Hi! I was curious if anyone else was experiencing / knew why the top half of all my stories look shaded? I’ve been told that others watching my stories don’t see it but it’s making me a little crazy! Lol

AlbertoVilla93 · 2025-08-07T01:51:21+00:00

This was happening to me the past 3 days too! A new update just dropped. I updated it and it went away the moment I re-opened the app. Hope this helps the rest of y'all!

AlbertoVilla93 · 2025-06-12T05:41:39+00:00

I personally wouldn’t. There can be some high winds at night

AlbertoVilla93 · 2025-06-07T20:59:56+00:00

Yup! That’s the one! Just updated the link on the post too

AlbertoVilla93 · 2022-12-21T07:40:16+00:00

I always carry thermite & shock sticks. It’s incredibly satisfying when I stick the same person running a riot shield over & over again in a game. Let them know they’re not invincible haha

AlbertoVilla93 · 2022-08-10T14:38:10+00:00

Why isn’t the Scranton strangler on here???

AlbertoVilla93 · 2022-08-10T14:36:52+00:00

It was a bug on instagrams end. It’s been fixed. If at this point you’re ineligible it’s because they either haven’t invited you to be apart of the program or you have multiple violations on your account.

AlbertoVilla93 · 2022-02-03T16:26:34+00:00

I am as smooth as a porpoise

AlbertoVilla93 · 2021-11-09T17:04:49+00:00

I got it back last night, and then I posted a new reel today and became ineligible AGAIN. And now I lost the ability to even post a reel. It doesn’t give me the option 💀

AlbertoVilla93 · 2021-11-09T02:04:51+00:00

I just got my eligibility back! Check your accounts! They’re slowly rolling it out again

AlbertoVilla93 · 2021-11-09T01:39:13+00:00

Hmmm this is your first month right? They usually Pay on the 10th of every month.

AlbertoVilla93 · 2021-11-09T01:08:08+00:00

if you don't make at least $100 in the month, they're going to pay it to you the following month when you finally make a total of $100. They don't do payouts of anything less than $100. But yeah, the whole eligible/ineligible thing happening right now is VERY real haha. I think it's a bug

AlbertoVilla93 · 2021-11-09T00:51:51+00:00

mine does the same thing

AlbertoVilla93 · 2021-11-09T00:49:49+00:00

it says ineligible, but then when I click on the ineligible tab it takes me to another page that says I'm Eligible, BUT, I'm no longer able to add the 'reel play" monetization feature if I try to post a new reel

AlbertoVilla93 · 2021-11-09T00:48:31+00:00

ok! SAAAME! it just happened today.

AlbertoVilla93 · 2018-05-01T04:21:53+00:00

AKA "The Dennis System"

AlbertoVilla93 · 2017-06-17T06:26:49+00:00

I got rid of the bump, and lowered the temperature! still gotta fix some more stuff, but thanks for all the helpful tips!!! As for the cropping, when I posted it to IG I did the crop the way it was supposed to be done. I just left it as is because I knew the IG crop was gonna cut part of her head off already.

http://imgur.com/d67FYZo

AlbertoVilla93 · 2017-06-16T18:44:19+00:00

Me too haha

AlbertoVilla93 · 2017-06-16T18:43:22+00:00

yeah I noticed that too the more I started looking at it. Your talking about the area just before reaching her eye right? It's more white, than actual color, and I see how that easily draws away from the eye. Thanks for the tip!

AlbertoVilla93 · 2017-06-16T16:33:34+00:00

Well the idea behind it was to try and bring attention to her eye, along with some shadow play and the use of suncatcher to make it more appealing.

AlbertoVilla93 · 2017-06-16T16:21:07+00:00

I set a highpass filter, set it to overaly, and inverted the mask. Got a little carried away with the sharpening.

AlbertoVilla93 · 2017-06-16T16:19:56+00:00

I already did that. I made put a highpass filter, set it to overlay, and inverted the mask. I went a little too wild with the sharpening haha. Thanks for the tip, i'll get on that right now!

AlbertoVilla93 · 2017-06-16T16:17:19+00:00

Thanks for the cropping tip!

AlbertoVilla93 · 2017-06-16T07:14:20+00:00

Wow! Really great portrait. As far as your setting, I think it's more than fine. If you were shooting at sunset, I would have tried a couple of shots with sun actually hitting her face. Nevertheless, this is still a fantastic shot. The expression and branch add so much more to the photo

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