Boomerang
Thanks to Instagram, Boomerangs have become an incredibly popular and fun way to take captures. Not only do most people love them, but it’s an excellent opportunity to upcharge for your services! 💸
Table of Contents
Quick Start
How to Set up Boomerang Mode Walkthrough Video
In this video, you will learn:
What Boomerangs are
How to turn on Boomerang Mode
Where to change the settings for boomerang
How to change the length of the boomerang
Explainer
What Are Boomerangs?
Boomerangs are a type of video capture mode available for events on both the Salsa iOS app and Virtual Booth.
Boomerangs record a short, 1 to 4 second video clip, which plays back forward and backwards in a loop.
Boomerangs on the Salsa iOS app support the following features:
Overlays (all aspect ratios)
Filters
Glam
Masks
Green Screen
Boomerangs on Virtual Booth support the following features:
Overlays (square aspect ratio only)
Virtual Booth Stickers
How To
Turn on Boomerang Mode
To turn on Boomerang:
Sign in to the Salsa web app
Select an event or create a new event
Click Configure Event
Click the Capture Settings tab
Click Edit next to Boomerang
From here you can also adjust the length of Boomerang captures by clicking Edit next to Boomerang.
How To
Change the Boomerang Length
Boomerang settings allow you to adjust the length of the original video capture. Salsa will automatically reverse the original capture and loop the entire video to create the Boomerang effect.
To change the unlooped video duration:
Sign in to the Salsa web app
Select an event or create a new event
Click Configure Event
Click the Capture Settings tab
Click Edit next to GIF
Adjust the length using the Plus (+) and Minus (-) buttons
Click Save
How To
Add an Overlay
Overlays can be added to Boomerangs to apply company branding or other design elements to captures.
To add an overlay:
Sign in to the Salsa web app
Select an event or create a new event
Click Configure Event
Click the Capture Settings tab
Click Overlays
Click Add Overlay
From here you can select previous designs, create a new design, or upload a compatible file from your computer.
What To Know
Adding an Animated Overlay
Animated overlays work great with Boomerangs and there a few tips to know when adding one to your event.
Boomerangs and animated overlays have their own independent settings that work together to get the best result:
Boomerang unlooped video duration
Animated overlay frame speed
By default, Boomerangs have a 1 second long unlooped video duration and animated overlays have a 1 second frame speed.
With the default settings, you may not see the frame change in the final capture.
To ensure that Boomerang captures show multiple frames in an animated overlay, you will want to either increase the unlooped video duration or decrease the frame speed.
For example, if your animated overlay has four frames, you will want to increase unlooped video duration to 2 seconds, and decrease the frame speed to 0.5 seconds.
This will allow for all four frames (at 0.5 seconds for each) to fit into the 2 second Boomerang recording.
