LCC Social Media Guidelines | 4.2 SNACK CONTENT: CREATE QUICK MULTIMEDIA CONTENS YOURSELF S.1

4.2 SNACK CONTENT: CREATE QUICK MULTIMEDIA CONTENTS YOURSELF

How can you communicate the message of a story quickly and directly? Using pictures and videos! In this chapter, you learn what apps and platforms you can use to create contents for your social media channels yourself - not only on your computer but also using mobile apps on your smartphone.

4.2.1 EDITING YOUR OWN PHOTOS AND VIDEOS

The success of a social media posting depends on image and video quality. In the following, we list recommendable apps for quickly creating and improving photos and videos: (click through the smartphones to see the various apps!)

Snapseed (iOS, Android, Mac, PC):

Google's photo editing software. Fast, highly intuitive photo editing that makes the most of mobile images, in particular. Mandatory equipment for every smartphone!

Splice (iOS):

Video and slideshow editor offered by GoPro. Very intuitive handling, extensive free-of-charge music library.

VivaVideo (Android):

Video editor for beginners to be used with Android. Directly film, cut, filter and add music. Professional version is required to get rid of the watermark.