Achieving a seamless music loop on Vine used to take some pretty masterful editing on the user's part. But starting Friday, that doesn't have to be the case.
To that end, Vine announced Snap to Beat, a feature that makes it easy for just about any user to create music loops up to six seconds long with no discernible beginning or end. Snap to Beats will be available for iOS, with Android support forthcoming.
"When we launched Vine, one of our unique features was that posts loop with sound," the company wrote in a post. "Since then, only the most obsessed creators have managed to master the art of never-ending music loops -- when you listen to a Vine and can’t tell the beginning from the end."
Here's how it works: Once you've captured a video clip you want to share, look for the music note icon on the Details screen. Tapping it takes you to a new Featured Tracks section where you can pick any number of songs.
Users can also turn off the Snap to Beat feature so they can have more control over music editing, including how much of the song they want in their Vine and which specific part of the song they want included.
Then Vine automatically edits your track of choice in such a way that it matches the length of your video clip ad. Et voila! A seamless music clip to call your own.
