For a long time you've been able to add stickers to the texts you send on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac, but with the latest operating system updates, Apple has upped its sticker game, and We can also convert a photo into a sticker on iPhone.
Devices running iOS 17, iPadOS 17, or macOS Sonoma can now create stickers from photos and animated stickers from Live Photos. You can also style your stickers with special effects and use the Emoji keyboard to add stickers in apps like Apple Messages.
To enjoy these features, you must be running the latest version of your device's operating system. In you iPhone or iPadgo to Settings > General > Software update and download the latest update.
In a Macgo to System Settings > General > Software Update and click the Update button now if you are not already running the latest version.
How to turn a photo into a sticker
One can use the feature by long pressing any image and then dragging it to another app or could copy the same. The function saves a lot of time in manually creating the stickers on the device.
To create a sticker from one of your photos on your iPhone and iPad, find an image in the Photos app that has a clear subject in the foreground. The subject can be a person, an animal, a building or really anything.
The stickers feature is supported on devices like iPhones, iPads, Macs, and stickers can be created from photos, screenshots, Quick Look, Safari, and even from videos available in the gallery.
Although many users don't even know how to use this feature, here is a step-by-step guide that will help you make stickers from photos, it's very simple:
- First choose any photo from the gallery of your Apple device
- Now, long press the image and pull the image
- Extract crop from image
- Now wait for the menu to appear
- Once the menu opens, select the copy option
- You can paste the cutout anywhere
- And that's it, just like that you would have stickers of your photos from the photos application on your iPhone or iPad.
Steps to make stickers from photos on your iPhone using the Files app
- First choose and open the photo you would like to make a sticker from
- Now tap on the share icon located at the bottom left corner of the screen
- You will get a dropdown menu. There, you can select "Save to files"
- After saving, you have to go to the Files app
- There, find the photo
- Now hold down the photo
- Now, select Quick Actions option (available in the menu)
- You can now select the option «Remove background».
- And that's it, just like that you would have stickers of your photos from the files application on your iPhone or iPad.
How to turn photos into stickers in iOS 17 from Messages
- To get started, go to the Messages app on your iPhone and tap the plus sign icon to the left of the text field.
- Select the Stickers option and tap the sticker icon, which is the one on the left next to the clock symbol.
- Tap the new sticker to make one from a photo. A window will open from the Photos app to make a selection.
- After finding a photo, will automatically detect an object in the image, and you can tap Add Sticker at the bottom right.
- You can add various effects to it, such as making it look like a comic or adding an outline.
- Finally, drag it to the text field or to a message that is already in the chat area.
- Tap add sticker in the pop-up menu.
- To select multiple themes in the photo, tap Select all and then tap Add sticker. A sticker is created from your chosen theme and placed in your sticker album, where you can use it in a text message.
You can experiment with the different effects by tapping Outline, Comic, Puffy and Shiny. When you find an effect you like, tap Done.
How to send your stickers
To send a sticker that you created from one of your photos, Open a conversation in the Messages app, or any other app. In messages, tap the plus (+) icon, select stickers, then tap the sticker icon next to the clock icon. Tap the sticker you want to send, then tap the arrow to send the text.
Tap the smiley face icon to send a sticker generated from your emoji or the Memoji icon (the one with a face on a white background) and select the one you want to send. Tap the arrow to send your text.
How to add more stickers
Certain apps built into iOS or available in the App Store will add stickers to your collection. For example, apps like Fitness, eBay, and GarageBand come with their own stickes. To access them, tap the plus (+) icon in the Messages app and select Stickers.
Browse through the various sticker icons and tap those for specific apps to view and use their stickers
How to use stickers on a Mac
Although you can't create new stickers on a Mac, you can access the ones you have created on your iPhone or iPad. On your Mac, open a conversation in the Messages app.
Tap the app icon and select Stickers. In the Messages window, tap the first icon to view recent stickers and the second icon to view stickers created from your photos. Tap the Memoji icon to see the stickers generated from your Memoji, and that's it.
Conclusion
You can also use stickers in many apps beyond Messages, specifically those that accept input via the emoji keyboard. To do this, simply tap the globe icon in the lower left corner of the keyboard in the text entry of the app you are testing and access your stickers.