Tuesday, 11 June 2013
Vine: a new video smartphone & tablet app
I've recently downloaded Vine to my (shiny new!) Android phone. Vine is a free app that is owned by Twitter, and allows you to record short videos of six seconds or less. Here is the official writeup on the Twitter blog:
https://blog.twitter.com/2013/vine-new-way-share-video
What makes Vine fun to play with, in my opinion, is the way that videos are recorded. Basically, when you are in recording mode, Vine will only record video while your finger is touching the screen -- the minute you lift your finger, recording stops. This makes it an excellent tool for stop-motion animation (see above) though I also enjoy the one-shot videos that make efficient use of the six-second timeframe. In case I'm not explaining this well, here's a step-by-step explanation:
http://features.en.softonic.com/how-to-use-vine
I think this could be used to make some interesting library how-to videos. Please post your ideas in the comments section!
EDIT: I should mention that Vine is available on iPhones, iPads, and Android tablet computers.
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This is easily the best thing i've clapped eyes on all day! It could be useful for making small clips to embed in forthcoming inductions/info skills sessions, to demo things like the self-issue machines, how to access e-books etc?
ReplyDeleteI agree! Why not download it to one of the staff iPads and see what you can do? These all have covers that double as stands so stop-motion shouldn't be too difficult to achieve.
DeleteOh - looks interesting! Are we getting an iPad for LCH? - I can't remember! I could download it onto my own iPad or phone I suppose :)
ReplyDeleteRos, there are no plans to buy an iPad for LCH at present but you certainly could download it onto your phone. Also I'm sure if you asked nicely the folks at North Road would lend you theirs!
DeleteGood idea (about borrowing NR's!)
DeleteAgreed! This looks really interesting.
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