Instagram launches video function, compares and evaluates with Vine

June 21 News, according to foreign media reports, Facebook's photo-sharing application Instagram today launched the video function. Technology web site TechCrunch The new product, compared to Twitter's "Vine" of its peers.

Photography and Creation

Vine video is about 6.5 seconds long. Twitter and vine developers have made great efforts to study the appropriate length of video for this application. This length is not only suitable for users to watch, but also to force the creator to jump out of the limit, in a short time to tell a story. This is a very Twitter approach.

Instagram video allows 15 seconds to be filmed. This is slightly longer for the viewer, but leaves a broader space for the creator.

The two platforms allow users to take multiple shots and combine the resulting clips. Instagram allows users to delete a series of recent clips in order to avoid errors in filming. In the specific operation, the user cannot delete the second paragraph of the short film before deleting the fourth and the third paragraph. What you can delete must be the latest film.

Vine does not allow users to edit at all. However, according to developers today, the application will be able to create a number of drafts in the future, which will undoubtedly bring more freedom to creators.

Neither Vine nor Instagram can directly use the contents of the mobile video library. Both require the user to shoot the video through the application. But these two apps can store video clips in a video library.

All two applications support front camera, which can be converted between front and rear cameras when shooting. Vine initially did not support this feature, but it was revised after an upgrade.

In Instagram's style, its video features also provide filter support, as does the photo feature. For the video is a new set of filters, a total of 13. Each is a special effect on the video.

Vine does not provide a filter, and it is not expected to launch such functionality for a short time. Vine will certainly provide the photographer with tools to create interesting, beautiful videos, but these tools will be of high quality and have a certain threshold to use.

The Instagram video conference surprised everyone with its built-in stabilization function. Although the anti-shake function is said to sacrifice a certain image quality, but in most occasions, Instagram users should not care about this little bit of missing. What they prefer is the effect of filters.

Vine does not have such functionality.

Two applications have not yet been content to share. Vine only allows users to share videos on Vine, Facebook and Twitter, while Instagram lets users post videos on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Flickr, and Foursquare. also supports e-mail delivery.

All two apps support geographical tagging, and Instagram can also provide photo maps that allow users to find photos of others by location.

Watch and use

The style of the Instagram video doesn't change much compared to the original photo. Video is the same as a picture, but there is a camera logo in the upper right corner. Two app can play video automatically. Instagram seems to buffer for two seconds, Vine play directly.

In mobile applications, two programs have no mute option, want to mute only turn off the voice of the phone.

On the desktop version, Vine can be muted, Instagram not. The desktop version of Vine also supports inserting directly into the computer desktop, Instagram web site can not do this.

Another major difference in the use of the two is that Vine can be looped, while Instagram is played only once. As a result, the video on Vine is more like a GIF animated picture, and the story in Instagram is manage.

It is worth mentioning that Vine's video viewing experience may be a big one in the short term. The company today exhibited a new set of user interfaces to support full screen playback, eliminating "praise" and comment content.

Conclusion

Vine already has a fairly stable group of users. Twitter's demand for short content forced the Vine video to be more creative, and from the point of view of looping, it also hit the animated GIF picture.

Even so, Instagram video will certainly slow the growth of vine. Instagram creates a video-sharing product for the public. It takes time to shoot a video, and a filter can make your work more beautiful and even shake it off. However, these features that appeal to the general public will only make Vine look more high-end.