04.01.2023
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Telegram Received New Tools for Editing Media Files

Andrew Andreev
Author at ApiX-Drive
Reading time: ~2 min

In the last days of 2022, the developers of the Telegram messenger released a set of updates. Users have access to new tools for processing pictures, photos, videos, as well as auto-delete the cache and a storage fullness chart.

Just before the New Year, the Telegram messenger received a "holiday" update – tools for the built-in media editor. With their help, images and videos can now be decorated with stickers and masks, as well as hide – in whole or some specific part of them. The Blur brush blurs user-selected areas in a photo or video. Such a tool, most likely, will be used to hide private information and comply with confidentiality requirements (for example, blur the faces of random passers-by who are caught in the frame). In addition, the developers have added to the messenger a new ability to change the size/font/background of the text when placing it on an image or video.

After the update, inserting shapes (rectangle, circle, star, multidirectional arrows, chat bubble) has become much more convenient and faster. To do this, you just need to click on the "plus" in the editor. Another novelty is the Spoiler tool. It hides a picture, photo or video under a shimmering “spray”. The recipient must decide for himself whether to open or refrain from viewing. This feature will be indispensable when transferring files with adult-only or potentially sensitive content.

In addition to tools for processing photos and videos, the Telegram update package includes features related to data storage (for example, automatic deletion of the cache of pre-selected private chats, communities and channels). The mobile version of Telegram received a colored pie chart that shows segment by segment how much memory is occupied by documents, photos, video files and audio files. Unfortunately, it is not yet available on the desktop version.

This set of updates has become a solid addition to the functions that were added by the developers of the messenger earlier (registration without a SIM card, search by emoticons, temporary QR code, and others). Most of the features of the new package can be used without a Premium subscription.