How to do TikTok’s photo swipe trend

Georgina Smith
TikTok user films camera

TikTok’s photo swipe feature is one of the most popular editing tools on the app, with users constantly creating new trends to use for the swipe slideshow.

TikTok is the best place to go to find the latest trends and challenges online, as content creators are constantly coming up with new ways to entertain their followers.

The short-form video platform has several different editing tools that people can use to keep their videos interesting, and these tools often form the basis of popular trends.

One of the most viral trends on the app is the ‘photo swipe’ fad, which has users showing off a series of images in a slideshow-style format, usually with a song in the background.

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How to make a swipe slideshow on TikTok

If you have access to the feature, here’s how to do the photo swipe trend:

  1. Open TikTok.
  2. Click on the plus button to open the camera.
  3. In the bottom right corner click on ‘Uploads.’
  4. Select the images you want in your slideshow, then click ‘Next.’
  5. Click ‘Switch to photo mode’ if it’s not on photo mode already.
  6. Select the sound bar from the top of the screen to pick a background song.
  7. Click the text button in the top right corner to type out song lyrics or captions for each photo.
  8. Tap ‘Next’ and post as you normally would.

People are using this trend to show all kinds of different pictures, whether that’s snaps from their lives or popular memes.

If you want to learn more about how to use TikTok, you can check out our other guides, including how to use TikTok Stories and best time to post on TikTok for more views and likes.