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Instagram’s ‘First Draft’ trims your Reels clips for you

Instagram is launching a new Reels-editing feature that automatically trims your video clips to focus on the highlights. The feature, called First Draft, is rolling out to Instagram's iPhone app and provides a "starting point" that you can build upon with other edits, according to an announcement on...

Instagram’s ‘First Draft’ trims your Reels clips for you
Image: The Verge

Instagram is launching a new Reels-editing feature that automatically trims your video clips to focus on the highlights. The feature, called First Draft, is rolling out to Instagram's iPhone app and provides a "starting point" that you can build upon with other edits, according to an announcement on Tuesday.

An example shared by Instagram shows a user selecting multiple clips for a reel and then tapping the "First Draft" button. From there, Instagram analyzes the clips - each of which is more than a minute long - before trimming them down to eliminate pauses and showcase the most important parts. Instagram then combines the snippets into a …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Originally published at The Verge

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