When you’ve bought an iPhone with iOS 16 or later, you in all probability already know the Pictures app can robotically reduce out the topic and switch it right into a sticker.
It’s a enjoyable function, however not one which was notably handy to make use of with WhatsApp. Since February 2022 it has been attainable: you simply have to pull and drop from the Pictures app right into a WhatsApp dialog.
Nevertheless, in a WhatsApp replace which is rolling out from 11 January, you possibly can create, edit and share your individual stickers in WhatsApp with out having to depart the app.
All you want is an iPhone working iOS 17 or later. These with older iPhones that may’t get iOS 17 can’t create stickers even with the up to date app, however can edit any current ones.
When you don’t have an iPhone, then you may make stickers utilizing the net model of WhatsApp. On the time of writing, there was no point out of when (or if) the sticker maker will arrive on Android. After we requested WhatsApp about it, we had been advised “We’ve nothing additional to share at the moment”.
However on the internet and an acceptable iPhone, the function makes it straightforward to create stickers due to an auto-crop operate in addition to instruments for enhancing textual content and others for drawing. You may also overlay different stickers.
When you’ve despatched a sticker, it’s robotically saved within the sticker tray so you possibly can resend it later.
Tips on how to make a sticker from a picture in WhatsApp
As above, you have to be utilizing WhatsApp Internet or have the most recent replace on an iPhone working iOS 17. Then, comply with these steps:
- Go to the dialog with the particular person or group the place you wish to ship the sticker. When you don’t wish to ship it straight away, then decide the dialog with your self (that is additionally a helpful place to ship your self notes).
- Open the sticker tray by tapping on the sticker icon to the appropriate of the textual content field
- Choose ‘create sticker’ and select a picture out of your gallery.
- Now you possibly can customise the sticker by selecting a cutout and including textual content, different stickers or drawing on it.
- When you’re proud of it, you possibly can ship it.
You’ll be able to edit current stickers, too, by doing this:
- Go to a chat and faucet on the sticker icon to the appropriate of the textual content field.
- Lengthy press on the sticker you wish to edit, and select ‘edit sticker’.
- Now you might have the identical enhancing instruments as earlier than, so you possibly can add textual content, different stickers or you possibly can draw on it.
- If you’ve completed, you have to ship it, which may even reserve it to your sticker assortment.