Want to know how to make a custom GIF on Instagram using a short video of yourself?
Instagram’s Cutouts feature lets you turn a few seconds of video into an animated sticker you can add to your Instagram Stories or Reels. Once you create it, Instagram saves the sticker so you can use it again later without starting from scratch.
This is useful if you want to add a little more of you to your content without recording a brand-new talking video every time. You can create a quick reaction, gesture, celebration, or expression and then place that moving cutout on other content whenever it fits.
How to make a custom GIF on Instagram with Cutouts
In this video, I walk you through how to make a custom GIF on Instagram from beginning to end.
You’ll see how short your original video should be, where to find the Cutouts option inside Instagram Stories, and how to trim the clip before Instagram removes the background and turns it into a sticker.
I’ll also show you where Instagram stores your finished stickers so you can find them again, resize and move them around your Story, or remove one when you change your mind. Because sometimes what looked adorable two seconds ago suddenly needs to go.
If you’ve seen people adding little animated versions of themselves to their Instagram content and wondered how they were doing it, this video will show you the steps.
