How to Zoom in on Snapchat?

Snapchat is one of the most popular apps worldwide with about 306 million daily active users. This platform is mostly popular for its capturing and sharing of images and videos and sending them in form of snaps. Snapchat provides variety of beautiful filters for taking pictures and recording videos along with the function to zoom on them.

Zooming on pictures helps accelerate its quality and make the focus better on things you actually want to capture. Especially if you are someone who loves taking pictures or making vlogs, this option is a game changer. It provides a new highlight to your capture in an astonishing manner.

If you are a newbie on Snapchat or have difficulty taking the best from this app, don’t worry because we have you covered. In this article, you will learn how you can zoom in on Snapchat.

How to Zoom In on Snapchat?

Zooming in is a feature that comes in very handy if you are at a little distance from something whose picture you want to take. In cases like that, you can zoom in through your Snapchat camera and center the focus on the thing of your interest. You can zoom in on Snapchat in two ways:

1. Zoom in while taking Pictures

2. Zoom in while taking Videos

1. Zoom in while taking Pictures

To zoom in on Snapchat while taking pictures:

1. Log into Snapchat and open ‘camera‘.

2. Use two fingers and place them in the part you want to zoom in and then slide them apart.

3. Once the picture is zoomed in, tap on the ‘camera button‘.

This way, you will have a zoomed in picture. To zoom out, pull the fingers closer in the similar manner. Depending on how much you slide apart, you can control the amount to which you zoom.

2. Zoom in while taking Videos

There are two ways you can zoom in on Snapchat while taking a video. The first is:

1. Open camera on Snapchat and press on the ‘record button‘ to start the video.

2. To zoom in, slide the finger holding the button to top.

You can select how much you want to zoom by moving the finger less or more. To zoom the video out, just slide down the finger holding the button.

OR, the second method to zoom in on Snapchat while taking a video is:

1. Open camera and start recording by holding the ‘record button‘.

2. Slide you finger to the left to the ‘Lock‘ icon till the video gets locked to video mode.

3. Zoom in with your fingers by sliding them apart.

4. Tap on the recording icon to finish the video.

In this way, you can zoom in on Snapchat while capturing videos. To zoom out, put your two fingers apart and slide them closer.

How to Zoom In on an Already Taken Photo?

Yes, Snapchat allows you to zoom in on an already taken photo/video as well. If you want add zoom effects on a previous photo you have taken, this is the perfect place to do it. To do this, you can select any random photo from your gallery and zoom it on Snapchat. Follow these steps to do so

1. Tap on the ‘Memories‘ option in Snapchat camera page.

2. Select the photo/Video and tap ‘Three dots‘ options and tap on ‘Edit Snap‘.

4. Click on ‘Crop‘ icon.

5. Put your fingers on the spot you want zoom and slide apart.

6. Click on ‘Tick‘ option.

Thus, your photo gets zoomed and saved as new copy.

Conclusion

Thus, using the steps mentioned above in the article, you can easily zoom in on Snapchat. Through this feature, you can take picture of anything you want even if it is at a distance from you clearly. You can take specific and tactile images and videos and highlight things perfectly.

Hope this article was helpful and cleared your doubts.

Do leave comments if you have any queries.