Our mobile comes with lots of apps that allow you to perform basic actions. We are not talking about bloatware, but about applications from each manufacturer and, above all, the Google suite. One of those apps is Google Photos, and it’s a big gallery, but it’s also a most useful editor.
And be careful, because it’s not just for editing photos. Have you ever wanted to make a simple video with four clips that you have on your mobile and you were forced to download an application with advertising and with more options than necessary? Well let me tell you Google Photos has had an editor for making “movies” for yearsand we will teach you how to use it.
How to Access and Use Google Photos Video Editor on Mobile
Google Photos is the only app that many users need to edit their photos. Its editing options are visible, they’re easy to use, and if you have a Google One subscription, you can even use the Google Pixel’s famous ‘Magic Eraser’.
However, you also have a tool that allows you to generate video clips from photos and, of course, movies. The truth is that Google went a little overboard when calling the “Movie” option because what it allows is much more basic: cut and paste clips, add music and that’s it, we already have the video, but hey, it’s appreciated.
To enter this editor, what you need to do is open Google Photos, go to “Library” at the bottom, then select “Utilities”. There are several options, but the one you should be looking for is “Movie”.
After doing it, you can make a movie using “presets”, but what interests us is the option ‘Select photos and videos’. Once done, select the videos or photos you want and click ‘Create’. Now you have to wait as they are uploading to the cloud. That’s the downside, but hey, you can always delete them when you’re done.
And that’s it, we would be in the editor where we can change the length of each clip, add music, change the format between vertical or horizontal video, add more tracks, etc. The limit is 50 filesso you have enough space to create movies by putting together clips, for example, from holidays.
As the saying goes, it’s a very simple editor, but it’s the only thing we need when we have four clips we want to join
Also available on Google Desktop Photos
And beware, if for some reason you can’t get by with the tool in the mobile version (because the icons might be small or you don’t feel comfortable with the precision of the toolbar). cut on the phone), you can go to Google Photos in its web version to have the same options.
Simply upload the clips you want to use from the cloud and select “Utilities” from the left bar. Click on ‘Movie’, select the files and click on ‘Create’. After a few seconds in which we will see the loading wheel, the timeline will appear to start editing the video.
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