TikTok announces new in-app creation tool TikTok Library

Islamabad: Chinese short-video sharing giant TikTok has announced a new in-app creation tool called TikTok Library, which will make it easier for creators to access entertainment content and participate in trends.

Initially, the Library will be populated with select content from GIPHY, including its collection of GIFs with sound, known as GIPHY Clips.

TikTok, a highly popular app in Pakistan, said it expected to expand the Library with additional content sources, audio and sounds, text templates and other TikTok creator content.

GIPHY Clips are a way for entertainment partners like television and movie studios, game makers, record labels, sports leagues, news media and others to share properly licensed content on GIPHY’s platform.

These GIPHY Clips can be shared anywhere across the web with a link, within messaging apps, in workplace tools like Slack and within other third-party applications.

At launch, TikTok elaborated, it will support GIPHY Clips categories like Reactions, Quotes, People and Iconic Moments.

The integration within TikTok will include a portion of the GIPHY Clips library in the tens of thousands, in addition to millions of GIFs from GIPHY’s wider library, a spokesperson for the company explained.

TikTok mentioned that it continues to look for new ways to help creators express themselves. To use the feature, TikTok users will tap the new “Library” icon on the vertical sidebar in the app’s camera screen.

Once in the Library, you will be able to scroll through the trending content or use the search bar to find something more specific.

When you have selected the content you want to use, you can clip it to the desired length, then return to the shooting page to continue capturing video.