Most of the various kinds of mobile video apps that we have today, like Vine, Instagram, Periscope, etc have one thing in common: they all want you to take videos the portrait way. But sometimes, having a square screen isn’t all that great, especially when the video you’re taking involves either a lot of people or beautiful scenery. Twitter now allows you to take landscape videos on its mobile apps, giving you options on what you’d like your video to look like, orientation-wise.
When you take videos using the Twitter video app, you’ll know be able to capture the entire football stadium, or you’ll be able to show everyone just how beautiful the lake is or everyone in your party can fit in for that crazy, drunk video message for your friend who isn’t there. Times like those deserved landscape mode rather than the limiting square mode. This aspect ratio is now available when you’re taking videos from the Twitter app on your mobile device.
Twitter says you can now “capture, share and expand your view of the world” when you take these landscape oriented videos. All you have to do is add a photo to your tweet, choose the camera icon to record the video, turn your phone sideways to get the landscape mode, and then you can start recording.
We’re glad that Twitter has finally given us this option. We can only hope that their other products. we’re looking at you Periscope, will follow suit. It’s better to live broadcast a concert or a party or a talk show when you can see more things on your screen.
SOURCE: Twitter
