Instagram can now edit your Reels in under 10 seconds — but there's a surprise
You have recorded five or six videos for an Instagram Reel. Now comes the less enjoyable part: watching them again, finding the useful moments, cutting out the awkward pauses and stitching everything together. Instagram wants to do much of that work for you. The platform is rolling out First Draft, a new Reels feature that automatically goes through multiple video clips, trims pauses and picks…
Instagram has launched a new feature called First Draft that automatically edits Reels in under 10 seconds. Users can select multiple videos and tap the First Draft button to let Instagram analyze the footage, remove pauses, and trim the clips. The resulting edit is not the final product but rather a starting point that creators can further modify.
First Draft can handle different video formats and can be reversed or adjusted later. Instagram claims that First Draft can save time for casual users who record videos but may not be comfortable with video-editing software. Unlike other automated editing tools, First Draft does not rely on artificial intelligence, but rather on Instagram's internal tools.
The feature is currently available on iPhone and can be accessed during recording or from the Reels gallery.
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