Instagram on 10 January 2020 introduced three new filters to share Boomerang Stories: SlowMo, Echo, and Duo, along with a new feature to trim their length. It said in a Tweet:
🐢 SlowMo
🗣 Echo
👯♀️ DuoBoomerang has new creative twists that’ll make you say yaaassssss. Try them all out today. pic.twitter.com/wp0A71RefL
— Instagram (@instagram) January 10, 2020
“Your Instagram camera gives you ways to express yourself and easily share what you’re doing, thinking or feeling with your friends.
Boomerang is an iconic part of that, and one of the most beloved camera formats. Instagram is excited to expand on the creativity and give you new ways to use Boomerang to turn everyday moments into something fun and unexpected,” the company said in a statement.
The new filters are available in the Boomerang composer in the Instagram Stories camera.
SlowMo will allow Boomerang videos to be slowed to half their original speed. Echo will create a double vision effect, which will enhance Boomerang and Duo, both can speed up and slow down Boomerang, adding a texturized effect.
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It will also be possible to trim and adjust the length of Boomerang recordings with the update.
The new effects come as an over-the-air (OTA) update.
How to use the new filters for Boomerang
To use the new effects, take a Boomerang:
- Open the Story camera and swipe to “Boomerang” on the carousel.
- Then tap the shutter button or hold it down for two seconds.
- Lastly, tap the infinity symbol along the top of the display to access the new effects.
In addition, Instagram also recently launched a new “Layout” feature. This allows users to include multiple photos in a single story.
Meaning, users can now create their Stories with up to six different photos, although this new feature was already on third-party apps to create similar images.
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