How to Turn Any Photo into a Sticker for WhatsApp

Those of Mark Zuckerberg have been adding different collections of stickers to the messaging app so that all users can share them with their contacts, however, the ones that have gained the greatest popularity are the stickers that we can create with our own photos or portraits. So much so, that they have become one of the essential elements in any WhatsApp conversation worth its salt.

These particular stickers were born from the hand of Apple and were baptized with the name of Memojis, but the truth is that today we can send or create stickers with our own face on both iOS and Android devices.

Create stickers for WhatsApp on iOS

Memojis are a kind of emojis that can be customized to get the result to be the closest thing to ourselves, being able to choose certain details such as hair, its color, add freckles or moles, etc.

In a native way, it is possible to create stickers with our face on an iPhone, yes, it is an essential requirement to have version 13 of iOS. Although if we have one of the latest iPhone models (iPhone X or higher), we can also make these creations animated.

These Memojis become sticker packages that will be available on our keyboard, being able to use them at any time in our WhatsApp conversations. Now, if we meet these requirements, these will be the steps to follow to create your own stickers on iOS:

• We open the messages application on the iPhone.
• We click on compose message to send a new one or we go to a conversation.
• We tap on the Animoji icon.
• We swipe to the right and select the option New Memoji> Add new Memoji.
• Next we will have to create and customize all the characteristics of our memoji, skin tone, hairstyle, eyes, etc.
• When we have everything to our liking, click OK .
• From that moment, the memoji will appear available on the WhatsApp keyboard.

Directly from WhatsApp it is also possible to create or edit a Memoji. In the same way that we access all the Memoji stickers, created by ourselves or the default ones that Apple’s own system includes, if we click on the ellipsis from the messaging app, we can access the memoji customization screen, being able to edit or create one from there.

How to create stickers with your own photos

Although the operating system for Google mobile devices does not allow you to create stickers like iOS does, the truth is that we can always use certain applications to add all kinds of functions to the system. In this case, Sticker Maker is one of the most popular and used. In addition, it is available for both iOS devices, if we do not have an updated version of the Apple system, and for Android devices.

In any case, to start creating your own stickers for WhatsApp, the first thing we will have to do is install the app on our mobile phone. Once this is done, it will allow us to create a new package of stickers that we can then easily share in our WhatsApp chats. The steps to follow are:

• We open Sticker Maker on our phone.
• Click on the option Create a new sticker pack .
• We give the package a name and report the name of the author and click on Create .
• We choose the option Add stickers and then we can indicate if we want to import a photo from the gallery or take a photo with the camera at that time.
• Once we have the photo from which we want to create our sticker, we will have to draw the silhouette of the part of the image that we want to use for the sticker. It is recommended to zoom in to be able to crop the image as accurately as possible.
• With the image ready, it will be automatically added to the collection of stickers that we have created previously, being able to add up to 30 stickers in a single package.

WStick is another of the best rated apps to create stickers for WhatsApp or other applications. With this app installed on our mobile phone, we will be able to create personalized stickers with our own images to share them with our friends and family through the messaging app.

WStick is also available for both iOS and Android devices , therefore, we can create our collection of stickers on both platforms. To do this, as soon as we install the tool on our phone, we open it and follow the steps shown below:

• We tap on the button with the “+” symbol .
• We introduce the name of the sticker pack and the author.
• We click on the icon that allows us to select the photograph from which we want to create the sticker.
• We cut out the part of the image that we want to be shown on the sticker.
• Once cut out we can customize the sticker with text, drawings, emoticons, etc.
• With everything to our liking, we tap on the save button and it will be added to our sticker pack. We can create more stickers within the same package.
• Finally, we select the pack and click on the Add Sticker Pack option.
• This will open WhatsApp and we have to click on Save .

From that moment, we will see how our sticker package for WhatsApp is already available in the messaging app to use in our chats.

How to make a perfect cutout of our photos

As we have seen, this type of application allows us to cut photos taken with the camera or that we already had in our gallery. However, the precision they offer us may not be what we are looking for. In that case, we can use other tools that allow us to make more precise cuts or eliminate the background automatically.

One of the most used applications when editing photos is Photoshop, but the truth is that its use is limited to the desktop and also requires certain knowledge to be able to remove the background of a photograph. Therefore, we are going to show some online applications with which to automatically erase the background of a photo from the mobile itself.

Remove.gb

It is a website that allows us to automatically remove the background of a photo from our mobile phone. That is, we will not need to have any prior knowledge in image editing or have a perfect pulse to crop a photo manually.

This time, just follow these simple steps to erase the background of an image:

• We open a browser window on the mobile phone.
• We go to the Remove.bg site.
• We click on the Upload image button.
• We choose the photo from the memory or gallery of our mobile.
• The site will automatically start processing the photo.
• The result will be displayed in a few moments.
• If everything is correct, click on Download to save the photo and use it later to add it to our sticker pack in any of the apps mentioned above.

Clipping Magic

Another similar website is Clipping Magic, although this time it offers us some options when it comes to clipping, something that Remove.gb does not do, which goes straight to the point and does everything automatically. However, at certain times we may want to customize some cutouts to create our fully personalized stickers for WhatsApp. For it:

• We open a browser window on the mobile phone.
• Let’s go to the site clippingmagic.com
• Click on the Load image button to begin.
• We select the photo from the gallery of our phone.
• It will automatically detect the silhouette of the person that appears in the photo and will mark us with dashed lines where to make the cut.

• If we want, we can modify the cutout to our liking.
• With everything ready, click on preview and if everything is correct, we can save it to later add it to the sticker pack created in any of the apps mentioned above.