Saving Video on Mobile - Hide or Show Video while saving it?

Question

Quick and short question.

I'm building iOS Video Editor app. Within the Video Edit Screen I'm placing a "Save button" so the user can press Save quickly.

Do you think:

1) I should place the "saving" pop up in the middle of the screen, hiding the video and focusing on the saving process

2) Or should I place it below the video, on-top of the edit tools, and keep the video visible?

Would love to hear your thoughts. Roi

Answer 1

2) Or should I place it below the video, on-top of the edit tools, and keep the video visible?

I would go with this one, BUT you need to indicate that it is saving and saved in some way.

Some examples of how you can do that:

• Replacing the save icon with a loading one then a tick when it has saved which then goes back to a save icon.
• A small ribbon at the top that appears saying it has been saved.
• A quick overlay saying its saved, like the volume one in IOS works.

I don't think there would be a reason to obstruct the users view. Incase they want to do a quick save and continue editing.