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Popular? Most of us hate it with a passion. Smartphones are the only reason anyone's making vertical video and only then because they're too lazy/dumb to rotate
by rantallion 4y ago
Popular? Most of us hate it with a passion. Smartphones are the only reason anyone's making vertical video and only then because they're too lazy/dumb to rotate their device 90 degrees.
- ev1 4y agoIt depends on. If you are filming for tiktok then 99%+ of your consumers will be viewing vertical holding it vertical. If you are making programming videos to be viewed on desktop and somehow make it vertical people will hate you exponentially more.
- Nextgrid 4y agoEarly versions of iOS would consistently play video in landscape regardless of the physical orientation. At some point they changed it so video can play in portrait mode as well, so now if you keep your screen orientation locked you have to unlock it before you can watch your video in landscape - there's no way to tell "lock orientation except for media". So annoying.
- faebi 4y agoOh yes, feels like I‘m not alone. It‘s one of the few features I‘m missing from Android.
- goldenchrome 4y agoI suspect you are in the minority. Millions of Instagram/TikTok/Snapchat users enjoy vertical videos every day. If you ever find yourself disparaging vast swathes of the population, you might be missing some essential truth. Vertical videos are comfortable to watch on a phone. Vertical videos are also great for capturing a single person in the frame, since people are also vertically proportioned.
- Normille 4y ago>I suspect you are in the minority. Well, if s/he is, s/he's in a minority of at least two. When I see vertical video I instantly think "moron". The reason landscape is the sensible choice is because our eyes are placed horizontally and our natural field of view is wider than it is tall. Portrait mode will be a good choice when humanity evolves to have one eye above the other.
- omegalulw 4y agoThere's no natural reason to have evolved with eyes stacked on top... bears don't fall from the sky.
- ffhhj 4y agoLaughted at this, but higher viewpoint provides longer range.
- passivate 4y agoNobody is using a phone that is larger than a human's vertical field of view at arms length. Even otherwise, human vision is based on eye movements and a complex form of visual integration. Your desire to mock others is entirely your free choice, but nothing you said is "sensible".
- goldenchrome 4y agoI think the way you judge people is anti-social.
- klyrs 4y agoIt's the perfect format to film tall people standing in closets.
- dbbk 4y ago> When I see vertical video I instantly think "moron". You must be fun at parties.
- Spivak 4y agoYeah, I could never imagine watching TikTok in landscape on my phone. It wouldn’t look right, the framing would be completely off, and you lose screen space. Part of the magic of how vertical videos are shot is that the logical frame extends horizontally beyond the edge of the screen creating an overall larger picture which you can’t do vertically because people usually move horizontally.
- strangattractor 4y agoAgree - it is terribly annoying. It probably says a great deal about TikTok users that is so prevalent ie too lazy to turn the phone 90. It is definitely easier to hold the phone in the vertical orientation. Why waste a lot of effort on a short pretty much useless piece of video that practically no one will watch.
- strangattractor 4y agoDown voted by TikTok fan I suppose