{"id":33696,"date":"2018-02-13T06:30:25","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T14:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/?p=33696"},"modified":"2020-08-19T07:47:16","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T14:47:16","slug":"heres-make-selfie-cool-obamas-presidential-portrait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/heres-make-selfie-cool-obamas-presidential-portrait\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s How To Make Your Selfie As Cool As Obama\u2019s Presidential Portrait"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This isn\u2019t the first time Barack Obama has stolen the social media spotlight. From his bromance with Joe Biden to \u201cThanks, Obama,\u201d the 44th President of the United States has established himself as a regular social media star. Get ready, because he is breaking the internet once again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week, Barack and Michelle Obama\u2019s presidential portraits were inaugurated into the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. While they stand next to traditional portraits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, the Obamas brought an extra element of finesse to the table.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-33697 size-medium\" title=\"Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnblog.picsart.com\/2018\/02\/Barack-and-Michelle-Obama%E2%80%99s-presidential-portraits-780x511.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdnblog.picsart.com\/2018\/02\/Barack-and-Michelle-Obama%E2%80%99s-presidential-portraits-780x511.png 780w, https:\/\/cdnblog.picsart.com\/2018\/02\/Barack-and-Michelle-Obama%E2%80%99s-presidential-portraits.png 938w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The former president and first lady\u2019s portraits have grabbed attention for a bunch of reasons. People are calling them radiant, and glam, and above all, really cool. We can\u2019t get enough of them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Obamas are proving that portraits aren\u2019t dead. All you need to transform your selfie into a glam portrait is a little magic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"pa-embeded-image\" href=\"https:\/\/picsart.com\/i\/image-freetoedit-obamaportrait-256221719004202\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn130.picsart.com\/256221719004202.jpg\" alt=\"#freetoedit #obamaportrait\" width=\"420px\" height=\"630px\" data-id=\"256221719004202\" data-size=\"medium\" data-head=\"1\" data-foot=\"1\" \/>via PicsArt<\/a> <script async=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/picsart.com\/embed.js?v1.3.2\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"pa-embeded-image\" href=\"https:\/\/picsart.com\/i\/image-freetoedit-obamaportait-256222018018202\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn140.picsart.com\/256222018018202.jpg\" alt=\"#freetoedit #obamaportait\" width=\"420px\" height=\"280.546875px\" data-id=\"256222018018202\" data-size=\"medium\" data-head=\"1\" data-foot=\"1\" \/>via PicsArt<\/a> <script async=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/picsart.com\/embed.js?v1.3.2\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"pa-embeded-image\" href=\"https:\/\/picsart.com\/i\/image-freetoedit-moonlightmagiceffect-242226893003202\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn130.picsart.com\/242226893003202.jpg\" alt=\"#freetoedit #moonlightmagiceffect\" width=\"420px\" height=\"438.49624060150376px\" data-id=\"242226893003202\" data-size=\"medium\" data-head=\"1\" data-foot=\"1\" \/>via PicsArt<\/a> <script async=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/picsart.com\/embed.js?v1.3.2\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can create your very own Obama-inspired portrait with our Magic Effects. Simply snap a selfie, head over to Magic Effects, and select the style that brings out all of the flare you have to offer. After that, click the \u201cerase\u201d button and select your portrait using <a href=\"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/post\/make-pictures-pop-portrait-detection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Portrait Selection<\/a>. Add the hashtag #ObamaPortrait to make it official! You will have yourself a portrait worthy of hanging next to Michelle and Barry before you know it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>PicsArt <\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/picsart.com\/apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b><i>photo editor<\/i><\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/picsart.com\/collage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b><i>collage<\/i><\/b><\/a><b><i> maker and <\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/picsart.com\/stickers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b><i>sticker<\/i><\/b><\/a><b><i> maker is a totally new kind of creative community, with over 100M+ monthly users. PicsArt has collaborated with brands like Dior, Jared Leto\u2019s band Thirty Seconds To Mars and Lindsey Stirling. Supermodels Izabel Goulart, Doutzen Kroes, and Natalia Vodianova have shared PicsArt remixes on their social media. <\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/picsart.app.link\/rqlZS6p4zG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b><i>Download the app<\/i><\/b><\/a><b><i> to get in on the action!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This isn\u2019t the first time Barack Obama has stolen the social media spotlight. From his bromance with Joe Biden to \u201cThanks, Obama,\u201d the 44th President of the United States has established himself as a regular social media star. Get ready, because he is breaking the internet once again. This week, Barack and Michelle Obama\u2019s presidential &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/heres-make-selfie-cool-obamas-presidential-portrait\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Here\u2019s How To Make Your Selfie As Cool As Obama\u2019s Presidential Portrait&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":33699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"","faq_show":false,"faq_enable_schema":false,"how_to_show":false,"how_to_show_on_single":false,"how_to_enable_schema":false,"how_to_is_upload":false,"faq_title":"","how_to_title":"","how_to_layout":"","how_to_cta_text":"","how_to_cta_url":"","how_to_image_alt":"","how_to_display_image":0,"faq_items":[],"how_to_steps":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1669],"tags":[749,595,361,110,293],"class_list":["post-33696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspiration","tag-barak-obama","tag-how-to-picsart","tag-michelle-obama","tag-picsart","tag-portraits","entry"],"acf":{"faq_show":false,"faq_title":"Frequently asked questions","faq_enable_schema":true,"faq_items":null,"how_to_show":false,"how_to_show_on_single":false,"how_to_title":"","how_to_layout":"default","how_to_steps":null,"how_to_enable_schema":true,"how_to_is_upload":true,"how_to_cta_text":"","how_to_cta_url":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/create\/editor","how_to_display_image":null,"how_to_image_alt":"","footer_banner_name":"Start your design in Picsart","footer_banner_link_":"\/","footer_banner_button_text_":"Get Started"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Here\u2019s How To Make Your Selfie As Cool As Obama\u2019s Presidential Portrait - Picsart Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/heres-make-selfie-cool-obamas-presidential-portrait\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Here\u2019s How To Make Your Selfie As Cool As Obama\u2019s Presidential Portrait - Picsart Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This isn\u2019t the first time Barack Obama has stolen the social media spotlight. 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