Social networks have become an integral part of our lives. They allow us to do many amazing things: chat with friends, make new acquaintances, look for like-minded people, learn useful and interesting information, watch the life of celebrities and share a piece of our news. Of course, this is not a complete list of all the features of social networks. Their diversity allows everyone to find a resource to their liking.
So, fans of Twitter can tell subscribers about new life events or share what they are doing at the moment. Facebook and Vkontakte will help you find friends, write messages you already have, listen to your favorite audio recordings, watch funny videos or share beautiful photos. Instagram fans can tell about their adventures in the photo report or upload a short video on any subject, and besides, evaluate the photos of their acquaintances and friends. A great alternative to Instagram is the Snapchat program. In a short time, it has become extremely popular among users. We will talk about this program and how to use Snapchat in an article.
What is an application?
Let's get it right from the start. Snapchat is one of the new social networks resembling Instagram. The latter has a small function - to share the story. It consists in the fact that you can post a photo or video for a certain time up to 24 hours, your friends and subscribers can see it, but "snap" (in translation means "instant photo") does not remain in the gallery and simply is deleted after the specified term.
The function described above fully reveals the essence of the Snapchat social network. How to use it specifically and what are the differences from Insta? Firstly, customer focus on a younger audience. Older people would simply post a snapshot without performing any special actions with it. Secondly, your friends see the picture for 1 to 10 seconds, and after 24 hours the photo disappears.
What did the “Snapchat” interest young people in?
"Snapchat" (or "Snapchat") became popular in a matter of days. Many thought: what is the secret of success? After all, one by one the young people were in a hurry to download the application and start using it. Moreover, the quality of images obtained through this program left much to be desired.
It all started with the fun Snapchat lenses . How to use them? Lenses are filters for photographs, with the help of which she acquired new colors. For example, the face of a dog was superimposed on the image of your face, and then you could turn into a mischievous doggie. And if you show the language, then it also appears in the doggie, and it will begin to "lick the screen from the inside."
There are a lot of such lenses: a bunny, a princess, a beauty, a panda, a bear, a doll, and many others. Every day you get 10 new lenses. The next day they are updated, some remain, while others disappear until an unknown time.
Developers offer users to buy their favorite lens in order to be able to use it on an ongoing basis. In addition to everything, you can write text or draw on the resulting photo. The social network aims to share the brightest moments of life with the help of instant photos.
Snapchat: how to use?
In order to start working with the application, just download it from the "Play Market" or "App Store" if you use "Android" or "Apple", respectively. How to use Snapchat on Android, even a child will understand.
The application is in the public domain. After downloading, you will need to go through a small registration. To do this, indicate the mail, come up with a password and enter the date of birth. How to use Snapchat on iPhone? The procedure is similar.
Snapchat lenses and how to use them to create photos?
Beginners can not immediately understand the program. It's not about a complicated interface or illegible graphics. It’s just that with the release of any new social network, at first it’s not completely clear where this or that function is located.
Lens selection
Many "users" go to the "Snapchat" solely for the sake of funny lenses. Then they save the photo to their gallery or the history of “snaps” (“Snap” also provides for the long-term storage of photos for personal viewing) and upload them to other social networks. For example, a filter with golden butterflies on its head gained popularity among girls, because it visually lengthened the face, corrected skin imperfections and made eyes larger. As a result, the face became visually more beautiful with the Snapchat lens. How to use such lenses?
We go into the photo creation mode, select the front camera function and point it at our face. After that, click on the image of your face and see that below the image of the lens appears in small circles. Just click on one of them and see how your face is transformed. The developers came up creative enough to create each of these filters.
Now you know how to use Snapchat. Share photos with friends and family!