Instagram Adds New Features To Boomerang Stories

Instagram users will now have more features to enjoy when using the app as the company has added three new effects to its Boomerang stories, a report says.

Instagram's Boomerang Stories feature now has three new options that users will enjoy, TechCrunch reported. The new editing options, called “SlowMo,” “Echo” and “Duo,” are aimed at making the social media app more entertaining for users who love creating short videos using it.

For those who don't know, “Boomerangs” are Instagram's way of letting users create short videos that play in a loop. Unlike other loops, however, these play back-and-forth, like seeing a video play normally then in rewind the moment it hits the end of the playing time, and then plays again normally.

The new editing options will allow users to add a bit of dramatic effect to make their Boomerang Stories more fun and interesting to watch. Instagram announced via a tweet that the three new options are now available globally.

“Starting today, people on Instagram will be able to share new SloMo, Echo and Duo Boomerang modes on Instagram” a Facebook company spokesperson told TechCrunch.

“Your Instagram camera gives you ways to express yourself and easily share what you’re doing, thinking or feeling with your friends,” the spokesperson said. “Boomerang is one of the most beloved camera formats and we’re excited to expand the creative ways that you can use Boomerang to turn everyday moments into something fun and unexpected.”

Here's a quick look at each of the three options:

• SlowMo

As the name implies, SlowMo slows the video playback speed in half. This means that instead of playing for one second in each direction, each video will now play for two seconds in each direction. This will allow viewers to see looped videos in greater detail.

• Echo

This option adds a blur effect that results in a translucent trail being left as the subject moves on the screen. This is meant to create a “double vision effect,” like when a person is dizzy or drunk.

• Duo

This effect quickly rewinds the clip when it reaches the end of its play time. The fast rewind is made to look glitchy and digitized, as if rewinding an old movie.

Here's a short video that shows how the three options work: