{"id":2121,"date":"2016-12-08T20:51:40","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T20:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/facebooks-new-tool-lets-anyone-create-custom-profile-frames.html"},"modified":"2016-12-08T20:51:40","modified_gmt":"2016-12-08T20:51:40","slug":"facebooks-new-tool-lets-anyone-create-custom-profile-frames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/facebooks-new-tool-lets-anyone-create-custom-profile-frames.html","title":{"rendered":"Facebook\u2019s new tool lets anyone create custom profile frames"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Facebook is launching a series of new features to help people customize their photos and videos in\u00a0the social network\u2019s continuing battle with Snapchat, an app that put the camera, photos and video at\u00a0the front-and-center of social interactions. Today, Facebook is unveiling a new tool that will allow anyone, including Facebook Page owners, to create custom profile frames for users\u2019 photos. It\u2019s also introducing similar capabilities, along with other effects that can be used on both photos and videos, with its new\u00a0\u201cin-app camera\u201d<\/a> available in a single test market.<\/p>\n

With the Camera Effects Platform, Facebook is opening Facebook profile frame creation to all.<\/p>\n

Using a simple online tool<\/a> that doesn\u2019t require any technical skills \u2014 only graphic design skills \u2014 anyone can develop and then submit frames that can be used by others on Facebook. The frames can support teams, causes, businesses, events or anything else someone wants to promote.<\/p>\n

To create a frame, you\u2019ll first create your design in your favorite software program and\u00a0export it as a PNG file with a transparent background for each element. This frame is then uploaded to Facebook, where you can preview it in different sizes, and you can add other details. The final step is to submit the frame for approval.<\/p>\n

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Facebook says that frames must adhere to its policies and terms in order to go live. This approval process means no one can launch\u00a0frame content that\u2019s offensive or illegal. Plus, the company reserves the right to take down any frames retroactively if they\u2019re later discovered to be in violation.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, Facebook isn\u2019t making this Camera Effects Platform available in the U.S. at launch. Instead, the tool will initially be open to those in Colombia, Mexico, Taiwan, the U.K. and Ireland. The company explains to TechCrunch that these markets were chosen because they\u2019re where the profile frames have been\u00a0used the most to date.<\/p>\n

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Most of the current frames are focused on sports, but despite the addition of popular U.S. sports, like NFL, NHL, college sports<\/a>\u00a0and more, the U.S. hasn\u2019t been as big on frames as other markets, it seems. Being able to personalize them, or adopt those that go beyond sports and major events, could eventually change that.<\/p>\n

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    Ireland was selected to be in the launch group\u00a0because it\u2019s also the test market for Facebook\u2019s new in-app camera.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

    Launched this fall, the in-app camera is essentially a\u00a0Snapchat clone that includes animated selfie masks, overlaid graphics, Prisma-style art filters,\u00a0geofilters and even some \u201creactive\u201d filters that respond to body movements.<\/p>\n

    Ireland is the only market with access to this camera, though the feature was briefly testing in Canada and Brazil during the Olympics.<\/p>\n

    With the new Camera Effects Platform now available, Ireland will\u00a0gain access to some additional functionality, including the ability to track frame usage.<\/p>\n

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    Users there\u00a0will also be able to create frames that can appear in the in-app camera, in addition to seeing them appear in News Feed, as in the other markets.<\/p>\n

    Ireland will be able to create \u201clocation frames,\u201d too, which are those that visually represent a given locale, like a neighborhood, city or landmark. These can be used on photos and videos, and shared within the in-app camera.<\/p>\n

    The idea here is that these geofiltered\u00a0frames would only pop up in the camera when you were at the location. For example, if you were taking a picture at a private location or business, like a restaurant, you would see the option to add the frame the restaurant\u2019s owner had created. Other location frames will only be seen\u00a0in the camera by the creator\u2019s friends when they\u2019re near the location.<\/p>\n

    Snapchat already offers the ability<\/a> to create your own geofilters, of course. It was only a matter of time before\u00a0Facebook made\u00a0a similar move. In addition, as TechCrunch writer Josh Constine noted earlier, Facebook would eventually need to create\u00a0its own\u00a0camera effects platform<\/a> because it couldn\u2019t possibly build every filter or lens people want.<\/p>\n

    Facebook says it will make other improvements to this in-app camera, beyond this latest functionality, before it rolls out the feature worldwide.<\/p>\n

    The company says that the U.S. and other countries will\u00a0be able to use the Camera Effects Platform in the future, but couldn\u2019t promise when the global launch would occur.<\/p>\n

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