Here's How to Use Reels Instagram's Latest Features

Instagram released a new feature called Reels. A short video feature of short duration for users in cyberspace. At first glance, this feature is quite similar to that of TikTok.

Based on the explanation, Instagram put this feature in the Instagram story or camera window. In this feature, users can edit the video clip with a number of features offered. You can record as long as 15 seconds of multi-clip video and edit it with audio, effects and various other tools to beautify the user's video.

Users can record a series of clips one by one, even simultaneously or they can upload videos from the gallery. When the user has pressed the record button, he / she can see the progress indicator at the top of the screen.

But for now, the Instagram Reel feature is not yet available in Indonesia. Reporting from Tech Crunch, this feature is only available in 50 countries including countries with strategic markets such as the United States, England, Japan, Brazil, France, Germany, and Spain.

To make Reels, users can press the Reels feature at the bottom in the Instagram camera. After that the user can see various kinds of creative editing tools on the left side of the user's screen. quote from the Instagram blog page. Some of these editing tools include:

Audio: like TikTok, users can insert a song as an available background sound. Users can also make the original audio as background sound by simply recording the user's voice through Reels. When you broadcast your original audio, the voice recording is directly linked with your name, other users can also use the voice recording if the account is not private.

Augmented Reality (AR) Effects: In the Reels feature, users can also choose one of the effects found in the Instagram gallery created by creators from around the world or Instagram itself. So that users can record clips multiple times with a variety of different effects.

Timer and Countdown: the user can set the timer to record the clip hands-free. When the user presses the record button, he will see the countdown.

Align: Line objects from the previous clip before recording the next clip. This is to help users create smooth transitions for some moments such as changing clothes, or adding friends to your Reels.

Speed: the user can determine the speed of the video or sound portion that has been selected in the clip to be created. One of the uses of this feature is to make slow motion videos.

If your account is private then Reels will follow according to the user's account privacy settings. Users can still share to the Instagram feed but only your followers can see your Reel. Of course not everyone can use the original audio and make it, except for followers.

However, if your account is opened to the public, users can share Reels in the Instagram explorer column, so that it can be seen widely, the original audio that has been created can also be used by the public.

Reporting from The Verge, Bytedance accused Instagram of plagiarizing its product, TikTok with Instagram Reels. However, Instagram's product director Robby Stein refutes the claim, saying that "in the end, no two products are the same, and ours are not the same."

In addition, Stein believes that Instagram is best at "creating technology that is easy to use for anyone looking to make videos".

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