SwipeTown Academy

In the previous post I spoke about:

7. Choose the songs used by someone else.

8. Download the videos that are published.

9. Prevent others from finding your account.

10. Make your account private.

11. Manage who can interact with you.

12. Get the most out of saving content to favorites.

13. Delete any video you’ve uploaded.

14. Record without having to hold down the record button.

15. Add effects to your creations

Another great attraction of this application is the enormous amount of effects available to give a little sparkle to your videos. From Halloween scares to the Matrix effects of stopping the water, everything is always at hand.

• Open the application and press the + icon to create a new video.
• Below, click on the Effects button to the left of the recording button.
• At the bottom of the screen you will be able to navigate through various effects and filters.
• Now, navigate and click on the one you like the most, and you will be able to see it in action without recording.
• Click on the screen to close the effects menu leaving the one you selected, and press the record button to make a video with effects.

16. Alternate front and rear camera

Although at first it may seem like a more self-recording oriented application, TikTok also allows you to alternate the camera to use the rear camera and record clips in which you don’t necessarily have to appear.

• Open the application and press the + icon to create a new video.
• On the main recording screen, at the top right you will see an icon that has a kind of circle formed by two arrows. It is to alternate camera.
• Each time you press this circle you will alternate between the front and rear camera.

17. Choose the recording speed

This application also allows you to alter the speed at which you record videos. This way, you can make slow-motion or fast-motion videos, or even apply different speeds to the same video. But keep in mind that, for example, if you record a video in fast motion x2, you’ll need to have a recording of at least 30 seconds instead of 15.

• Open the application and press the + icon to create a new video.
• Above the video camera icon to record you will see five buttons ranging from 0.1x to 3x, representing the recording speed and by default will be at 1x.
• If you don’t see it, click on the second icon at the top right starting at the top, which is like a stopwatch, and it will show or hide these buttons.
• Simply choose a speed and record, and when you stop recording you can choose another speed and continue recording.

18. Zoom in with your phone while recording

Although we have already told you that there is an alternative so that it is not necessary, by default you will have to maintain pressed the button of recording to record a video in TikTok. Well, this button will also allow you to zoom while you record, although it will be a digital zoom that does not take into account the optical zoom that your camera may have.

• Open the application and press the + icon to create a new video.
• Press and hold the record button to record a video.
• While holding it down, slide the button up to zoom in or down to zoom out.

19. Hit “I don’t like it” to avoid certain contents

There are two ways in which TikTok lets you customize the feed that shows you content. The first is to follow other users to prioritize their videos, and the second is to mark videos as “I don’t like it” to prevent me from suggesting other similar ones. See, Facebook? It wasn’t so difficult to put a button I don’t like.

• To hit “I don’t like”, keep your finger pressed for two seconds on the screen when you’re watching a video.
• It will look like a broken heart icon with the text “Not Interested”.

20. Use your QR code to give your profile in person

“Hey, tell me your username to add you.” This kind of thing is a thing of the past in modern social networks, and TikTok implements, like other networks, a QR code system to easily share profiles when you are physically with another user.

And not just in person, because you can also search through images in your mobile memory to find codes that may have been sent to you.

• To display your QR code go to your profile, and click on the icon with the four squares at the top right, to the right of your username.
• To read a QR code, enter the search section by clicking on the magnifying glass icon, and then click on the square icon with a middle line at the top right.
• You will enter the Scan QR code function, with which you can read someone else’s code.
• There is also an Album option, with which you will search among the images in your mobile memory for a possible code that may have been sent to you.

21. Set limits with digital detox

TikTok has a curious option called Digital Wellbeing. When you activate it, you can set up a password to manage everything that will change every 30 days.

With this mode, you will be able to manage the time on screen so as not to exceed two hours of use of the application per day, and you will need the password to stay longer than that time.

You’ll also be able to limit the appearance of videos that may be inappropriate with Restricted Mode, which will also disable live broadcasts, coin purchases, withdrawals, or gift giving.

Come on, a way to restrict the potential dangers to which children can be exposed when using the application.