How To Create And Add Sticker Packs To Signal Messenger?
Published On Feb 18, 2021
A lot of people have switched from WhatsApp in India after the changes in the privacy policy of the app. Some of them started using Telegram others went to use Signal and other apps. The number of downloads for Signal messenger grew overnight and it can be said that this app gained a lot of popularity at the time of the WhatsApp boycott in India.
Signal messenger has a bit boring user interface as compared to Facebook-owned WhatsApp. Apart from that, there are very limited sticker packs available in the app which spoils the chatting game. To spice up your conversations on Signal and to make the experience more attractive for you, here we have described how you can add sticker packs to the app and can even create your own stickers.
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How to Create Stickers On Signal Messenger?
- Create a separate PNG file for stickers without animation
- Create a separate APNG file for the animated stickers
- Make sure the size of the file doesn't exceed 300KB and the duration of the animation should be less than 3 seconds
- Now import the stickers via the signal web. Make sure to keep the dimensions in mind as all the stickers will be converted to 512x512 pixels. Don't forget to resize the edited sticker.
- Now open the Signal Desktop application then click on the file, and select the create/upload sticker pack option.
- Now, select the edited static and animated stickers.
- Assign Emojis to your stickers so they can act as shortcuts for them.
- After entering the author name and title of the stickers, they are ready to be used in your chats.