

You'll find everything from a simple, but mesmerizing hair flip, to a well-timed dive. Looking for new ideas? Head to the Instagram account where the company's team curates a feed of some of the best boomerangs. Like we said - it isn't simple, but if you've got a great loop, it can be worth the extra clicks. What you can do is text it to yourself, save it to your camera roll from there, and then go to your camera roll within Snapchat's Memories and upload the Boomerang that way. You also can't save a Boomerang directly to your camera roll. Just toggle from "Normal" camera mode to "Boomerang" camera mode and hold your finger down on the circle (as you would with a video) to shoot the quick action.Īdding a Boomerang to your Snapchat Story isn't as easy as it is on Instagram, since you can't create one within Snapchat.
TURN VIDEO INTO BOOMERANG UPDATE
Now, a new update has streamlined that process - you can take a Boomerang directly within your story. When it first launched, Instagram Stories required you to upload a Boomerang from your camera roll. This pulls up a secret settings menu where you can adjust video resolution, change how the Boomerang repeats (playing video forward and back, with a pause in the middle forward only or back only), and lets you adjust the frame count and frame rate of your short video.Ĩ. With four fingers, tap quickly about four times on the app screen. The Boomerang app does offer a couple of hidden settings tweaks you can adjust.


You can also string multiple Boomerangs together. Other times, you might want to keep the action a surprise, like in 's Boomerang above. In some cases, you'll want to choose a frame that highlights the action, like in 's flip. Once you export it to Instagram, though, you can add a filter, trim the clip, and choose which still frame the video will default to. One downside of shooting a Boomerang, as opposed to a regular video or GIF: As for editing, you're limited to what's available in the Instagram app. This content is not available due to your privacy preferences.
