{"id":24287,"date":"2021-05-13T05:41:09","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T05:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rbsitsoftwaresolution.com\/blog\/tiktok-launches-a-green-screen-duet-feature-tests-dedicated-topics-feeds.html"},"modified":"2021-05-13T05:41:09","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T05:41:09","slug":"tiktok-launches-a-green-screen-duet-feature-tests-dedicated-topics-feeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/tiktok-launches-a-green-screen-duet-feature-tests-dedicated-topics-feeds.html","title":{"rendered":"TikTok launches a Green Screen Duet feature, tests dedicated \u2018Topics\u2019 feeds"},"content":{"rendered":"

As competition with tech giants heats up, TikTok is rolling out a series of new features to help keep its short-form video app ahead of rivals. The company today announced<\/a> the launch of a new Green Screen Duet feature, which combines two of TikTok\u2019s most popular editing tools to allow creators to use another video from TikTok as the background in their new video. It also confirmed the test of a new way to discover videos. Called \u201cTopics,\u201d these are dedicated interest-based feeds featuring the top, trending videos in a given category.<\/p>\n

Green Screen Duet joins an existing set of Duet tools that let creators lay out two videos side-by-side. Today, Duet layouts include \u201cLeft Right,\u201d \u201cReact\u201d and \u201cTop Bottom.\u201d Creators currently use Duets to sing, dance, joke or act alongside another user\u2019s video, react to a video\u2019s content or even just watch a video from another, sometimes smaller, creator to raise awareness or call attention to its content.<\/p>\n

Editing tools like Duet and Stitch are key to what makes TikTok not just a passive video viewing app but, rather, a new type of video-first social network. It\u2019s also proven so popular, it has since been adopted<\/a> by Facebook\u2019s TikTok clone, Instagram Reels, where it\u2019s known as Remix.\u00a0Snapchat has been developing a Remix feature<\/a> of its own, too.<\/p>\n

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Image Credits:<\/strong> TikTok<\/p>\n

TikTok\u2019s new Green Screen Duet will now appear as another option alongside the existing layouts, offering users a way to more easily use another video in the background as they record their own video overlaid on top.<\/p>\n

This sort of video experience is something TikTok creators already do in a variety of ways. For example, they may capture images or screen recordings, then use other editing tools to create a green screen effect like this. Or they may react to a video using a Stitch instead, as that can be easier. A built-in Green Screen Duet feature simply offers another way to record new videos that include existing videos.<\/p>\n

When the feature is used, the Duetted video plays in the background over the new video being recorded. TikTok believes the launch will inspire new formats for creativity and expression, as a result.<\/p>\n

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As competition heats up, TikTok announces six new interactive music effects for creators<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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TikTok has been busy upgrading its interface to improve recording and discovering new video content in its app in recent weeks, as Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat have tried to reproduce TikTok\u2019s feature set in their own apps. For instance, TikTok just launched<\/a> interactive music features last month in an effort to get ahead.<\/p>\n

In another leap, TikTok is also now testing a new Discover page in the app, where instead of only featuring the current trends, as before, it now organizes videos into categories.<\/p>\n

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Image Credits:<\/strong> TikTok<\/p>\n

These categories represent the many areas of interest on TikTok, like gaming, beauty, dance, TV movies, sports, family, learning and much more. When you tap into any given category, you\u2019re taken to a feed that includes the community\u2019s top, trending content. The feeds will be affected by factors like relevance, timeliness and interest, and can help users find new content and creators outside of what their personalized For You page shows.<\/p>\n

TikTok confirmed the test has been rolling out in the U.S. over the past few weeks.<\/p>\n

The company also is currently testing e-commerce shopping features, where some brands like Hype<\/a> and Walmart have been given a new \u201cShopping\u201d tab on their TikTok profile where users can shop items, add to cart and then check out without leaving the app. (Walmart enabled its tab during its livestream event in December,<\/a> and it\u2019s been there ever since.)<\/p>\n

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Image Credits:<\/strong> TikTok<\/p>\n

The integration is less elegant than Instagram\u2019s Shops<\/a>, as there\u2019s not a native, universal cart or integrated payment mechanism. Instead, users are visiting the retailer\u2019s website directly.<\/p>\n

The advances TikTok is making, however, has been paying off in terms of capturing a large Gen Z user base.<\/p>\n

According to eMarketer<\/a>, more Gen Z users in the U.S. now use TikTok than Instagram, or 37.3 million monthly active users compared with 33.3 million users, respectively. And by 2023, the firm predicts TikTok will surpass Snapchat in terms of total U.S. users, as well.<\/p>\n

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But TikTok\u2019s global ambitions are impacted not only by its ban in India but also the possibility that creators will find more monetization opportunities on established platforms.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, for example, YouTube announced a $100 million fund for top YouTube Shorts creators<\/a>, and said it will soon be testing ads on Shorts. That could help creators generate revenue from short-form content, while also converting casual viewers to channel subscribers where there are even more opportunities to monetize. Snapchat<\/a> and Instagram<\/a> have also been wooing creators with cash, and ultimately, if creators find they can make more money elsewhere they could shift some of their attention away from TikTok, no matter how many creative new features it adds.<\/p>\n

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