{"id":5004,"date":"2015-10-29T15:19:21","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T15:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=5004"},"modified":"2015-12-03T17:06:42","modified_gmt":"2015-12-03T17:06:42","slug":"the-surprisingly-easy-app-of-the-week-boomerang-from-instagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/10\/29\/the-surprisingly-easy-app-of-the-week-boomerang-from-instagram\/","title":{"rendered":"The Surprisingly Easy App of the Week: Boomerang from Instagram"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every Thursday, we bring you an app that\u2019ll make your life easier. This week, it\u2019s the turn of Boomerang from Instagram.<\/p>\n

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What is it? <\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u201d\u02dcIt\u2019s not a photo. It\u2019s not a gif. It\u2019s a Boomerang<\/em>\u2019.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

That\u2019s the official spiel from Instagram<\/a>, although it\u2019s worth pointing out that it\u2019s not literally<\/em> a boomerang; it\u2019s actually a GIF-like image (it loops back on itself, hence…well, you\u2019ve probably put 2 and 2 together by now) that you can share on Instagram and Facebook.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s designed to capture moments that a photo can\u2019t do justice to, but that a video would be too long for. Instagram\u2019s examples include someone blowing out birthday candles or jumping off a diving board. We personally like it for pulling funny faces.<\/p>\n

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Why is it surprisingly easy? <\/strong><\/h3>\n

GIFs have enjoyed a renaissance in recent years, but it\u2019s not exactly easy to make your own. Boomerang boils the process down to a single press of a button, and then makes it easy to share across social media too.<\/p>\n

When you tap the shoot button, the app takes a series of photos and stitches them together so they look like a flawless motion. It\u2019s basically like a really fancy flip book.<\/p>\n

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The best bit<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Capturing your mates doing something really stupid and then uploading it to Instagram, where it plays on a 1 second loop FOREVER.<\/p>\n

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Any downsides? <\/strong><\/h3>\n

The fact the feature isn\u2019t included in the main Instagram app is a bit of a pain, but Mark Zuckerberg and chums are intent on making as many apps as possible so we best get used to this kind of thing.<\/p>\n

You might find it a bit useless if you have an iPhone 6S too, as it\u2019s pretty much the same as Apple\u2019s new Live Photos feature.<\/p>\n

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Download Boomerang on iTunes<\/a> | Download Boomerang on Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t forget to check out our own surprisingly easy app, which you can use to scan your CDs, DVDs and Games for an even quicker instant price!<\/p>\n

Download musicMagpie on iTunes<\/a> | Download musicMagpie on Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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