Just Get It: Cinemagram--The Animated Instagram
Apr 11, 2012
It was just the other day that we were talking about how GIFs are making a comeback and then BAM!: Factyle comes out with Cinemagram, a new app that lets you make animated GIFs with your own pictures. It was if the App Gods of the Universe were reading our site!
Here's essentially what it does: Once you film a 2-3 second video clip and animate just a small portion of it, you can add vintage filters and share it instantly on Twitter, Facebook, etc. Simple? Yes. Everything we've ever wanted? Possibly.
We obviously decided to take it for test drive and and it's surprisingly fast and easy to do. The most difficult part is selecting the area to animate. We accidentally highlighted half of our friend's arm, so when the app animated him, it appeared as if his wrist was being severed from the rest of his body (sweet, but not our intention.) After a few failed (but fun) attempts, you'll be a Cinemagram pro in no time, and you can wow your mom and dad with your new space age phone technology.
Meanwhile, check out some of the featured Cinemagrams for inspiration.
-- Perrin Drumm
