- Let's say you would like to add music
to your Instagram stories,
but you simply don't know how to do it.
Hey everyone, my name is Tim.
And in this video, I'll show you
how you can do this very easily, so let's get started.
Okay, so first off, head over to Instagram
and go to your profile page.
To create an Instagram story,
click on the little plus icon in the right top corner,
then select Story.
You can create a story on the spot
or select prerecorded footage.
Click on the gallery icon on the left bottom corner
and select the video you would like to have
as your Instagram story.
In this example, I'll use a video of my cute cat
being cute.
To add music to your story,
click on the smiley sticker in the top menu,
then you should see an option that says MUSIC.
You can also search for music in the search bar,
just in case you don't see it.
Make sure you select it.
And now you'll see a list of music you can choose from.
You can scroll through recommended music in your For You tab
or scroll through music in the Browse tab.
For now, I would like to search
for a specific song in the search bar called "Summer Days".
Once your preferred song pops up, select the song.
Now, the music is edit to the video,
and you can edit the music in your story.
You can choose a section of the song
by scrolling left or right in the horizontal soundbar
on the bottom.
You can also easily change the way the subtitles are shown
by scrolling left to right above that.
You can even replace it with a visual track of the song.
Once you're satisfied, click on Done
in the right top corner.
You can reshape and relocate the visual track
the way you want to.
To change it back to subtitles,
simply click on the visual track
and scroll back to your preferred subtitle style.
You can also change the colors of the subtitles
by clicking on the color icon in the top of the screen.
Again, once you're happy, click on Done.
And again, reshape and relocate the subtitles
the way you like.
Let's say would like to have only music
and no visual extras,
simply drag the subtitles or visual track out of the frame.
Once you're satisfied with your story,
you can publish it through the bottom options of the screen.
And now we added music to our Instagram story.
However, Instagram doesn't have a feature
where you can add music to a video
meant for your Instagram feed.
So, I'm gonna explain to you how you can easily do this
with a simple online video editor.
In this example, we're going to veed.io.
You can create an account for free
or click on the first link in the description to go straight
to the website.
Once you're on the homepage, click on Upload Your Video,
then click on Upload a File, select your video clip,
and click on Open.
After a short moment, your video is imported.
Okay, first, we're gonna change the aspect ratio
of the video to make it fit for the Instagram feed.
To make this happen, head over to Settings in the left menu,
and under Size, you can choose between multiple dimensions.
In this case, I'll choose square for the Instagram feed.
And then to make the video fit,
click on the video itself and click on Fill the canvas,
then easily reposition and resize the video
by clicking and dragging the corner in side options
of the video just like so.
To add music to the video,
find Upload on the left-hand side,
then click on Upload Audio,
select an audio or music file from your device,
and click on Open.
Now, as you can see in the timeline,
the music is added on top of the video.
The video is shorter than the music,
so I'll choose a section of the music I would like to keep.
With the help of the play add in the timeline
and the pause and play option,
I'll choose a section that I like.
To trim the audio, click and drag
both sides of the audio file
so you filter out the piece you would like to keep.
Along the way, make sure you drag the audio file
to the left side of the timeline so it syncs with the video.
Then click on Fit Timeline on the right
to create an oversight.
Now, the music is added on top of the video.
So, lower the sound of the original video,
click on the video file in the timeline
and lower the audio in the menu
by sliding the settings to the left.
To remove the audio in its entirety,
you can click on the audio icon to mute it.
As a bonus, you can choose to add text, emojis,
progression bars, and more.
But for now I'm satisfied.
To export the video,
find the Export button in the right top corner,
and on the Preset, find your recommended export settings.
In this case, it's for the Instagram feed,
so I'm choosing this one, then click on Export Video.
After the video is rendered,
click on the Download MP4 button
to download the video straight to your device.
And that's it for this video.
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