Video on Instagram

Post by phatbyte » Thu, Jun 20, 2013, 5:57 PM UTC

onedev wrote: post #45

josh2600 wrote: post #26

Sigh... Instagram talks a good game, but I find this to be more unimaginative dreck. Look, I get it, you need to clone Vine to stay competitive, but it's not new or a re-imagining of the video paradigm. Most of these social startups promise unique experiences based on new forms of social interaction, but really only deliver more ways to watch cats dance on the internet. Bring on the hardcore technology like better Et…

You don't think their stabilization technology is imaginative?

Post by jpmc » Thu, Jun 20, 2013, 5:58 PM UTC

lotso wrote: post #44

tsurantino wrote: post #34

So, expectedly, we will hear a lot of criticism that Instagram is copying Vine. In some ways, it is - but with its own spin and one that I think will emphasize beauty in video, much like it has done with photos and whereas I see Vine personally as one that lets you share moments as they are or some kind of quirky videos. Technologically, the difference is arbitrary (filters vs. no filters) but, as the saying goes: th…

There are more shares from Vine on Twitter than Instagram. I'd say its use has skyrocketed.

Post by phatbyte » Thu, Jun 20, 2013, 6:00 PM UTC

yid wrote: post #53

s3r3nity wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well the 'Cinema' feature is something brand new that Vine doesn't have -- stabilizing videos like this is mind boggling to me at least and should be interesting to see how it plays out.

FWIW, Youtube has had this feature since May 2012, for videos considerably longer than a handful of seconds: http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2012/05/video-stabilizati... EDIT: the demo video on that link above is pretty spectacular.

Post by buster » Thu, Jun 20, 2013, 6:01 PM UTC

tsurantino wrote: post #34

So, expectedly, we will hear a lot of criticism that Instagram is copying Vine. In some ways, it is - but with its own spin and one that I think will emphasize beauty in video, much like it has done with photos and whereas I see Vine personally as one that lets you share moments as they are or some kind of quirky videos. Technologically, the difference is arbitrary (filters vs. no filters) but, as the saying goes: th…

Post by agscala » Thu, Jun 20, 2013, 6:01 PM UTC