New Vine in old bottle
The latest version of Vine will let users import videos as well as edit them
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2014-08-23 22:28 GMT
Hyderabad:Before Twitter acquired Vine nearly two years back, six-second looping videos simply weren’t a rage. But the micro-blogging website showed the world how short our attention spans were. Ever since, millions of users descended on the simple new tool, discovering the world of complex six-second innovative animations.
But the app had its limitations. Users could create Vines only within the app (meaning restrictions of the 4:3 aspect ratio of the Vine camera) and the app did not allow users to import videos shot earlier or with the device’s native camera app. Now, Vine has revamped its camera features and from the looks of it, it’s going to make a lot of people very happy.
What’s New:
There aren’t many differences when compared to the old one —the Home, Explore, Activity and Profile buttons are in the same places, and those areas of the app are largely unchanged. However, the fun stuff of new Vine, officially known as version 2.5, is under the Camera icon.
The menu items in the icon are completely new, starting with the biggest change — the new “import” icon. Upon selecting the Import icon, Vine will ask for permission to access the camera roll. Then, right below the playback window, an 8x8 grid of videos stored on your phone will be available for selection. It really doesn’t matter if the video is 6 seconds or 6 minutes, Vine will anyway go ahead and open it. Vine promises to even handle all kinds of videos.
Another new feature is the new grid overlay for composing shots, which helps users in ensuring that the camera is perfectly straight. This feature is useful for creating smooth 360-degree Vines.
Before selecting the big green check button and publishing Vines, users now get the new option of clicking the Edit icon which appears on top of the Vine.
With the old Vine, users could rearrange and even delete clips before publishing, but the new Vine also lets you further trim any of the individual clips. This will help in shortening clips by roughly half a second, making it crisper. The editing window also allows you to delete or mute the audio on individual clips.
A Promising Change:
With the addition of these new tools, Vine delivers a whole new world of creative possibilities to its devoted user base and fans. It might also pull in new users who no longer feel pressured to capture and create solely within the Vine app.
For now, the new Vine is only available on iOS, but it won’t be long before the Android phones will have it.