Guide to TikTok, what it is and how to start viewing and creating videos

These days, all we can do is talk about TikTok, which has become a craze in Italy in the context of the most used apps in the world, now involving not only younger children (considering that it is even used by politicians). TikTok is famous for being the app where you can create short videos with lip syncing, singing a song or pretending to dance. with popularity, real trends have arrived in Tiktok, with organized ballets and artfully mounted videos to make the viewer laugh and entertain. TikTok, previously called Musically, has been downloaded over 1 billion times worldwide, becoming the fastest growing social network since Facebook, a real boom that is worth explaining especially to the "biggest" ones, that not attending the new generations and they could find TikTok a ridiculous fashion.
Tiktok, however, is much more than a social network, it is also a powerful video editing app and an artistic tool that is also difficult to use and, therefore, really interesting to try. In this beginner's guide we therefore see what Tiktok is, how to access and see the short videos published and how to start using it to make new videos .

What is TikTok "> TikTok application for iPhone or Android smartphone (Huawei, Samsung, Xiaomi and all the others) and start seeing the short clips that appear on the main page, which should be the most popular, most viewed and most appreciate the moment. Without having to create an account you can also search and watch videos based on a word or hashtag and use the search page to find the latest trends and browse all the various videos. In TikTok you can browse videos crawling with the finger from the bottom up, seeing them one after the other as quickly as they were photographs.
If you want to comment, like, add contacts and, above all to create videos, you can create a free account with email address and password and start recording using the phone's camera and the app itself.
NOTE: It is possible to watch TikTok videos also from the PC through some free and non-registration websites such as TikiToks, TikTok Online Viewer, Tubzi and Vidnice.

How to create your TikTok video

To start creating and publishing new videos in TikTok you need to set up a TikTok account that you can do using your Google or Facebook account or via phone number or email address. After registering, touch the account page by clicking on the Io icon in the lower right corner of the screen to edit the profile photo, choose the name with which to appear on the social network and possibly a short biography.
From the profile tab, you can press the options button to be able to change the application settings. Here it is essential, at least for the first time, to open the privacy settings and activate the private account option to be able to test without other people being able to see them.
Always in the settings it can be useful to activate data saver, in order not to consume too much traffic when viewing videos with a limited data connection.
To record a new video, just press the button in the bottom center that will open the camera (similar to that of Snapchat). At the bottom of the screen you can choose the length of the clip (15 seconds is the standard size, but you can also choose 60 seconds) or the MV mode which would be a photo montage. The TikTok recorder works by keeping the central button pressed, then releasing it the recording stops. The trick to making videos that look like pieces assembled at different times is therefore to stop the recording and resume it two or more times. With this system you can take a shot from different angles or points of view or change places and pretend to have teleported or dressed differently.
By tapping on Sounds, at the top, you can choose to add background music . TikTok has a large selection of different songs and clips, just for you to select. For a lip-synced video, it's best to add the audio before you start recording and then pretend to sing or dance or speak by following the sound clip.
Other add-ons that you can use black videos, but which in Tiktok is better not to abuse, are special filters, augmented reality animations and beauty effects. A very useful tool to create funny videos are those to change the speed of the video, to create accelerated videos
At the end of a recording and before publishing or saving the video, you can edit the clip with other post production tools such as cutting the video, adding (and editing) sounds, effects, stickers and cover images . Going forward, you can write a description and add hashtags to make it easy to find.
This is just a basic guide on making videos in TikTok and there are many advanced ways to make more elaborate and spectacular videos, including using other video editing apps for Android and iPhone . Watching the most popular videos you will be able to realize the full potential of the app of truly unique creative possibilities.
Conclusion
Using TikTok or staying out of it depends a little on your goals and, above all, on how much free time you have available. Although creating and sharing TikTok videos can be fast, creating videos made well with Tiktok requires some planning and a lot of testing and it's almost a job. Furthermore, you can get lost browsing the hundreds of clips that are published every day, even being a little stunned at times.
TikTok also has great potential as an advertising tool and, given its popularity, also to interact with its social idols and to meet new people by making challenges or leaving comments. In the end, the original purpose of the app is to have fun without talking about politics or more serious topics and it is above all for this that many young people like it.
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