Part 2: Twitter Gets Visual

Welcome back!

As promised, this is the Part 2 of Twitter Gets Visual!

Visual content is KING. That explains why visual-heavy social media raked in massive number of users everyday, including me!

People only remember 10% of what they hear,

20% of what they read, and

80% of what they see and do...

With this, different forms of rich media are included into tweets to stand out on a timeline, engaged with users, and render a content effective.

Without any further ado, here are the top 3 hacks!

1) Twemoji

Decorate your text with icons, emotions and symbols to make your tweet stands out from the rest! Not only do these context-rich characters make your status updates more appealing and colorful, but it also adds visual cues for words and communicate in a much more powerful way. 

Now, check out our recommended sources for FREE Twitter Emojis ->

APP: Kika Keyboard 

(It doesn't collect any personal data like passwords and credit card numbers!)

WEBSITE: PiliApp, i2Symbol, Twitter Emoticons; Mega Emoji, Messletters,   Twitter Symbols (From colors to B&W)

2) Animated GIF

(Ah-HA!)

GIF, known as Graphics Interchange Format, is an increasingly popular content marketing strategy on social media. The attractive nature about GIF is that it is a moving image not a static one, making the brand message and call-to-action more friendly and effective. GIF lasts for only a few seconds, meaning content are easy to consume and receptive. In terms of promotion, GIF is also a fun and interesting way to tease a NEW product or event launch to interest audience.

Now, check out our Top 3 sources for GIF:

ONLINE: Giphy, Tumblr, Storify 

(Most comprehensive site in relative to others)

For those who don't wish to outsource, you could create your own GIF:

Photoshop - SIMPLIFIED -

Step 1: 

Set up the layers you plan to animate

Step 2: 

Hide layers you do not want visible at the start

Window > Animation > First Frame

Add New Frame, and show the layers you want visible, one at a time

Step 3: 

Set the delay for each frame, shown in seconds

Step 4:

File > Save for Web

Check out this tutorial for elaboration!

If you wish to ensure smooth transition from point A to B, use Tween:

Tween creates the illusion of motion i.e 1st image evolving into 2nd image

Photoshop - SIMPLIFIED 2 -

Step 1: LAYERS

Create new group to contain layers for the motion effect.

Step 2: ANIMATION

To start 1st image, Windows > Animation 

Step 3: NEW FRAME

Add 2nd or subsequent n^th frames after 1st image for the transformation later e.g. symmetry filled with other colors

Step 4: TWEEN

Select the 1st frame, Tween > Next Frame > 5 

OR

Select the 2nd or next n^th frame, Tween > Previous Frame > 5

Step 5: PLAY!

Forever

Check out the Kaleidoscope tutorials for graphic illustration!

Next, if you wish to turn your favorite YouTube video to GIF, here it is!

YouTube has over a million videos reserve for us to access. It is particularly useful when you are lazy and you want to post a digital content quickly! YouTube videos contain many interesting, funny moments for you to create a GIF! 

Find our curated FREE online YouTube to GIF Makers:

3) Gallery (Multiple Images)

Another way to make your twitter feed more dynamic is to present collections of photos within a tweet, than just a single image. A theme gallery of 3-4 related images is more captivating to the eye and gives followers a sneak peak of the content before they click on the link.