Generating and sharing contextual content items based on permissions

A system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a permission setting associated with a first user account, the permission setting specifying a subset of one or more user accounts associated with the first user account that are permitted to access a contextual content item;
• receiving, from a computing device associated with the first user account, a primary content item comprising a first image captured by the computing device;
• providing, to the computing device associated with the first user account, an instruction to display a camera capture interface overlaying the primary content item on a display of the computing device, wherein the camera capture interface is configured to overlay preview images displayed in one of a plurality of styles, each style having a display setting, the plurality of styles associated with the first user account, the camera capture interface further configured to enable selection of a style applied to the preview images;
• receiving, from the computing device associated with the first user account, the contextual content item comprising a second image having a selected style captured by the camera of the computing device via the camera capture interface, the second image being a different image than the first image;
• generating an embellished content item by overlaying the contextual content item on the primary content item, wherein the contextual content item is presented in the embellished content item in the selected style;
• providing the embellished content item in a content feed of a second user account;
• receiving a request from the second user account to acquire the contextual content item;
• determining that the second user account is included in the subset of the one or more user accounts;
• and
• providing the second user account with access to acquire the contextual content item based on the second user account being in the subset of the one or more user accounts that are permitted to access the contextual content item.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a permission setting associated with a first user account, the permission setting specifying a subset of one or more user accounts associated with the first user account that are permitted to access a contextual content item;
• receiving, from a computing device associated with the first user account, a primary content item comprising a first image captured by the computing device;
• providing, to the computing device associated with the first user account, an instruction to display a camera capture interface overlaying the primary content item on a display of the computing device, wherein the camera capture interface is configured to overlay preview images displayed in one of a plurality of styles, each style having a display setting, the plurality of styles associated with the first user account, the camera capture interface further configured to enable selection of a style applied to the preview images;
• receiving, from the computing device associated with the first user account, the contextual content item comprising a second image having a selected style captured by the camera of the computing device via the camera capture interface, the second image being a different image than the first image;
• generating an embellished content item by overlaying the contextual content item on the primary content item, wherein the contextual content item is presented in the embellished content item in the selected style;
• providing the embellished content item in a content feed of a second user account;
• receiving a request from the second user account to acquire the contextual content item;
• determining that the second user account is included in the subset of the one or more user accounts;
• and
• providing the second user account with access to acquire the contextual content item based on the second user account being in the subset of the one or more user accounts that are permitted to access the contextual content item.