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How to Post Videos on Instagram in 3 Different Ways
- It's easy to post videos on Instagram in three different ways.
- You can post videos to your feed or your story, and you can also privately send videos through direct message.
- In each case, you will have the option to post an existing video from your library or record a new one using the Instagram app.
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While photos are a great way to capture a specific moment, videos are better at showing movement, the process of making something, or capturing events where sound plays a significant role.
In addition to photos, Instagram is well-suited to share video content.
You can post recorded moments to your feed and stories, and Instagram also allows you to privately send videos to friends through a direct message.
Here's how to do all three.
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1. Open the Instagram app on your iPhone or Android phone.
2. Tap the "+" icon at the bottom center of your screen.
3. You can either select a pre-recorded video from your library or take a video in the moment to post. For the former, tap on "Library" at the bottom of your screen and then tap on the video you'd like to post. For the latter, tap on "Video" then press down on the circle toward the bottom of your screen to record.
Select an existing video from your Library or record a new one to post to your feed. Christina Liao/Business Insider4.
Tap "Next" at the top right corner of your screen.
5. You'll be brought to a screen where you can edit your video. Once you've made any desired changes, tap "Next" again.
6. Now you'll be brought to a screen where you can add a caption, select a location, tag people, and simultaneously post the video to another social media network. Once you've completed the desired fields, tap "Share" to post your video to your feed.
How to post videos on Instagram to your story1. Open the Instagram app.
2. Swipe right from anywhere in the feed or tap on the camera icon at the top left corner of your screen.
3. Your screen will now show your camera's view. Press down on the white circle at the bottom of your screen to begin recording a video. Alternatively, swipe up on the screen to pull up your library where you can select a pre-recorded video to post.
4. Once you've recorded a video directly from the app or selected one from your library, tap "Send To >" at the bottom right corner of your screen.
5. On the "Share" screen you'll have the option to post the video to your story for all of your followers to see — and if you have a public profile, for anyone who comes across your account. You can also choose to share it with a specified list of "Close Friends." Tap "Share" or "Send" to select where and who you'd like to send the video to.
6. Tap "Done" at the bottom of the screen.
1. Open the Instagram app.
2. To access your direct messages, swipe left from anywhere in your feed or tap the paper plane icon at the top right of your screen.
3. Find the person you'd like to send a direct message to by tapping on the pencil icon at the top right of your screen, selecting them from your existing list of messages, or via the "Search" bar at the top of the screen.
4. A chat screen will open up. Tap the camera icon at the bottom left corner to begin recording a video directly from the app or the photo icon at the bottom right corner to select a pre-recorded video from your library.
You have the option to record a new video or send an existing one through direct message. Christina Liao/Business Insider5.
If you're taking a video directly from the app to send to someone, their profile photo will appear at the bottom of your screen above the words "Send" once you've finished recording. Tap on the person's profile photo. If you're selecting a video from your library, tap on the video(s) you'd like to send and then tap "Send."
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How to Create Short-Form Videos With Instagram Reels
Social media app TikTok has turned short, shareable videos into an art form. Now Instagram is getting in on the craze with Instagram Reels, which allows you to add music and fun visual effects over looping video.
Once your 15-second clip has been recorded, it can be shared with your Instagram followers. If you have a public account, you can also distribute your video to the greater Instagram community. Let’s see how it works.
Open Reels
Open the Instagram app and tap the camera icon in the upper-left corner, or simply swipe the main screen to the right. At the camera screen, you should see three options at the bottom: Live, Story, and Reels. Tap the one for Reels.
By default, the app uses the front-facing camera, but you can also tap the camera icon in the lower-right corner to change to the rear camera.
Tap the flash icon at the top to set whether the flash is on, off, or automatic.
Add Music and Effects
You can either use the audio from your video or add music from Instagram’s library. If you add music over the video, the video’s audio will not be included in the recording. To add music, tap the Audio icon on the left. From here, it will work like it does when you add music to a Story.
Scour Instagram’s library for songs in the For You and Browse sections. Under Browse, choose a specific genre, mood, or theme to see songs in that area. To search for music, type the name of a song or artist in the Search field at the top. If you spot a song you like, tap the Play button to hear a short clip.
To add the song to your video, just tap its name. You’re then returned to the video screen where Instagram picks and plays a certain 15-second section of the song to include. You can change to a different section of the song by moving your finger along the slider bar at the bottom.
At the same time, the lyrics to the song appear on the screen so you can choose your section that way. When you’ve found a section you want, tap Done at the top.
If you want to change the speed of the video, tap the Speed icon on the left-hand side under the Audio icon. This option lets you set the speed at which your video is recorded and played. Choose .3x or .5x to play the video in slow motion, or speed it up with 2x or 3x. Your chosen song still plays at the correct speed.
Next, tap the Effects icon. You can scroll through the different effects and preview each one. Swipe all the way to the right and tap the Browse Effects button to see all of the effects available in Instagram. Find an effect you like and leave it in place.
You can manually set the length of your video by tapping the Timer icon. Drag the right edge of the slider bar to the right to lengthen the video and to the left to shorten the video.
If you have added music, the song will play so you can time your video to certain lyrics or a melody in your music.
After you’ve chosen your preferred length, tap the button to Set Timer.
Record Video
Tap the shutter button to record your video. A three-second countdown goes off, and then your recording starts. If you want to pause the video, tap the shutter button again. After you’ve paused it, you can then change certain attributes, including the AR effects and speed.
If you see an Align icon pop up on the screen, you can tap the option to straighten your video. Tap the shutter button again to resume the recording. Your video recording ends at 15 seconds. After the video is finished, it automatically plays so you can view it.
If you wish to change the music, tap the left arrow at the top. Make your change, and then tap the right arrow at the bottom to replay the video with the music change you made.
Add Text, Stickers, and Emoji
After your video is recorded, you can spruce it up further by adding text, stickers, and emoji, or by drawing something.
Tap the smiley icon in the toolbar at the top of the screen to add stickers or emoji. Some stickers display the location or time; tapping them may change the color or style.
Select the sticker or emoji you want and place it on the screen. You can move the item around by dragging it, or make it bigger or smaller by pinching with two fingers. Tap the Pin option to pin the item to the screen so it moves around when your video plays. If you don’t want to keep the sticker or emoji, press it and drag it to the trash can icon.
You can draw on the video by tapping the pen icon in the toolbar on the top of the screen. The drawing toolbar allows you to choose the type of pen you want to use, the thickness, and the color. If you don’t like what you’ve drawn, you can remove it with the Eraser tool or tap the Undo button to remove your last drawing.
Tap the letters icon in the top toolbar to set the font and color of the text. As you type, the font size shrinks to accommodate the text.
You can move the text around by dragging it and change the size even further by pinching it.
Share Video
When your video is finished, tap the right arrow at the bottom to share it. By default, your video is shared through Reels. If you also wish to share it in your feed, make sure the switch is on for Also Share to Feed. You can also share it to your Story, or selectively with any of your friends.
If you have a public account, your video will be shared to the Explore section, so any Instagram user can see it. Tap share to finalize.
View the Reels other people have created from the app’s Explore page. Tap the Search icon at the main feed page and scroll down the search results. Certain videos will be marked as Reels
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How to record Reels video on Instagram?
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Sharing photos and videos
From July 2022, most videos will only be able to be shared using the Reels feature. These changes will not affect videos previously posted to the feed and posted to Instagram on the web.
The Reels feature is not yet available to everyone. Some account holders will be able to view Reels videos, but will not be able to shoot them.
Reels function allows you to shoot and edit 90 second Instagram videos. Reels videos can be overlaid with various effects and music, as well as use original audio tracks in them.
Video Recording Reels
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Tap the icon at the top of the screen or swipe right anywhere on the feed.
Scroll to the Reels option at the bottom of the screen.
Tap and hold to record a clip, or tap this icon to start recording and again to end. You can also click on the camera roll at the bottom left of the screen to add a video from it. nine0003
Press Preview.
Select Edit Clips to view, trim or delete your previous clip and click Done.
Tap the appropriate icon at the top of the screen to add stickers, pictures, and text to your Reels video. Click to download the video to your device. Use the slider at the bottom of the screen to choose when you want the text to appear on the video and click Next.
Click Edit Cover to edit the cover photo and add a caption. nine0003
Select Share or Share to Reels.
Instagram app for iPhone
Touch the icon at the top of the screen or swipe right anywhere on the feed.
Scroll to the Reels option at the bottom of the screen.
Tap and hold to record a clip, or tap this icon to start recording and again to end. You can also click on the camera roll at the bottom left of the screen to add a video from it. nine0003
Click Next in the lower right corner of the screen.
Select Edit Clips to view, trim or delete your previous clip.
Tap the appropriate icon at the top of the screen to add stickers, pictures, and text to your Reels video. Click to download the video to your device. Use the slider at the bottom of the screen to choose when you want the text to appear on the video and click Next.
Click Edit Cover to edit the cover photo and add a caption. nine0003
Select Share or Share to Reels.
Note. You can record one or more clips up to 60 seconds in total. The progress bar at the top of the screen will show the remaining recording time. If you post a Reels video in Explore, it will also be available in the Reels tab on your profile.
Interactive stickers such as "Poll", "Challenge", question sticker and others cannot be used in Reels videos. Learn more about saving and editing a Reels video draft. nine0003
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How to upload a video to Instagram in 2021: 5 ways
Video is not a photo, it is more difficult to work with it. In the early days of Instagram*, many third-party services provided the ability to upload videos to the social network. 2020 "cleaned up" the ranks of volunteers.
Let's look at how to add videos to Instagram* from a computer, and for beginners, we will repeat the process of uploading videos in the application from a phone. nine0003
From a smartphone
The easiest way to upload videos to your Instagram page* is to upload directly through the application on your smartphone.
You can add a video to Instagram Feed* in the following way:
Enter the app and click the create post icon You can add a finished video from your phone's Gallery or take a video directly from the app. Time limit 60 seconds. After you will be prompted to apply a filter or select a coverIf your video from the Gallery is longer than a minute, then before posting you will be offered two options:
- shorten it to the desired size by cutting off part,
- upload it to IGTV.
If you select shorten to a minute, you can do it right in the application. The video will be published in the feed. But if the original video you want to share is longer than 20 minutes, the program will warn you that the video file is too long.
What to do? Trim it with third-party programs. nine0003 For example, using VideoShow
If you choose the second option - put the video on IGTV, then you will be given a time limit of 15 minutes.
There will be only a short announcement about it in the Feed. And if you don't want to, then you won't.
For more information on other video specifications, see The Truth About Instagram Videos*.
Uploading videos in Stories is done by clicking on your main profile picture.
You can click both on the feed view page and in ProfileVideo length is limited to 15 seconds, but if necessary, one long video can be split into several short ones before uploading. Here you can also shoot immediately or add from the Gallery. There are many different filters, effects and more available.
Read more about this in the article How to Use Instagram Stories*.
From a computer
Posting a video on Instagram* is more difficult here. Simply by opening your page in the browser, you cannot post new content to the Feed and Stories. The exception is IGTV. Otherwise, in 2021, there are only three ways to upload a video to Instagram * from a computer.
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Through the service of delayed posting
The easiest way to solve the problem is with the help of SMMplanner. You can add photos and videos to your Feed, Stories, and IGTV. Yes, the service is paid, but for minimal money you will get the highest pleasure from the process of downloading videos. Suitable for those who post content on Instagram* on a regular basis.
Read more about working with the service in the article “How to upload a video to Instagram* from a computer”.
Via Facebook Creator Studio
Official service from Facebook*. To link an Instagram account*, click on its icon and follow the instructionsTo use it, after logging into the service, link your Instagram* and Facebook* accounts to each other, and you must also have a business account or an Author account on Instagram*.
Switching to the Author's account is not difficult.
Go to Instagram settings* on your smartphone, select "Account" and then "Switch to professional account".
Choose the post category that best suits your content. Select "Author". nine0101 You can then upload the video to your Stream. But you can’t make a carousel or add a video to Stories through the service. Alas.
Through the emulator
Another way to publish from a computer is to use an Android application emulator. By installing it on your computer, you will work with applications on the monitor, as if you were sitting on your phone.
Consider BlueStacks.
After installing the application, log in to your Google Play account Enter the word “Instagram*” in the search and install the application You can enter Instagram* by clicking on the Notifications icon... … or the next time you enter the program, find it in the My games sectionTo upload a video to Instagram *, first these videos must be added to the emulator library.
Enter Media Manager, yellow icon in My Games Click Import from Windows and select the videos you want You will see them in the imported files here Now go to Instagram* in the emulator and upload videos the same way as you would on your phone: a plus sign at the bottom in the center of the screen, and the necessary videos will already be in the Gallery Now a moment about the performance of your computer.
