Instagram Introduces Collage App
T-App-Estry
 |
| www.imore.com |
Instagram have been riding a hell of a wave of late, and branching out in all sorts of interesting ways, innovating their signature app and looking into new
ones. Their latest is Layout, an app purpose-built for creating photo collages.
Using it, users can select anything up to 9 images and the app will help
arrange them into a collage template, based on the nature of the images (date,
location or shots of faces). You can also use the ‘Photo Booth’ to take a
series of selfies using the front-facing camera on your phone/tablet.
 |
| www.digitaltrends.com |
From there, a myriad of different editing options open up, enabling you to tailor your collage exactly to your needs. As well as shuffling the images around, you can mirror them, rotate them and resize them. When you apply these options to sets of up to 9 pictures, the possibilities became vast and fascinating.
For instance, if you use the same 2 or 3 images, repeated
until you have 9, you could create a kind of optical illusion, or if you take 9
extreme close ups of a face and build the full one from the composite. Hours of
fun could be had figuring out new ideas. Once you’re done with a collage you
can share it directly to your Instagram, Facebook or pretty much wherever else
(except Twitter, for some reason).
This isn’t exactly completely new territory, there are
numerous third party apps that do the exact same job, but Instagram likely hope
to appeal to a broader market with theirs, and creating synergy across multiple
different ones is kind of the thing to do at the moment. Just look at Facebook.
 |
| www.mashable.com |
This is an interesting counterpart to Instagram’s
last external venture, Hyperlapse, which enables you to make really smooth,
high quality time lapses with relative ease. They seem intent on creating easy
shortcuts for otherwise tricky photography disciplines. I’m not sure where they
can go from here, perhaps they’ll bring out an app for quick and easy light
painting, or depth of field effects, it’ll be exciting to find out, in any
case.
Callum Davies
Callum is a film school graduate who is now making a name for himself as a journalist and content writer. His vices include flat whites and 90s hip-hop. Follow him @CallumAtSMF
Contact us on Twitter, on Facebook, or leave your comments below. To find out about social media training or management why not take a look at our website for more info http://socialmediacambridge.co.uk/.
Instagram Introduces Collage App
Reviewed by Unknown
on
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Rating:
Reviewed by Unknown
on
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Rating:
Unknown
Keeping you up to date on social media, digital marketing, apps, news & reviews. Social media, and digital marketing as a whole, are rapidly and constantly changing, adapting to new developments at an ever increasing rate. Just keeping up to date can be a nightmare. Our team of writers know their field, and keep an ear to the ground. We aim to keep you informed of all recent developments in the online world, and teach you a little something along the way. So whether you just want to stay connected, or gain some knowledge for yourself, the Social Songbird will keep on singing! More articles are posted every day so keep checking back! Join the discussion on Twitter - #SocialSongbird Or contact us directly - @SocialSongbird_
Entrepreneur, international speaker on Social Media Marketing. First one in the UK to write and speak in conferences about Twitter as a marketing tool. Consultant to Corporate Companies, Government Organizations, Marketing Managers and Business Owners.
Aspiring novelist with a passion for fantasy and crime thrillers. He hopes to one day drop that 'aspiring' prefix. He started as a writer and soon after he was made Executive Editor and Manager of the team at Social Songbird. A position he held for 5 years.
Adrienne is a passionate writer with experience in editing, content creation, and social media marketing. She’s a lover of animals, helping others improve their writing, and 2000s pop culture.
Musician, audio technician, professional tutor and a Cambridge university English student. Interested in writing, politics and obsessed with reading.
Recently graduated with a BA in English Literature from the University of Exeter, and he is about to study an MA in Journalism at the University of Sheffield. He is an aspiring journalist and novelist; in his free time he enjoys playing chess, listening to music and taking long walks through nature.
Lucy is an undergraduate BSc Politics and International Relations student at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Anna Coopey is a 4th year UG student in Classics at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. She is a keen writer and researcher on a number of topics, varying from Modern Greek literature to revolutionary theory.
Ellie is a recent BA English Literature graduate and aspiring publisher with a passion for writing. Her favourite pastimes include reading and shopping.