Stories and clips

Upload clips, build stories, add buttons, share.

1Uploading clips (video)Clips are the building blocks of your stories. A clip is a short vertical video, a soundtrack with a picture (see Audio and image as a clip) or a clip you buil…
2Audio and image as a clipNot every piece of content is a video. A clip can also consist of a soundtrack and a picture: for example an excerpt from your podcast with the cover, a voice…
3The library: search, filter, tidy upThe library shows all clips of your organisation, whether or not they are already in a story. A clip can be used in several stories at the same time.
4Editing a clipOpen a clip in the Library, or click Edit in the story editor. All changes are saved automatically. On the right you always see the preview in a phone frame; i…
5Button in a clip (call to action)Every clip can show a button, for example "Book now" or "To the shop". Viewers tap it and land on your link. SwypeCast counts the clicks in Analytics.
6Create a story and arrange clipsA story is the sequence of clips your viewers see one after the other, by tap or swipe. Every story has its own link.
7Story settingsIn a story's Settings tab you decide how it behaves. Changes are saved automatically and apply at once. The only exception is the password, see below.
8Profile of a storyWhen viewers tap the name or picture at the top of the player, the profile opens: a short description, your website and your social profiles.
9Publish and shareA story only becomes visible once it is Live. Until then you can build it in peace and check it in the preview.
10How viewers use the playerThe player works like stories on social networks. No app and no sign-in needed.
11Order of storiesAll live stories of your organisation form a row: when viewers swipe up in the player, the next story comes; after the last one, the first again. The same orde…
12Building clips in the studioYou do not need an editing suite. In the editor you build a clip right in the browser: background, text, filter, tools, inserted pictures and music. The result…
13Music from iTunesA clip can promote exactly one song from iTunes. You search for it, choose a design, done. In the player Apple's 30-second preview plays, next to the Apple bad…
14Votes on a clipA vote is a tool on the clip. It asks a yes-or-no question, and viewers answer with a tap or a swipe. You see the result in the analytics. Votes and polls come…
15Prize draw on a clipA prize draw is a tool on the clip: a button that opens a small form. Viewers enter what you ask for and accept the terms of participation. You collect the ent…
16Creating clips with AIIn the editor you can have pictures, videos and sound generated from a description. Every generation costs credits, including a second attempt with the same te…
17Tools on a clipTools are interactive elements on a clip: a vote, a poll, an open question, a barometer, a countdown, a link, a place or a prize draw. In the player they lie o…
18Text, filter and insertThese three tabs shape the picture of a clip: writing text, laying a filter over the background and inserting pictures, GIFs, videos or stickers. All of it is…
19Layers, selection and undoEvery text, every inserted medium and every tool is a layer of its own. Here is how you take hold of layers, order them, move several at once, take steps back…
20Music library and your own soundtrackEvery clip can have a soundtrack: a song from the music library, an audio file of your own or one from the AI. If the background is a video, its original sound…
21Drafts and publishingA clip in the editor stays a draft until you create it. This is where you find drafts again, how you change a finished clip later, and how the clip goes straig…
22The editor on a phoneOn a phone the editor works like a story editor: the clip fills the screen, the tools lie over it as round buttons, and every tool opens as a sheet from below.