US Patent 11995757 Customized animation from video

Methods and systems are disclosed for generating a custom sticker. In one embodiment, a messaging application implemented on a first device receives a video and input that draws a selection of a region of the video. The messaging application generates a graphical element comprising the region of the video drawn by the input and applies one or more visual effects to the graphical element to create a custom graphic. The custom graphic with the one or more visual effects is sent from the first device to a second device.