There’s no question—a high-quality demo reel is one of the most important things actors need to be cast. But what if you don’t have any professional footage to include in your showreel?

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To get started, thread your line through the guide closest to the reel, open the bail, and then loop the line around the reel’s spool. Finish it off with a simple knot. It doesn’t have to be anything ...

A new tab in the Reels feed will serve up videos that a user’s friends have liked or added commentary to, Instagram leader Adam Mosseri announced in a video message today. Users will be able to ...

Instagram announced a timely update to its video feature Reels this morning, alongside the news that the Supreme Court upheld the law that will ban TikTok in the U.S. on January 19. The update ...

Meta has resisted longer Reels in the past. Meta has resisted longer Reels in the past. Wes Davis is a weekend editor who covers the latest in tech and entertainment. He has written news ...

Whether it’s your first time out on the hard water or the hundredth, a good ice fishing reel is one of the most important pieces of gear. There are a bunch of options out there—from inline to ...

Instagram does not have a native feature to let you see your Reel watch history. You can revisit your liked Reels from Your Activity section under the Likes menu. If you saved a previously watched ...

Right before what could be a flood of new users, Instagram is rolling out two upgrades to Reels (the equivalent of TikTok’s short-form videos). Starting in the US, and expanding elsewhere later ...

Meta extended the length of Reels videos, and launched a bonus program targeting TikTok creators in a bid to bring them to the Instagram and Facebook video platform. By Alex Weprin Media ...

Meanwhile, Instagram Reels users are encountering a problem of the platform's own making: Meta, in all its wisdom, is making it easier than ever for users to see who liked a particular reel.