Loops is a brand new Fediverse platform for short-form video. This guide covers some of the things we do with making Loops Videos.

For those interested in trying out #Loops, you may be wondering: what are good tools or processes for making videos?

We go into detail with some of the tools we’re currently using.

  • bitwolf@lemmy.oneEnglish
    1·
    2 hours ago

    I’d love too, but they never send a verification email and the captcha doesn’t work on the login screen for some reason

  • pr06lefsEnglish
    135·
    17 hours ago

    Hot take: short video format is kinda trash, even in a federated version.

    • Sean Tilley@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      12·
      14 hours ago

      Lukewarm take at best. It’s cool if it’s not for you personally, but a lot of people use it, love it, and benefit from it.

      I think the stuff that Loops is building out could eventually become a standard feature that a lot of Fediverse platforms optionally offer. That kind of interop for the people that want it is frankly a win.

        • Pennomi@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          2 hours ago

          Think of all the skills you could learn! Basically any task that takes less than 60 seconds to complete!

          • Blaze (he/him)@feddit.orgEnglish
            2·
            1 hour ago

            TikTok have a length limit of 10 minutes. YouTube videos (proper videos, not shorts) on the other side seem to get shorter compared to a few years ago. The gap isn’t that wide anymore

  • barkingspiders@infosec.pubEnglish
    131·
    19 hours ago

    I’ve been loosely exploring this space for a couple weeks now. I got an fpv quadcopter this year and I was thinking about sharing some of my content on loops but I didn’t know anything about video editing. Can confirm kdenlive and OBS studio are legit, still trying to figure those out. Would be nice to find a simpler editor I could use from my phone though. Please throw some recommendations in here if you’ve got them.

    • Sean Tilley@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      52·
      17 hours ago

      You might want to try CapCut. It’s by ByteDance, used by a lot of Tiktokers, and some of the better features are behind a paywall, but it’s probably one of the brightest examples of an easy-to-use mobile editor for Android.

      I still haven’t found a whole lot of alternatives to that. There’s some professional-grade multi-track editors, and some rinkydink open source apps that barely do anything. Honestly, it’s kind of hard to find a good balance.

      • itsnicodegallo@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        13 hours ago

        I just wish you could see the wave form on the timeline. Ridiculous that it’s not a default feature.

  • OpenStars@piefed.socialEnglish
    5·
    18 hours ago

    I thought that most people were still not able to get accounts on Loops, like weren’t they still rate-limiting to sth like 1 account per day recently - has that changed?

    • TheTechnician27@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      18 hours ago

      If nothing else, though, it seems like people might actually be posting OC now. When I first got there, it was like a single account blatantly reposting from TikTok, Instagram, etc. Like the 9gag of short-video content. Seems potentially better going back into it now.