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Free Online Instagram Story Maker

Want to impress your Instagram followers? Create stunning Instagram stories using LightX's online Instagram story maker. Make personalized aesthetic, minimal, professional, or cute Instagram stories. Edit with fun stickers, attractive filters, and more.

How to Make an Instagram Story?

Instagram Story graphic design
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Select an Instagram Story Template

LightX provides multiple premium and free Instagram Story templates for you. To choose one, open LightX and click on ‘Templates’ followed by clicking on ‘Social’, and then ‘Instagram Story’. Whichever Instagram Story template you now like, just tap on it to use it.

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Customize the Template

After selecting the template, customize it as you like. Resize for different social media platforms, upload your own images or from Stock, change the background, and insert relevant stickers and illustrations. Add text using text templates, such as Highlights, Lower Third, and many more.

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Save and Share

Finally, add the finishing touch and click on ‘Export’ to save your Instagram Story to your device. Or, tap on ‘Share’ to upload it directly from LightX on different social media platforms.

Add CTA to Instagram Stories

Instagram stories are of utmost importance when talking about Instagram marketing. They are being widely used to engage audiences as per the new Instagram algorithm. Hence, it is vital to be creative and stay ahead of trends.One of the most important components of Instagram stories is the CTA. It is necessary to tell/ inform the users about the purpose of the story. Do you want them to sign up, reply to the story, take part in a poll, or anything else! Make sure to check out the LightX editable text templates- use them as it is or customize them according to the brand or feed colors.

Women and old man listening to podcast

Use Stickers in Instagram Stories

Nothing conveys a message better than appropriately used graphics. LightX library has stickers that will add quirk and pizzaz to your Instagram Stories. To use stickers in Instagram Stories, click on ‘Stickers’ and select the ones which go with your story. LightX has everything from emoji stickers to party stickers, from party stickers to work stickers.

Instagram Story image of red sweater girl with stickers

Download and Share

When you are satisfied with your design, you can easily download it to your device and share on Instagram. With LightX it is very easy to resize your projects too. For example, if you want to post the same design to Instagram Story as well as Facebook Ad, you don’t need to make the design from scratch. Just resize, download, and share!

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