TikTok launches new editing tools and photo mode
Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2025 4:27 am
On October 6, 2022, TikTok announced that it will allow for more creative freedom through new editing tools. Creators will be able to easily customize clips, sounds, images, and text. Read now to find out what you can use these updates for in your influencer marketing campaign.
Key points
TikTok's new editing tools allow you to:
Stack, trim and share videos.
Influencing the rhythm of a clip
Sound effects and other audio updates
The updates are now available in the United States and “most regions around the world,” TikTok said.
With the new photo mode, TikTok is returning the favor to Instagram, but it remains to be seen how popular the feature will be with TikTok users.
After social networks like Instagram and YouTube jumped on the short-form video bandwagon, TikTok is fighting back in the battle for users with new updates. With the new photo mode on TikTok, the Chinese app is giving back to Instagram the fact that the Meta-owned network has so far copied everything that makes TikTok so successful.
Especially now that TikTok is the top-grossing app in a quarter for the fourth consecutive time. Along with the Chinese version Douyin, TikTok holds the top spot for the best-selling non-gaming apps on the App Store and Google Play with approximately $914.4 million .
So what is actually the difference between TikTok and Douyin ? And how can brands use Douyin for their influencer marketing strategy? We tell you about it on the Kolsquare blog.
Since short videos are the heart of the app, it has always been easy to edit short clips of moving images in a few simple steps, adding filters and music. Now, and perhaps to further challenge the other platforms, TikTok offers advanced editing tools for videos, in addition to the new photo mode. More on that in a moment.
The new photo mode on TikTok
As mentioned, photo mode on TikTok is the company’s declaration of war vice president software email database against Instagram. Accordingly, TikTok users can post slideshows of still images that they can scroll through on the “For You” page.
Image from TikTok
Regarding the new photo mode, TikTok states:
« Photo mode lets you share posts in a carousel of still images that automatically display one after another. Music can be added to provide a soundtrack to the images, which viewers can scroll through at their own pace . »
The photos in the carousels, which can also be accompanied by music, are automatically displayed one after the other. According to TikTok, the new photo mode is logically supposed to promote the sharing of high-quality images on the app.
Key points
TikTok's new editing tools allow you to:
Stack, trim and share videos.
Influencing the rhythm of a clip
Sound effects and other audio updates
The updates are now available in the United States and “most regions around the world,” TikTok said.
With the new photo mode, TikTok is returning the favor to Instagram, but it remains to be seen how popular the feature will be with TikTok users.
After social networks like Instagram and YouTube jumped on the short-form video bandwagon, TikTok is fighting back in the battle for users with new updates. With the new photo mode on TikTok, the Chinese app is giving back to Instagram the fact that the Meta-owned network has so far copied everything that makes TikTok so successful.
Especially now that TikTok is the top-grossing app in a quarter for the fourth consecutive time. Along with the Chinese version Douyin, TikTok holds the top spot for the best-selling non-gaming apps on the App Store and Google Play with approximately $914.4 million .
So what is actually the difference between TikTok and Douyin ? And how can brands use Douyin for their influencer marketing strategy? We tell you about it on the Kolsquare blog.
Since short videos are the heart of the app, it has always been easy to edit short clips of moving images in a few simple steps, adding filters and music. Now, and perhaps to further challenge the other platforms, TikTok offers advanced editing tools for videos, in addition to the new photo mode. More on that in a moment.
The new photo mode on TikTok
As mentioned, photo mode on TikTok is the company’s declaration of war vice president software email database against Instagram. Accordingly, TikTok users can post slideshows of still images that they can scroll through on the “For You” page.
Image from TikTok
Regarding the new photo mode, TikTok states:
« Photo mode lets you share posts in a carousel of still images that automatically display one after another. Music can be added to provide a soundtrack to the images, which viewers can scroll through at their own pace . »
The photos in the carousels, which can also be accompanied by music, are automatically displayed one after the other. According to TikTok, the new photo mode is logically supposed to promote the sharing of high-quality images on the app.