Create Story Pins

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If you have a Pinterest business account, you can use Story Pins to record multiple videos, add images, lists and custom text in a single Pin. Like other Pins, Story Pins will stay on your boards once you’ve published them.

You can use Story Pins to:

Create a step-by-step guide, project or recipe
Upload multiple short videos with additional descriptive text or text overlay
Customize the colors and fonts in your Pin
Improve your targeting with topic tagging
Curate a collection of products
Tell a story in a brand new way

Create a Story Pin

Log into your Pinterest business account
Click Create, then click Create Story Pin
Click Create Story Pin or click on one of your drafts under Your latest drafts
Click the direction arrow down circle icon and choose 1 or up to 20 images or videos from your computer, or drag and drop to add the images or videos
Use the tools on the right side of the screen to design your pages
- Layout: Click Layout to choose a layout for your page and Select or change the background color
- Adjust: Click Image or Video to adjust and resize your image or video
- Text: Click Text to add text and select your font, font size, alignment, color or highlight
Click the plus icon on the top-left side to add more images or videos
- To change your font, layout or background on multiple pages, hold down shift on your keyboard and select the pages you want to edit
Click Next
Select a details theme from the dropdown menu and add details to your Pin
Click Next
Fill out information about your Pin
- Story Pin title: Add a title for your Pin
- Board selector: Choose a public board to save your Story Pin to from the drop-down menu
- Tags: Search and add up to 10 tag topics to add to your Story Pin to reach people searching for similar ideas
Click Publish

Update your Pinterest app to the latest version to use Story Pins. Story Pins are available on Android OS 7 or higher.

Open the Pinterest app on your device and log into your Pinterest account.
Tap the plus icon at the bottom of the screen.
Tap Story Pin.
Tap the plus icon to add your first page.
Select 1 or more photos or videos from your device. Videos can be up to 60 seconds.
Tap Next.
Tap on a page or tap Design to start designing, add text or add other effects. You can see the list of design tools below.
Tap Done.
Tap the plus icon to add up to 20 pages.
Once you’ve added your images or videos, tap Next.
Fill out information about your Pin.
- Title: Add a title for your Story Pin.
- Board: Choose a public board to save your Story Pin to.
- Details: Add a list to your Pin, such as materials needed or recipe ingredients.
- Tags: Search and add up to 10 related tag topics to add to your Story Pin to reach people searching for similar ideas.
Tap Publish.

Design your Story Pin

You can add different effects when you create your Story Pin:

Background: Select or change the background color for your page.
Text: Add text, change your font style, color combination or text position.
Resize: Pinch your image, video or text to resize or adjust its position on your page.

Update your Pinterest app to the latest version to use Story Pins. Story Pins are available on iOS 11 or higher.

Open the Pinterest app on your device and log into your Pinterest account.
Tap the plus icon at the bottom of the screen.
Tap Story Pin.
Tap the plus icon to add a page.
Tap the record button to record up to 60 seconds of video or select 1 or more photos or videos from your device.
Tap Next.
Tap on a page or tap Design to start designing, add text or add other effects. You can see the list of design tools below.
Tap Done.
Tap the plus icon to add up to 20 images or videos.
Once you've added your images or videos, tap Next.
Fill out information about your Pin
- Title: Add a title for your Pin
- Board: Choose a public board to save your Story Pin to
- Details: Add a list for your Pin, such as materials needed or recipe ingredients
- Tags: Search and add up to 10 related tag topics to add to your Story Pin to reach people
Tap Publish

Design your Story Pin

You can add different effects when you create your Story Pin:

Clips: Move the slider to adjust the length of your video clip.
Text: Add text, change your font style, color combination or text position. You can also select text duration and transitions.
Resize: Pinch your image, video or text to resize or adjust its position on your page.
Background: Select or change the background color for your page.
Music: Select a song to add to your page.
Audio: Tap the record button to add a voiceover and control your music, original audio and voiceover volumes.
Filters: Add a filter to your page and use the slider to adjust it.
Speed controls: Speed up or slow down your video clip.
Align: Tap the ghost icon to line up objects from the previous clip you recorded in the app before recording the next one.

When you create a Story Pin, it must follow our Community guidelines. If a Story Pin violates our guidelines, you may lose access to Story Pins.

Edit Story Pins

After you’ve published a Story Pin, you can edit the board you published it to, topic tags and details. You can also delete an existing page, add a new page, or reorder existing pages. You won’t be able to edit the content of an existing page. You can edit a Story Pin up to 2 weeks after publishing.

You can save 1 Story Pin in draft on Android phones and iPhones and up to 50 drafts on desktop. You can come back later to your device to finish and publish it to a board. You cannot edit your draft across different devices.

Click on a Story Pin to open it
Click the edit icon
You can:
- Edit details: Update your ingredients or supply list if you added one
- Edit the board: Select a public board from the drop-down menu then click Save
- Edit the section: Select or create a board section then click Save
- Edit pages: Delete an existing page, add a new page, or reorder pages

Tap a Story Pin to open it
Tap the ellipsis icon
Tap Edit Pin
You can:
- Edit a page: Delete an existing page, add a new page, or reorder pages, then tap Done
- Edit details: Update your ingredients or supply list if you added one
- Edit the board: Tap the board, select a public board you want to save your Story Pin to and then tap Done
- Delete your Story Pin: Tap Delete then tap Delete to confirm

Tap a Story Pin to open it
Tap the ellipsis icon
Tap Edit Pin
You can:
- Edit a page: Select the page you want to duplicate or delete, tap Save and then tap Save edits
- Edit details: If you added it, tap list items to edit your details list, tap Done, and then tap Done
- Edit the board: Tap the board, select a public board you want to save your Story Pin to and then tap Done
- Edit section: Select or create a board section then click Save
- Delete your Story Pin: Tap Delete then tap Delete to confirm

Creative specs

Looking for tips on creating a great Story Pin? See Pinterest's Creative best practices and take a look at some of our favorites. Or get advice about Story Pins from other businesses on Pinterest in our Pinterest Business Community.

Aspect ratio	Story Pins’ aspect ratio is 9:16, but there are no restrictions for image or video
Encoding	H.264 or H.265
File size	Android and iOS: 16mb recommended Web: 32mb maximum for images and 50 mb for videos
File type	Image: .BMP, .JPEG, .PNG, .TIFF, .WEBP Video: .MP4, .MOV, .M4V
Resolution	For full-bleed images and videos, or images and videos that extend to take up the entire screen, we recommend using 1080x1920 pixel size (9:16 ratio)
Video length	Videos should be between 1-60 seconds

Create a Story Pin

Edit Story Pins

Creative specs

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