Instagram has reacted to the custom of some users to create their videos as Reels and then publish them on TikTok. And as a remedy, they have added an option that prevents this direct translation if the content is not previously published as Reel.
The greater versatility of the Instagram video editor means that many users prepare videos with it to later publish them on TikTok
Otherwise, by leaving the Reel in draft and trying to download it to edit it or publish it on the rival social network, the clip will lack audio, preventing something that was possible until very recently. In this way, on Instagram they make sure that, although the same content is also published later on TikTok, at least it has been published on Instagram before.
At the moment this “block” has been detected when trying to do this operation from mobile phones with the iOS operating system but in the app for Android devices is still possible download the video and yes it preserves the audio.
The habit of editing the video on an external platform before publishing it on TikTok allows for more tools than the limited “arsenal” offered by the ByteDance app, in addition to other limitations such as not allowing video clips to be downloaded with brand names. Water. This has made many content creators choose to record videos with Instagram, which does have a greater catalog of tools for video editingdownloading it at the end of the recording, editing, filter application and editing work, to publish it on TikTok.
Instagram has always promoted the possibilities of modifying content, with a wide catalog of filters and effects, being a pioneer even in allowing video editing in Stories, but it seems reasonable to think that it prefers that the contributions to the videos produced by its platform be look on it, and not on rival social networks.
