Facebook Stories: How to Make Video or Birthday Card for Friends | Apps

Facebook has released Birthday Stories, a new tool that lets you add digital cards, photos and videos to a single congratulatory story. This way, all the birthday girl's friends can see the tribute. The news was released on May 9 and is available for Android and iPhone (iOS) phones.

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The purpose of the social network is to offer a more visual and interactive way to congratulate friends who are having birthdays. Check out how to create birthday cards and make videos on Facebook Stories.

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How to make video and birthday card for friends on Facebook Stories Photo: Raquel Freire / TechTudo

How to make birthday card

Step 1. Open Facebook and browse through the Stories. If any of your friends are having a birthday, you will see a card that says "Birthday ". Tap it and then select" Create card ";

Way to create birthday card in Facebook Friend Stories Photo: Reproduction / Raquel Freire

Step 2. Press the "Tap to change" button to change the birthday card background. To write text, tap the caption "D congratulations to ";

Facebook Stories Birthday Card Background Change Photo: Reproduction / Raquel Freire

Step 3. Enter the desired message. In the bottom bar, tap the "Aa" button to add border to the text;

Message personalization written on Facebook Stories birthday card Photo: Reproduction / Raquel Freire

Step 4. By tapping the three dashes button you can change the alignment of your text. The color palette button, in turn, allows you to change the font color of the typed message;

Alignment and color editing of birthday message text in Facebook Stories Photo: Reproduction / Raquel Freire

Step 5. Tapping the highlighted button, which comes with the caption "Simple" by default, changes the font style of the text. When you are done making edits, press "Finish". On the next screen, you can still add stickers, add more text, or use the brush before publishing Stories;

Stories to insert new elements in Stories before Facebook post Photo: Reproduction / Raquel Freire

Step 6. To post to Birthday Stories, press the "Birthday Birthday" button. ", shown with a" + "sign. This will cause your card to be included in the birthday boy's Stories, which appears to that person's friends, along with cards created by other birthday contacts. Confirm by tapping "Add";

Birthday Card Posting on Stories of Birthday Girlfriend on Facebook Photo: Reproduction / Raquel Freire

How to add birthday video

Step 1. To add a photo or video in Birthday Stories, select "Add Photo" on the first screen of the tool. The same window as before will open, but now it will be in the "Normal" tab, where you can add images. Select one of the filters and capture a new photo by pressing the shutter (white circle), or upload a gallery image by tapping the button indicated with an arrow;

Photo Upload Tab on Facebook Stories Birthday Card Photo: Reproduction / Raquel Freire

Step 2. If you want to insert a video, enter the "Boomerang" tab, which creates short looped videos, or "Video". Select one of the birthday filters and start recording. Hit the "stop" button when you want to finish shooting;

Video Recording for Facebook Birthday Stories Photo: Playback / Raquel Freire

Step 3. The Stories edit bar at the top of the screen will have the same stickers, text insertion and brush tools. But when you insert a video, two other buttons will appear: the scissor, which serves to cut the video, and the speaker, which turns the recording sound on or off;

Featured for Facebook Story editing tools Photo: Reproduction / Raquel Freire

Step 4. If you want to cut the video, touch the scissors button and drag the edges toward the center to select the desired portion of the recording (keeping the minimum of 3 seconds). Hit "Finish" to go back to the previous screen and then tap "Birthday "to post to the birthday boy's Stories. Another option is to press" Share on ", which allows you to post the Story to your own friends as well;

Video clip before posting to Facebook Friend's Birthday Story Photo: Reproduction / Raquel Freire

Step 5. Confirm the procedure by tapping "Add" in the dialog that opens. Wait a few seconds for the video to be published;

Birthday Video Post to Facebook Stories Photo: Playback / Raquel Freire

Step 6. Like the cards, the video will be displayed in your friend's Birthday Story, along with the creations of other friends who are also wishing you a happy birthday.

Facebook birthday story with congratulations from several friends Photo: Reproduction / Raquel Freire