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<p>Last year we introduced the most powerful <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/photo-editor-and-passcodes">photo editing tool</a> ever to be implemented in a messaging app. This allowed you to instantly improve photos before sending them on <strong>iOS</strong> and <strong>Android</strong>.</p>
<p>Today we’re pushing the photo editor to the next level with the fun stuff: you can now add drawings, masks, stickers and text right onto your pictures.</p>
<p>This is easy: just choose a mask, and it will be automatically positioned in the right place. Telegram identifies faces on photos and uses mask meta-data to find the perfect spot.</p>
<p>Our artists created hundreds of beautiful and fun masks as examples, but everything we do here in Telegram is an <strong>open platform</strong>. So as of today, anyone can use the <em>/newmasks</em> command for the <ahref="https://telegram.me/stickers">@stickers</a> bot to upload their own masks.</p>
<p>Another thing that’s likely to spread virally now are your GIF-animations. Creating your own GIFs has never been easier: simply record a video in Telegram and tap the new “mute” button to share it as a looped autoplayed GIF.</p>
<p>The animation will be saved to your <ahref="https://telegram.org/blog/gif-revolution#sending-gifs">GIFs section</a> so that you can quickly react to anything with a set of your own prerecorded GIF-emotions.</p>
<p>The last addition to this entertainment-heavy update is the <strong>trending stickers tab</strong>. Whenever you’re feeling hungry for new stickers you can find the latest additions in the stickers panel in any of your chats. </p>
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