Snapchat has launched three new creative effects to renew users’ interest in the ephemeral photos and videos app. We show you how to access it.
Nothing gets in the way of the crazy pace of Snapchat updates! Two weeks after launching its Snap Map, the app offers three new functions: the integration of links to a snap, the addition of a background and voice filters. Find out how to use them.
Integration of a web link
This first function is more practical than fun. This is to enrich a snap with a link to a website. To do this, click on the new paperclip icon. The app then opens a new window allowing you to type the URL of the site or copy it from the clipboard. Once the site is found, all you have to do is click on the add button to validate the integration of the link.
When the recipient receives the snap, the site name appears at the bottom of the image. By sliding his finger up on the screen, he can access this site. Useful when, for example, you want to show something new on a high-tech site, a product you want to buy or share information about the activities available at your vacation spot.
Adding a background
The second function also concerns your photo snaps. It’s about incorporating a background into your image. To do this, once the snapshot has been taken, use the Scissors tool, then click on the icon displaying diagonal bars.
This action gives access, on the right side of the image, to different backgrounds: daisies, smileys, colored stars… Eight are available to date. Once the choice is made, all you have to do is trace the outline of the area you want to appear in the foreground so that the app removes the pattern. The tool works like the magic eraser, which allows you to remove an element from a photo.
Apply a voice filter
This time, it’s the video snaps that benefit from a fun novelty: the voice filters that will modify your voice. To access it, you must start by turning a sequence while keeping your finger pressed on the central button.
Once the video has been recorded, several buttons appear at the bottom of the screen, including a new one dedicated to sound. By clicking on it, a drop-down menu offers four filters: alien, robot, bear and kitten. You can click on each filter to listen to the result before making your choice.
These four sounds complement the few vocal effects that were already available in the app. Except that these only worked with filters to be applied to the face.