Wide Studio blog

Guides from the studio on Telegram stickers, emoji and Mini Apps. More articles are in the Russian blog.

• How to make Telegram emoji, step by stepHow to make your own Telegram emoji: sizes and formats, drawing and animation, uploading a pack with the @Stickers bot and the link to the finished pack.4 minutes
• How to make Telegram stickers, step by stepHow to make Telegram stickers: formats, sizes and limits, building a pack with the @Stickers bot, and how static stickers differ from animated and video ones.5 minutes
• Sticker from a GIF or video: WEBM or TGSCan a GIF or a video become a Telegram sticker? When a WEBM video sticker is enough and when the animation has to be redrawn in vector as TGS.4 minutes
• Telegram Mini App or website: what to chooseHow a Telegram Mini App differs from a website and a bot, when a bot is enough, when you need a Mini App and when a website. Compared on sign-in, payment and search.6 minutes
• TGS format: how Telegram emoji and stickers workHow the TGS format works and what Telegram requires of animated emoji and stickers: size, length, frame rate and file weight, and what that means for design.6 minutes