Halloweenify your Google+ photos

With Halloween just around the corner, there isn't a better way to prepare for the festivities by sharing spooky selfies with the new Halloweenify Auto-Awesome effects on Google+.

With Auto-Backup enabled on your phone or tablet, Google will occasionally "gift" you a photo or video you captured with a special effect such as a GIF animation or a snazzy frame and filter combo. That's Auto Awesome - Awesome (or at least fun) effects added to your backed-up photos, automatically. For Halloween, Google is using the hashtag #Halloweenify to promote new spooky and fun effects that you can create on the web or from your Android device.

Spooky or fun, it's up to you

To get started, head to photos.google.com and choose between spooky or fun and select a photo of yourself or up to four friends you wish to transform into a Halloween theme and that's it! Effects are applied randomly, so give it a try a couple of times on the same photo or with another photo and feel free to share with your circles or publicly with the #Halloweenify hashtag to join in on the fun.

Got an Android? Hit the star (Auto Awesome) button on Photos to get started

Happy Halloween!

Source and images: John Nack