Adobe Spark Video Reviews

by ChicityOskah

Eh, it’s ok. AdobeSparkVideo is included in my adobe subscription but won’t be worth it as a stand-alone app. Very limited to what you can do on this. Only two size options (widescreen and square), only a few designs, limited music, no transitions. Also, it searches pictures based on the date of when a picture was taken, which is very annoying. For ex: I was going to create a quick cake smash video for a throwback post. The pictures were taken last year. I downloaded them to my phone for the first time this morning. On my phone they’re in my “Recents” folder. However, when I use the “My Photos” option in the Spark app to add pictures, AdobeSparkVideo searches based on the date. This means that I literally have to scroll through a years worth of photos on my phone to get to the ones I wanted. I’ve recently updated AdobeSparkVideo and still have this problem. Again, my actual photo album on my iPhone does not do this, but for some reason it’s only an issue on the actual Spark app.

by Thiswasasuprisinglygoodapp

AdobeSparkVideo is fine. It’s good if you want a basic app to string pictures together, or if you want something simple. However, for me, AdobeSparkVideo kept glitching and was very slow. The images would flash in and out, and weren’t very clear. It would also take a while for them to load. I have good WiFi, and this happened to me in a number of different places, so I don’t think that’s the problem. Not only that, but a minor thing that bugged me was the fact that there isn’t a “no transition” option. If you want to put together a few pictures, depending on the theme, it will automatically add transitions between the images. I did like that you can change the time duration of each slide, but there weren’t as many design options as I had hoped for. I got AdobeSparkVideo because it was recommended to me by a friend, so I might have had to many high expectations. It was just a bit of a disappointment.

by Megz Magee

I really like the Spark apps. It is great to have options with video. However, with how customizable Spark for photos is I am surprised with how limited the video app is. There are alternative free video apps that offer a lot more.
For example it would be nice to have transitions between clips or photos. It would also be nice to be able to turn off the slow zoom in on photos. And have animated text options where they slide, fade, or look drawn in. The music is a bit limited, and I didn't see any way to add your own music. Also, I've seen ads and annoying notifications for it being able to now make square videos for I'm assuming Instagram. Yet it's either not working on mine or not set up in an intuitive way. I want this to work more like Spark for photos. As the way you resize, and many other customizations, are much more upfront. While I often Spark is my number one choice for photos for my Insta, I wouldn't choose this video app for video or slide show projects.

by Segzynelly

I honestly expected more and kinda regret try thr spark video water with my 2 legs by going all in for an annual subscription. I expected AdobeSparkVideo to have the best stitches between each video(transition) when you add your first 30 seconds and add the other half(s) there are obvious breaks between the clips in the final video. I also expect more text effects for the videos and ability to do like a real time subtitle in videos especially given the premium paid. However the scary part is that a user by the name Meg complained about these things a year ago and nothing has been done, we don't expect a do all app but it should be able to do what other free basic slideshow apps do with ease and this being an Adobe product should actually be a standout video editing app. Thank you 🦿

by Junetigerlady

As a business owner, I understand having free and paid versions. But in updating AdobeSparkVideo I lost the ability to even tweak existing themes, which now only come in eight not so exciting options. I made an amazing short video on AdobeSparkVideo in the prior version - I’m not liking the new version and am very disappointed. Creating my own themes would be great for a flat fee for purchase, but $9.99 per month is way too much to do that. I loved AdobeSparkVideo as an add on for my business and to use in correlation with other Adobe products, but this was a huge loss of features to force me to upgrade. It’s a great app, but not enough to pay $9.99 per month for to have even basic functionality. I don’t dare update my other Adobe apps after this. So sad - hope they change this policy.

by Junglejohn@

I downloaded the free version of Adobe Spark to try it and after I published my first video I thought it was a good deal. But when I tried to publish my next 3 videos I always got an error message when it tried to upload. I tried more than 3 times. There was no explanation as to why the upload failed. It just said try again, which I did several times. Then I tried to email customer service about my problem and never got a response. I am beginning to think that they are just trying to get me to purchase a subscription. They lure you in with one free working video and then you have to pay to get more????? If that is not the case then AdobeSparkVideo should explain why the upload failed so the user knows what needs to be corrected.

by VuuuuuuuuuuLeVuuuuu

Spark is a great way to share ideas. It’s so good that I tried to create something for a client with it. To do this I connected a Blue Raspberry mic and that’s where the trouble started.

There are pops when the external mic is accessed and also when it’s turned off for each clip. This introduces pops in the video so I had to pull it onto Premiere on my PC. Once there, I just used my larger audio setup on the pc because the in/out noises were too rough. I think there’s also a problem that it’s not recording any room tone so you can really hear the mic go in and out.

If you use the iPhone mic it’s a great app, but until the external mic issue is resolved I can’t use it.

by PurpleRose98

At first it operated great, I put in all my videos and cut them to however long I wanted them. Then, when I tried to add the text it was very glitchy and didn’t tell me how to do it and there is a lot of steps. I got the text in then went to try to add my own music from iTunes and I got in , chose the song, and there was no way for me to cancel out the song list. I could either restart AdobeSparkVideo and lose all my progress or try to wait it out. I tried to click any song I could but nothing would happen. Even clicking the cancel button didn’t work. When I restarted AdobeSparkVideo I was happy to see my work was still there, but it wasn’t letting me add music which was what I really wanted.

by Dancer Annette

AdobeSparkVideo from Adobe is a life saver and really easy to use. I quickly put together a gorgeous memorial slide show with it for a family reunion and it was simple to learn and to add photos and video to. My one criticism is that there’s no way to set all or multiple slide duration and instead I had to go in and set each slide length individually which was really tedious for a project that has 200 images and slides. Also there’s no ability to type a number in. It’s just a slider which is hard to control and clumsy on both the iPad app and the desktop app.

by Fresh2u328

I wanted to give it 5 stars but I had some challenges. I am in direct sales and watched another consultant's video. I was trying to do a similar video but was unable to on my phone. I believe she used an iPad. I was unable to change the fonts, position, or color of my text. And I couldn't figure out how to write text on a photo background I chose from the 'find photo' section of AdobeSparkVideo . I was able to create a video but really would like to perfect it for the future. A tutorial would help. Overall I love AdobeSparkVideo and once I can create videos like I want, I will be using it very often.

by Therealmvp1__

I recently just used AdobeSparkVideo for a school project and it worked very well. I do however, have a few minor critiques. The first is recording length I would like to be able to talk for more than 30 seconds without having to duplicate the slide and continue talking (I felt as though I was rushing to get my points across). The second thing is the text I didn’t like how all my text didn’t show up on the screen (I wrote in paragraphs). It wasn’t too much of a problem though, which is why I still gave AdobeSparkVideo 4 stars.

by Willow1728

I downloaded AdobeSparkVideo for a school project and it worked out very well. I liked how there were quite a few good features but also had a lot of simplicity. My only thing is that it does not allow you to use photos and videos from anywhere other than your own photos. I think it would be nice to have a feature to upload photos/videos from the web instead of constantly having to take screenshots and screen recordings. Other than that, great app for beginners and people who have little experience. I would recommend it for a good, simple, video app.

by I'd Rather Shop Online

For whatever reason, Flipagram has changed to something else, I can't even remember what it's called now because I've deleted AdobeSparkVideo out of frustration.
I was excited to discover the Spark Video app, it looked as if it functioned in the same way as Flipagram did, and it seemed to at first, BUT it was extremely frustrating trying to add text and to place it in a spot on the photo where it didn't completely cover it. The "caption" option isn't much better. Anyway, after spending countless hours working on a yearly birthday video for my grandson, it flashes off and on and just doesn't play smoothly at all.

by Jaquichan1

I really have very little complaints about spark. The only thing I’ve been struggling with is the inability to UNDO what changes I made. Sometimes I make a change and I don’t like it, I need to go back to what it was before to try something else. Also, thank you for updating to a square video!! Hallelujah!! I was going to dump AdobeSparkVideo yesterday because this wasn’t a feature. My only last critique, is that it’s still a bit glitchy. I also don’t like that I can’t change the font on my videos. Thank you for branding them for me, but, let me choose which font to put where. I don’t like my heading font where I feel a subheading font should be.

by Mikki LaDawn

I dug around for a while trying to find a good video editing app and Adobe Spark popped up during my quest. I’ve created one video so far. It was pretty content heavy so I could blame that for the glitching and slow response time. Nonetheless, AdobeSparkVideo was perfect for what I needed. Piece some pictures and videos together, add music and voilá. Great for beginners or content creators looking for something fast and easy. I was able to add text and change slide duration times. They have a solid variety of themes to choose from as well. The built-in features make AdobeSparkVideo easy for anyone to use in my opinion too. I would love to see the response time pick up and more opportunities for customization in AdobeSparkVideo (like font styles, colors, transition style), then I’ll give it five stars! :)

by Nazzraan

This was a great way to make slideshows, presentations, and memory books. It was so easy to use on the iPhone and I imagine it’ll be just as easy on the iPad. The adding of text looks really clean and the voice over is a great feature. This is something I’ll definitely recommend for my students to help decrease the amount of text that can put on a slide, and for presenting the more wordy details vocally. This is also great for when students aren’t available to present and can do so remotely with AdobeSparkVideo.

by Blumoonrisn

I love recording affirmations with background music; it really uplift the spirit. But I am very visual, so decided to type out affirmations as a photograph, and then add other beautiful photographs to this to make a video. Since this is the first time I have used adobe spark video, I was pleasantly surprised to see that I could not only visually see my text of the affirmations, but could record them in my own voice, was lovely music in the background. Oh JOY!! Thank you for creating AdobeSparkVideo to help me create a beautiful life!

by Dkc1020

As a teacher this by far was the best app to make an “about me” video. I was able to add pictures from my from, record my voice, and was able to share it with hardly any struggle. Personally I like the thirty second time limit to speak on each slide so prevent rambling or starting over a speech from stuttering in the fourth minute. All one has to do is duplicate the slide if they prefer dong their voice over all in one recording. GREAT APP!

by Abrianna P

AdobeSparkVideo is amazing! I’ve been looking for an app that would allow me to make a good book trailer, especially since it’s due tomorrow😬 All the other apps I found were not working for me and I was worried that I wouldn’t finish by the deadline (which is in less than 24 hours). I was about to give up when I came across AdobeSparkVideo. At first I was skeptical but it ended up being the best I’ve seen so far. It’s so easy to use and it’s free! I totally recommend using AdobeSparkVideo, it’s a lifesaver!

by Ike Puck Buddy

It is super easy to use, great for school or work presentations and fun just to play with! But you should back up everything, if something goes wrong, you might lose everything if you're on iPad. Also, I made a really cool video to give my grandpa for his 80th birthday, but when it updated the format changed completely! So I have a lot of issues but it is so awesome it still gets five stars.
Ps. Too expensive for subscription