Watch Out, Snapchat: LinkedIn Launches Video Filters

LinkedIn is taking a page from Snapchat's volume with a new video filter feature.

Appear Tuesday, the feature lets yous add filters with catchy phrases like "side hustle," "piece of work high five," and "on the air" to videos yous post on the concern-focused social network. The pick is limited to those 3 at the moment, but if those options don't piece of work for your video, others are on the way.

"In the future, you'll see more than filters y'all tin can utilise in your professional person life," LinkedIn's Peter Roybal wrote in a blog postal service.

LinkedIn, which is now owned by Microsoft, as well introduced three text styles, letting you add together context to your videos "so your community knows what's happening, even when the sound is off," Roybal wrote.

The visitor first introduced video within its mobile apps in August and says information technology'southward useful for highlighting your skills and projects you're working on. To try it out, make certain yous have the latest version of the LinkedIn app for Android or iOS, tap the video icon in the share box, and tape something new or upload an existing video from your camera gyre. From there, you can tap the filters and text buttons on the summit right side of the screen to jazz up your video.

"We're excited to meet how yous use these tools to express who y'all are and what you exercise," Roybal wrote. "Stay tuned every bit we work on adding even more than creative tools for video."

Meanwhile, crowdfunding site Patreon besides recently ripped off Snapchat with a stories clone in its mobile app dubbed Lens. The feature lets creators "easily share exclusive, behind-the-scenes content with their patrons," Patreon wrote in a web log post.

Nearly Angela Moscaritolo

Angela Moscaritolo

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