Facebook: Send photos with effects - how it works

With Facebook, you can add cool effects to your photos in Messenger. In this article we show you how it all works and what effects there are.

Use photo effects on Facebook

• Facebook offers some standard effects that are available in every season.
• For special occasions, such as Halloween or Christmas, there are also special effects.
• With these you can decorate your pictures seasonally and send holiday greetings to friends.

Add photos to photos on Facebook

We refer our instructions to the photos you can send to your friends in Messenger. The easiest way to add effects is with the Messenger app on your smartphone.

1. So first open the app and select the corresponding chat in which you want to send the photo.
2. Now tap on the small camera at the bottom of the screen. The app will then send you into photo capture mode.
3. Here you can choose from all available effects and choose the one you like best.
4. For a simplified manual with pictures, please see our picture gallery below at the end of the article.

You can also create a temporary profile picture on Facebook. Perfect for holiday photos and selfies that you don't want to have as your profile picture forever. You can find out how in our next article.

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First open Facebook Messenger on your phone.

After choosing a chat, tap the small camera once.

Now you can add a whole range of effects to your picture. (Source: Pixabay)

For example, there is a pumpkin head at Halloween time.

But the famous "open your mouth" effects are back at the start. With this little spiders come out of the mouth.

And if you want to scare the chat, just choose the skull. Guaranteed to shock.