Micro Video (Short Videos) and top Free Apps

What is  a Micro Video (Short Videos) ?

Micro videos are merely moving photos or short videos, or it can be anything in between. Micro videos are becoming extremely popular, since most people use their smartphones these days to film short videos or take pictures. Smartphone applications like Instagram and Twitter’s Vine have been extremely popular and it is hard to find smartphones without any of the two applications. Twitter first came into the headlines when it bought Vine and soon after that various companies started exploring this unique segment. Some companies even started launching their own version of Instagram and Vine for popular smartphone platforms like Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android. You will be amazed to see the kind of similar apps that are there in the app store of these two mobile platforms.

Here are some of the top free apps for micro video that are available for both the platforms and users are downloading these to make the most of their short videos and instant photo clips.

1. Vigi: This is an absolutely free application that can be installed on iPhone and Android phones. Vine, which was backed by Twitter became popular and hogged the limelight because it generated a lot of buzz. But, one has to remember that it was not the first one. Vigi is an interesting app that comes with useful features and it allows users to take 5 second clips and share the same on social media platforms. Vine has the option of start and stop inside a clip, and it does have many more creative options.
2. TwitVid, TwitLens: Both of these applications are completely free and are ideal to take short simple clips and post the same in Twitter. These two apps have great social media integration especially with Twitter.
3. Viddy and SocialCam: These are free applications and work similar to Instagram especially for video clips. Apart from sharing and shooting short video clips, there are filters that you can use to add special effects. SocialCam has no time limit for shooting video, but Viddy supports only 15 seconds long clips.
4. Lightt: This is a “Social-Stop_Motion” application that is available for free. It can take 10 seconds video clips, but it can play only a few stills from the recorded clip. You can view the video only in a fast-forward mode. You can post the clip on Twitter or Facebook to share with your friends.
5. Cinebeat: You can use this free application to take short video clips and it automatically turns the same into a music video that is auto-tuned. It processed the syllables in such a way that the rhythm and pitch is maintained as it should be.
6. Snapchat and Poke: These applications are both unique as they are not only designed to take photos and videos, but come with self-delete feature. The moment the recipient of the clip views it, the same gets deleted couple of seconds after.These smartphone applications have become a phenomenonin age of social media and play a huge role in socializing.