Rumors have been buzzing around the online world for some time, but yesterday Facebook and Instagram brought the redeeming word: Instagram has been expanded with video. Users can now upload not only photos with a filter, but also videos. The update was ready for both iOS and Android users at 19:30 yesterday evening, and since then we can start uploading videos. How does it work and what does it mean for Vine?
Features
Videos can be three to fifteen seconds long;
Thirteen new filters have been launched, which can be poured over the videos;
When a video is uploaded, the cover of the video can also be changed, so you are not stuck with the first shot;
There is an edit function: the last shot can be deleted and reshot;
and there is 'Cinema', the video stabilization function. This feature turns every smartphone user into a (nearly) latvia phone number list professional cameraman or woman. The often 'shaky' videos are stabilized when you click on the camera icon. This gives you a much nicer and calmer image. Handy if you want to capture your playful and running daughter (who actually does not want to be on film)! It is striking that for now it seems that the cinema option does not work on Android devices. In the video below, Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom presents Cinema.
Instagram vs Vine
Of course, we could have seen it coming that #RIPVine would become a hit. With the launch of Instavideo, Instagram is following in the footsteps of Vine: the video app that was acquired by Twitter in early 2013. Where Vine only gives you 6 seconds to launch a creative video, Instagram offers the possibility to make the video up to fifteen seconds long.