicker. Though Apple seems to have quickly moved on from 3D Touch, the feature’s move toward such a hasty obsolescence is a major failure for the company. Like Siri on the iPhone 4S and Touch ID on the iPhone 5S, 3D Touch was the key differentiating feature introduced on the iPhone 6S. Apple spent 10 minutes discussing the feature onstage. Phil Schiller, Apple’s marketing leader, called it a “tremendous breakthrough” that would be “just as profound” as multitouch, and the company put together one of its classic Jony Ive design videos to explain how it worked. Aubrey Plaza was hired to star in ads that showed off the new tech. Apple also gave Bloomberg access to its design studio and let the publication speak with some top executives to profile all the work that they’d put into the new feature. The piece included a choice quote from Schiller that, at the time, made it sound like Apple had leaped years ahead of its competitors. But in hindsight, it shows how much of a mistake 3D Touch was: “Engineering-wise, the hardware to build a display that does what does is unbelievably hard,” says Schiller. “And we’re going to waste a whole year of engineering — really, two — at a tremendous amount of cost and investment in manufacturing if it doesn’t do something that are going to use. If it’s just a demo feature and a month later nobody is really using it, this is a huge waste of engineering talent.” That’s two years of work Apple could have put into something else that it instead put into a display technology that, in Schiller’s words, turned out to be “just a demo feature.” And three years later, nobody is really using it — Apple included. Via: Theverge Read the full article

#News

[makeitwithmike]

9 Little-Known Instagram Features You Should Be Using

By Emily Copp

When you know absolutely everything a social network can do, you can surprise your audience and better engage them.

There’s been a ton of exciting changes and updates for Instagram as of late. To help you stay on top of the latest features—and teach you how to use them—we’ve created this list.

9 things you didn’t know you could do on Instagram

1. Archive your old posts

With Instagram’s new Archive feature, you can now keep your company profile on-brand without permanently removing any outdated content.

Archive lets you move posts from your profile page into a private tab. If you change your mind and want to reshare an Archived post, it will appear in its original chronological spot.

How to archive posts:

Tap three dots at the top of the post you want to archive.

Choose Archive.

The image or video will move into Archive tab.

To repost an archived post on your profile, tap Show on Profile.

2. Add UTM links to your Instagram Stories

Instagram now lets businesses with over 10,000 followers use their new feature: adding a link to your Instagram Stories. If you’re sharing a blog post, running a campaign, or featuring contest, you can now send people directly to those pages from Instagram. You can also add UTMs to your links to monitor your traffic.

When you add a link to your story, users will see a See More button at the bottom of the screen, and can tap or swipe up to view the link.

How to add links to your story:

Take a picture or video in your Stories app or import a photo.

Click on the chain link in the top right corner of your story.

Add your URL and preview the link if necessary.

Finish any last edits to your story. Always include a CTA to the link you’ve shared.

3. Easily disclose your paid partnerships

When you’re running an influencer campaign or getting a celebrity endorsement, It’s important that your brand understands the rules and regulations surrounding such partnerships. A report shared by Buzzfeed shows that 93 percent of top Instagram celebrity ads are not FTC compliant.

With a new feature in test phase, Instagram will now make it easier for celebrities and influencers to disclose when their post is sponsored by a brand. You’ll now start to see a “Paid partnership with …” at the top of a sponsored post or story.

4. Save posts to private collections

You can now save other users’ posts to a private collection without alerting anyone. You can also organize these albums by different names, so if you’re tracking competitors, inspirational posts, or customer interactions, you can easily store and access them for future reference.

How to save a photo to a collection:

Tap the bookmark icon on the bottom right of the post you want to save.

If you have multiple collections, select which one you want the post to save to.

You can access your collections by tapping the bookmark icon on your own profile.

How to create a new collection:

Go your profile page and tap the bookmark icon

Click the plus-sign icon in the right corner

Enter your collection name, tap next, and save any photos or tap Done.

5. Rearrange your Instagram filters

If you’re running a campaign and need to access the same filter for different posts (or maybe you just have a favorite filter), you’re in luck. You can hide, add, and rearrange your posts to make sure that your most-used filters are most accessible.

How to rearrange your filters:

Swipe right on your photo or video filters until you reach Manage.

You’ll have the option to hide, add, or rearrange your filters.

To rearrange a filter, tap and hold the filter, then drag and drop into new spot.

6. Replay your live videos in Stories

When you post a live video to Instagram, you can now post it to your Stories for 24 hours. Prior to this feature update, live videos disappeared when the stream ended.

When you repost the video, you don’t have to worry about losing views, comments, and likes from your live video—they will show up automatically.

How to replay your live videos:

Swipe to live mode and record video.

When your broadcast ends, click Share at the bottom of the screen.

Your live video will be available for 24 hours.

7. Use location and hashtag Stories to reach new and relevant audiences

If you’re looking for a new way to extend your reach and find new fans, try Instagram’s location and hashtag Stories. This allows you to add a clickable location sticker to your story. Users can search and view public stories in any geographic location.

This feature makes it easy for potential customers to find your store, follow your brand during an event, or enter a contest.

How to use location and hashtag Stories:

Begin your story.

Click on the stickers icon in the top right corner.

Select the location sticker and type in your location. A drop-down list will appear and you can choose your location.

Do any final edits on your post.

Click Next to post your story.

8. Enable comment block filters

If abusive or offensive comments pop up on your company profile, it can be extremely damaging to your brand. To keep comments and discussions professional, be sure to use Instagram’s comment block filter.

You can set up an automatic filter or a manual one. The automatic filter will flag and hide comments based on Instagram’s algorithms, while the manual blocker requires you to enter exact keywords or phrases that you want blocked.

How to enable comment block filters:

Go to Settings.

Scroll down to Comments.

To enable automatic filter, toggle on Hide Offensive Comments.

To set up a manual filter, toggle on Enable Keyword Filters and add your keyword list.

Click Done.

9. Get in front of a local audience with the Places tab

The Places tab is an underutilized part of Instagram’s Search and Explore page. When you search in the Places tab, Instagram will feature the nine highest ranking posts in that location, followed by the most recent posts in chronological order.

To engage with what’s happening in your local area and get inspiration for your own location-based posts, it’s a good idea to check out the Places tab on a weekly basis.

How to search Places:

Go to the magnifying glass icon at the bottom of your profile.

Search for Places.

Select your desired location.

By trying Instagram’s latest features and little-known tricks, you can better engage your audience and potentially gain new followers. Make experimentation part of your social strategy and start using these features.

The post 9 Little-Known Instagram Features You Should Be Using appeared first on Hootsuite Social Media Management.

The post 9 Little-Known Instagram Features You Should Be Using appeared first on Make It With Michael.

from 9 Little-Known Instagram Features You Should Be Using

#9 Little-Known Instagram Features You Should Be Using

[unifiedsocialblog]

9 Little-Known Instagram Features You Should Be Using

When you know absolutely everything a social network can do, you can surprise your audience and better engage them.

There’s been a ton of exciting changes and updates for Instagram as of late. To help you stay on top of the latest features—and teach you how to use them—we’ve created this list.

9 things you didn’t know you could do on Instagram

1. Archive your old posts

With Instagram’s new Archive feature, you can now keep your company profile on-brand without permanently removing any outdated content.

Archive lets you move posts from your profile page into a private tab. If you change your mind and want to reshare an Archived post, it will appear in its original chronological spot.

How to archive posts:

Tap three dots at the top of the post you want to archive.

Choose Archive.

The image or video will move into Archive tab.

To repost an archived post on your profile, tap Show on Profile.

2. Add UTM links to your Instagram Stories

Instagram now lets businesses with over 10,000 followers use their new feature: adding a link to your Instagram Stories. If you’re sharing a blog post, running a campaign, or featuring contest, you can now send people directly to those pages from Instagram. You can also add UTMs to your links to monitor your traffic.

When you add a link to your story, users will see a See More button at the bottom of the screen, and can tap or swipe up to view the link.

How to add links to your story:

Take a picture or video in your Stories app or import a photo.

Click on the chain link in the top right corner of your story.

Add your URL and preview the link if necessary.

Finish any last edits to your story. Always include a CTA to the link you’ve shared.

3. Easily disclose your paid partnerships

When you’re running an influencer campaign or getting a celebrity endorsement, It’s important that your brand understands the rules and regulations surrounding such partnerships. A report shared by Buzzfeed shows that 93 percent of top Instagram celebrity ads are not FTC compliant.

With a new feature in test phase, Instagram will now make it easier for celebrities and influencers to disclose when their post is sponsored by a brand. You’ll now start to see a “Paid partnership with …” at the top of a sponsored post or story.

4. Save posts to private collections

You can now save other users’ posts to a private collection without alerting anyone. You can also organize these albums by different names, so if you’re tracking competitors, inspirational posts, or customer interactions, you can easily store and access them for future reference.

How to save a photo to a collection:

Tap the bookmark icon on the bottom right of the post you want to save.

If you have multiple collections, select which one you want the post to save to.

You can access your collections by tapping the bookmark icon on your own profile.

How to create a new collection:

Go your profile page and tap the bookmark icon

Click the plus-sign icon in the right corner

Enter your collection name, tap next, and save any photos or tap Done.

5. Rearrange your Instagram filters

If you’re running a campaign and need to access the same filter for different posts (or maybe you just have a favorite filter), you’re in luck. You can hide, add, and rearrange your posts to make sure that your most-used filters are most accessible.

How to rearrange your filters:

Swipe right on your photo or video filters until you reach Manage.

You’ll have the option to hide, add, or rearrange your filters.

To rearrange a filter, tap and hold the filter, then drag and drop into new spot.

6. Replay your live videos in Stories

When you post a live video to Instagram, you can now post it to your Stories for 24 hours. Prior to this feature update, live videos disappeared when the stream ended.

When you repost the video, you don’t have to worry about losing views, comments, and likes from your live video—they will show up automatically.

How to replay your live videos:

Swipe to live mode and record video.

When your broadcast ends, click Share at the bottom of the screen.

Your live video will be available for 24 hours.

7. Use location and hashtag Stories to reach new and relevant audiences

If you’re looking for a new way to extend your reach and find new fans, try Instagram’s location and hashtag Stories. This allows you to add a clickable location sticker to your story. Users can search and view public stories in any geographic location.

This feature makes it easy for potential customers to find your store, follow your brand during an event, or enter a contest.

How to use location and hashtag Stories:

Begin your story.

Click on the stickers icon in the top right corner.

Select the location sticker and type in your location. A drop-down list will appear and you can choose your location.

Do any final edits on your post.

Click Next to post your story.

8. Enable comment block filters

If abusive or offensive comments pop up on your company profile, it can be extremely damaging to your brand. To keep comments and discussions professional, be sure to use Instagram’s comment block filter.

You can set up an automatic filter or a manual one. The automatic filter will flag and hide comments based on Instagram’s algorithms, while the manual blocker requires you to enter exact keywords or phrases that you want blocked.

How to enable comment block filters:

Go to Settings.

Scroll down to Comments.

To enable automatic filter, toggle on Hide Offensive Comments.

To set up a manual filter, toggle on Enable Keyword Filters and add your keyword list.

Click Done.

9. Get in front of a local audience with the Places tab

The Places tab is an underutilized part of Instagram’s Search and Explore page. When you search in the Places tab, Instagram will feature the nine highest ranking posts in that location, followed by the most recent posts in chronological order.

To engage with what’s happening in your local area and get inspiration for your own location-based posts, it’s a good idea to check out the Places tab on a weekly basis.

How to search Places:

Go to the magnifying glass icon at the bottom of your profile.

Search for Places.

Select your desired location.

By trying Instagram’s latest features and little-known tricks, you can better engage your audience and potentially gain new followers. Make experimentation part of your social strategy and start using these features.

The post 9 Little-Known Instagram Features You Should Be Using appeared first on Hootsuite Social Media Management.

9 Little-Known Instagram Features You Should Be Using published first on http://ift.tt/2rEvyAw

[bizmediaweb]

9 Little-Known Instagram Features You Should Be Using

When you know absolutely everything a social network can do, you can surprise your audience and better engage them.

There’s been a ton of exciting changes and updates for Instagram as of late. To help you stay on top of the latest features—and teach you how to use them—we’ve created this list.

9 things you didn’t know you could do on Instagram

1. Archive your old posts

With Instagram’s new Archive feature, you can now keep your company profile on-brand without permanently removing any outdated content.

Archive lets you move posts from your profile page into a private tab. If you change your mind and want to reshare an Archived post, it will appear in its original chronological spot.

How to archive posts:

Tap three dots at the top of the post you want to archive.

Choose Archive.

The image or video will move into Archive tab.

To repost an archived post on your profile, tap Show on Profile.

2. Add UTM links to your Instagram Stories

Instagram now lets businesses with over 10,000 followers use their new feature: adding a link to your Instagram Stories. If you’re sharing a blog post, running a campaign, or featuring contest, you can now send people directly to those pages from Instagram. You can also add UTMs to your links to monitor your traffic.

When you add a link to your story, users will see a See More button at the bottom of the screen, and can tap or swipe up to view the link.

How to add links to your story:

Take a picture or video in your Stories app or import a photo.

Click on the chain link in the top right corner of your story.

Add your URL and preview the link if necessary.

Finish any last edits to your story. Always include a CTA to the link you’ve shared.

3. Easily disclose your paid partnerships

When you’re running an influencer campaign or getting a celebrity endorsement, It’s important that your brand understands the rules and regulations surrounding such partnerships. A report shared by Buzzfeed shows that 93 percent of top Instagram celebrity ads are not FTC compliant.

With a new feature in test phase, Instagram will now make it easier for celebrities and influencers to disclose when their post is sponsored by a brand. You’ll now start to see a “Paid partnership with …” at the top of a sponsored post or story.

4. Save posts to private collections

You can now save other users’ posts to a private collection without alerting anyone. You can also organize these albums by different names, so if you’re tracking competitors, inspirational posts, or customer interactions, you can easily store and access them for future reference.

How to save a photo to a collection:

Tap the bookmark icon on the bottom right of the post you want to save.

If you have multiple collections, select which one you want the post to save to.

You can access your collections by tapping the bookmark icon on your own profile.

How to create a new collection:

Go your profile page and tap the bookmark icon

Click the plus-sign icon in the right corner

Enter your collection name, tap next, and save any photos or tap Done.

5. Rearrange your Instagram filters

If you’re running a campaign and need to access the same filter for different posts (or maybe you just have a favorite filter), you’re in luck. You can hide, add, and rearrange your posts to make sure that your most-used filters are most accessible.

How to rearrange your filters:

Swipe right on your photo or video filters until you reach Manage.

You’ll have the option to hide, add, or rearrange your filters.

To rearrange a filter, tap and hold the filter, then drag and drop into new spot.

6. Replay your live videos in Stories

When you post a live video to Instagram, you can now post it to your Stories for 24 hours. Prior to this feature update, live videos disappeared when the stream ended.

When you repost the video, you don’t have to worry about losing views, comments, and likes from your live video—they will show up automatically.

How to replay your live videos:

Swipe to live mode and record video.

When your broadcast ends, click Share at the bottom of the screen.

Your live video will be available for 24 hours.

7. Use location and hashtag Stories to reach new and relevant audiences

If you’re looking for a new way to extend your reach and find new fans, try Instagram’s location and hashtag Stories. This allows you to add a clickable location sticker to your story. Users can search and view public stories in any geographic location.

This feature makes it easy for potential customers to find your store, follow your brand during an event, or enter a contest.

How to use location and hashtag Stories:

Begin your story.

Click on the stickers icon in the top right corner.

Select the location sticker and type in your location. A drop-down list will appear and you can choose your location.

Do any final edits on your post.

Click Next to post your story.

8. Enable comment block filters

If abusive or offensive comments pop up on your company profile, it can be extremely damaging to your brand. To keep comments and discussions professional, be sure to use Instagram’s comment block filter.

You can set up an automatic filter or a manual one. The automatic filter will flag and hide comments based on Instagram’s algorithms, while the manual blocker requires you to enter exact keywords or phrases that you want blocked.

How to enable comment block filters:

Go to Settings.

Scroll down to Comments.

To enable automatic filter, toggle on Hide Offensive Comments.

To set up a manual filter, toggle on Enable Keyword Filters and add your keyword list.

Click Done.

9. Get in front of a local audience with the Places tab

The Places tab is an underutilized part of Instagram’s Search and Explore page. When you search in the Places tab, Instagram will feature the nine highest ranking posts in that location, followed by the most recent posts in chronological order.

To engage with what’s happening in your local area and get inspiration for your own location-based posts, it’s a good idea to check out the Places tab on a weekly basis.

How to search Places:

Go to the magnifying glass icon at the bottom of your profile.

Search for Places.

Select your desired location.

By trying Instagram’s latest features and little-known tricks, you can better engage your audience and potentially gain new followers. Make experimentation part of your social strategy and start using these features.

The post 9 Little-Known Instagram Features You Should Be Using appeared first on Hootsuite Social Media Management.

9 Little-Known Instagram Features You Should Be Using published first on http://ift.tt/2u73Z29