Clips from Apple - a handy video editor for Instagram

Since Instagram became support the ability to publish video, users are puzzled by a suitable choice of the video editor. For those who are not sufficiently iMovie, Apple company released Clips - a free application that puts a watermark on videos.

Navigation and Design

Like the vast majority of the products Apple, Clips differs concise and friendly interface.

Under the camera area you can select the source for the video: is supported as the creation of photos and videos directly from the app, or import from your library. Below is a button microphone, camera and recording switching. Swipe left on the button opens the recording feature "hands-free".

In the upper left corner there is an arrow leading to all projects created in the Clips. This app is similar to the video editor iMovies. However, the predecessor Clips borrowed little except that the method of dragging and dropping the video with the help of a long press.

functions

Turning to the main functional raisins Clips, not to mention about the creation of titles. The app recognizes it and allows you to add text to the video. Captions are particularly useful for placement in Instagram, because movies are automatically loaded without audio, and many users prefer not to be distracted by listening to music or podcasts while watching the tape Instagram.

Punctuation application does not recognize, but the resulting text in the Clips can be edited. There are seven styles of titles, different font and animation.

There are seven filters in the application. Nothing extraordinary, a standard minimum set lowly Instagram-blogger: "Noir", "Instant Photo", "printing", "Dissolve", "Comics", "black" and "photochromic". The processing can be changed or canceled, even if the filter has been selected for recording.

Clips offers have already proved themselves in Instagram Stories feature add symbols and inscriptions. The choice of style decisions is small, but there are several options for video signatures, signs, mark the place and time of capture.

After importing and recording all video developers propose to designate the structure and defines a linear narrative with animated screensavers. Style solutions also slightly, but almost all of them are pretty nice.

disadvantages

Clips can hardly be called serious video editor because of its orientation to Instagram. Most functions are designed to publish videos in this service. Even the proportion of 1: 1 can not be changed.

The application does not offer a wide variation in the use of functions. In it few filters and styles of screen savers, and the number of characters available for insertion noticeably inferior Instagram Stories with Emoji. The craze for this application will inevitably lead to the mass of the same video tape Instagram, what happened with the advent of Prisma.

High system requirements Clips will not be allowed to use the application to owners of older gadgets. To install the editor must be a device under the control of iOS 10.3 and higher.

test Layfhakera

Talking about the application for capturing and editing video, it would be illogical to be limited to one text. Layfhaker experienced Clips on itself and is ready to present the results of their labors.

Verdict

Clips - this is not an alternative to iMovie or other video editor you are using. But it's still a useful addition if you are looking for a simple and multifunctional video editor for Instagram.

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Clips

Developer: Apple

Price: Free