Video Editing Hacks

[Marieta Reeks]

TikTokis home to some of the most compelling trends that have popped up on social media platforms in the past few years, and photo editing trends are no different. Whether you are a teenager hopping on your phone or a brand leader settling in for a day of work, you have likely at least heard of TikTok, if not having also had some experience working with or engaging with the app. With a seemingly endless amount of content to scroll through and content for every niche, TikTok is a powerful platform, even it is being used to discuss social platforms and how best to engage with them. Here, we present 8 of the best TikTok photo editing hacks you need to know, kicked off by one of the most recent viral videos found on the platform.

A TikTok photo editing hack is a hack made popular by TikTok, or a photo editor hack that initially popped up on TikTok. One of the most recent TikTok trends that went viral was a nifty iPhone photo edit hack, and was started by a user named @anaugazz. The photo editing trick ended up racking up over 20 million views. While it may seem simple enough, the photo edit hack makes basic selfies appear more vibrant and professional. More and more users began trying the photo editing trick for themselves, and a trend was born.

Now revel in the magical transformation of your photos! Although your original photo may look lovely enough, implementing this photo hack (the precise settings sourced here) will take a run-of-the-mill selfie and make it look as though the subject and the person snapping the photo are capable of capturing incredible images that highlight the best features of the subject and bring a sense of life to the image.

Note that the settings listed above are specifically for iPhones, and may not work the same way for Android and other phones. Nevertheless, there are different photo editing features you can fiddle with to achieve a similar photo trick on those phones. They include the following:

Viral videos and viral photos alike utilize a host of filters and effects. These effects can take ordinary camera-roll selfies to new heights, and can even add additional flair and excitement to scenery like a beautiful field, or a plunging waterfall. Filters and effects are less about hiding what is in the image, and more about highlighting any color differences in the image, and picking up on any highlights and lowlights. Using filters and effects to tap into these nuances can elevate even the most mundane image and make it something truly worth looking at.

The dimensions of a standard photo is not always ideal for a photo or video sharing platform, so making good use of the ability to crop or resize your images is essential. From cropping an image to more effectively fit the prescribed dimensions of a social media platform to cropping an image to hone in on a more interesting detail or to create some dimension in the photo, your cropping and resizing tools should not be underestimated.

Standard editing tools may not offer the ability to create collages, but collages are a great way to tackle multiple objectives. A collage can be used from a marketing standpoint to illustrate a point (think of a collage of customers smiling and using a product), to summarize a trip (think of a blocked display of the most breathtaking images you took while on a trip), to just provide numerous different angles and images of yourself. Collages allow you to say more within a single image, and can be useful for both personal and business ventures, alike.

Less an editing tip and more a suggestion to bring more interest to your images, consider adding stickers and emojis to photos. While it will not have the same profound impact as, say, an inspiring quote placed over a beautiful image, it can lend an air of informality and fun to even the most mundane image, and can help viewers feel as though they are in on a joke or close to the poster. This is an increasingly common trend seen in social media content, and can easily humanize the largest and most impersonal of companies.

Enhancing the color in photos offers a subtler difference than making grand, sweeping changes to the brightness and contrast, but can nevertheless lend a more polished and intentional look to an edited photo versus an unedited one. Enhancing the colors in photos can take a background photo from uninteresting to riveting, and can create greater depth and dimension to an average selfie.

The perfect photo might not truly exist, but it is much easier to approximate it when you take advantage of the many image editing hacks that have been created and shared. To make sure that you are getting the most out of the editing hacks you have compiled, be sure to adhere to the following rules:

TikTok started out as an app targeting teenagers and young adults, but has grown into a powerhouse that people of all ages, backgrounds, and skill levels can enjoy. Just like Facebook and Instagram before it, TikTok is a vital piece of the marketing puzzle, both as a platform for brands to create and curate content on, and as a means of staying abreast of the latest in social media, news, and trends. Using the image editing hacks listed above, you can stay on top of the image expectations for both personal accounts and brand accounts, and even continue to make sure your own TikTok account/s are delivering on the latest trends and staying in the mix.

Although our discussion was kicked off by a particular image editing hack that went viral, TikTok continues to be a valuable resource for improving your images, videos, and even your engagement practices and habits, and can be a simple way to make sure you are keeping up with the latest trends.

Neal Schaffer is a leading authority on helping businesses through their digital transformation of sales and marketing through consulting, training, and helping enterprises large and small develop and execute on social media marketing strategy, influencer marketing, and social selling initiatives. President of the social media agency PDCA Social, Neal also teaches digital media to executives at Rutgers University, the Irish Management Institute (Ireland), and the University of Jyvaskyla (Finland). Fluent in Japanese and Mandarin Chinese, Neal is a popular keynote speaker and has been invited to speak about digital media on four continents in a dozen countries. He is also the author of 3 books on social media, including Maximize Your Social (Wiley), and in late 2019 will publish his 4th book, The Business of Influence (HarperCollins), on educating the market on the why and how every business should leverage the potential of influencer marketing. Neal resides in Irvine, California but also frequently travels to Japan.

Use the tips and tricks in this article to jump right in and learn how to be productive with Visual Studio Code. Become familiar with the powerful editing, code intelligence, and source code control features and learn useful keyboard shortcuts. Make sure to explore the other in-depth topics in Getting Started and the User Guide to learn more.

The best way of exploring VS Code hands-on is to open the Welcome page and then pick a Walkthrough for a self-guided tour through the setup steps, features, and deeper customizations that VS Code offers. As you discover and learn, the walkthroughs track your progress.

If you are looking to improve your code editing skills, open the Interactive Editor Playground. Try out VS Code's code editing features, like multi-cursor editing, IntelliSense, Snippets, Emmet, and more.

You can open multiple files from Quick Open by pressing Right Arrow. This opens the currently selected file in the background, and you can continue selecting files from Quick Open.

VS Code has a powerful command line interface (CLI) which enables you to customize how the editor is launched to support various scenarios. For example, you can start VS Code from the command line to open a diff editor for comparing two files.

Make sure the VS Code binary is on your path so you can simply type 'code' to launch VS Code. See the platform specific setup topics if VS Code is added to your environment path during installation (Running VS Code on Linux, macOS, Windows).

The language mode in the Status Bar indicates the language (for example, Markdown, Python, and more) that is associated with the active editor. You can change the language mode for the current editor by selecting the Status Bar language mode indicator, or by using the keyboard shortcut.

You can install more themes from the VS Code extension Marketplace. Select the Preferences: Color Theme > + Browse Additional Color Themes... command to search themes from the Marketplace.

Are you used to keyboard shortcuts from another editor? You can install a Keymap extension that brings the keyboard shortcuts from your favorite editor to VS Code. Use the Preferences: Keymaps command to see the current list on the Marketplace. Some of the more popular ones:

You can view and customize the keyboard shortcuts in the Keyboard Shortcuts editor. Use the Preferences: Open Keyboard Shortcuts command or use the shortcut to open the editor.

By default, VS Code shows the Settings editor to view and edit settings. You can also edit the underlying settings.json file by using the Open User Settings (JSON) command or by changing your default settings editor with the workbench.settings.editor setting.

VS Code will show you an error message when you try to save a file that cannot be saved because it has changed on disk. VS Code blocks saving the file to prevent overwriting changes that have been made outside of the editor.

To resolve the save conflict, select the Compare action in the notification popup to open a diff editor that shows you the contents of the file on disk (to the left) compared to the contents in VS Code (on the right):

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