Video Editing 2.0: 8 Ways to Remix Online Videos Comments

Read/WriteWeb by Josh Catone - Jun 18, '07 5:20pm

So you've shot your masterpiece, but it's a little rough around the edges. If you have any hope of winning that Oscar, you're going to need to do a little editing. But renting out an editing bay means thousands of dollars and figuring out what all the shortcut keys on the Avid keyboard do. But wait, you're in luck! Friday evening, YouTube launched their new video editing tool: YouTube Remixer, in partnership with Adobe. Avid it's not, but perhaps it's just what you need to turn your raw vacation footage into Spielberg or Coppola.

Unfortunately, YouTube's Remixer debuted to some rather tepid reviews, in part because it is more or less the same software Adobe rolled out with Photobucket in March. But wait, you're in luck again! There are a bunch of other online video editing tools, and we'll take a brief look at some of them below (though again, don't expect Avid).

Video Editing Tools

Jumpcut lets you upload video, photos, and audio, or import from Flickr or Facebook, and edit using a Flash interface. Add titles, effects, transitions, music, and split and crop video tracks. Then publish your video and let others remix it. Jumpcut also has some social networking features (like groups). Jumpcut is probably the best of the online video editors, though I really wish there was a way to export videos off the site.


Of the bunch, Jumpcut's editor most resembles the feel of offline editors, like iMovie.


Eyespot is a full featured editor like Jumpcut. It lets you upload video, photos, and audio and then add transitions, effects, titles, and music. The editor isn't as attractive and easy to use, in my opinion, as Jumpcut's, but Eyespot offers a good deal of free media sets from partners like The Colbert Report, Public Enemy, and Dreamworks Pictures.


Movie Masher lets web site owners offer editing and remixing capabilities to their visitors via a sophisticated flash widget, which can be customized to match the look of your web site. The editing tools allow you to sequence and trim clips, add effects, transitions, titles, and music, using a familiar timeline editor.


Cuts lets you import video from MySpace, YouTube, and Google video (or anywhere you can get the direct .FLV URL) and then make your own "cut" by removing scenes, looping scenes, and adding captions and sound effects.

(Almost) Video Editing Tools

Mojiti isn't a video editing tool in the way that the YouTube Remixer, Jumpcut, Eyespot, Movie Masher, or even Cuts are, but it still probably warrants a mention in this round up. Instead, Mojiti lets you annotate videos you import from just about any video site out there. You can use it to add properly timed titles, captions, or translations to videos.


You could use Mojiti to put lyrics on a music video, for example.


Vidavee Graffiti lets you add effects to YouTube videos (like cartoon speech bubbles, titles, and frames). I found the interface kind of clumsy and hard to use, but maybe you'll have better luck.


muveeMix is a way to arrange your videos and photos to music, add titles and credits and export them to your blog or social network profile. It doesn't offer nearly as much control as, say, Jumpcut, but isn't as complicated either.

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Google to Launch More Linux Applications Comments

Google Operating System by Ionut Alex Chitu - Jun 18, '07 3:51pm
Google already has two applications that work in Linux: Picasa and Google Earth, but that's not enough for a company that uses Linux a lot. In a presentation [PDF] from Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit, Google announced they'll release important Linux desktop applications this year. Some of them will be open source and they'll try to support most main distributions.

Google's applications that aren't available for Linux users include: Google Talk, Google Desktop, SketchUp, Web Accelerator.


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Wanted: Applications for virtual worlds Comments

CNET News.com - Jun 18, '07 3:01pm
Blog: Virtual worlds, or the 3D Internet, appeal to early adopters of games. Getting more people to come will require more applications, experts say.
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AT&T quietly offers $10 DSL plan (AP) Comments

Yahoo! News: Technology News - Jun 18, '07 4:46pm

**FILE PHOTO** The AT&T logo is seen on one of it's buildings in San Antonio, Texas, April 23, 2007.  (AP Photo/Eric Gay)AP - Without any sort of fanfare, AT&T Inc. has started offering a broadband Internet service for $10 a month, cheaper than any advertised plan.


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Windows Fiji: Now second half of 2008? Comments

ZDNet Blogs by Mary Jo Foley - Jun 18, '07 1:33pm
Because Microsoft won't comment officially on "Fiji," the expected, standalone update to Windows Media Center, it's tough to confirm a date slip. But Chris Lanier, a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in the digital media arena, is predicting that Fiji won't debut in 2007, as Microsoft and other interested parties had been predicting. Instead, Lanier's betting Fiji is now a second half of 2008 update. In a blog post dated June 12, Lanier blogged: "Don’t expect Fiji this year. Don’t expect Fiji early next year. Based on water-cooler talk I‘ve heard, I wouldn’t expect to see it released until around Q3-Q4 2008 which would bring the platform back to Sep/Oct releases as has been customary since 2002. . Date is...
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CyberSource Goes Small For Authorize.Net Comments

InternetNews Realtime News for IT Managers - Jun 19, '07 8:53am
The deal gives the electronic payments firm access to small businesses.
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New Wi-Fi distance record: 382 kilometers Comments

CNET News.com - Jun 18, '07 12:18pm
Blog: How can you stretch Wi-Fi? Researcher Ermanno Pietrosemoli establishes a connection between peaks in the Andes mountains.
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Firefox 3: SQLite and more Comments

Ajaxian by Dion Almaer - Jun 18, '07 9:10am
Firefox 3 is to support SQLite for offline storage. The new alpha release tells us this and a lot more (below). The world of the RDBMS has come to the browser, and has jumped from server to client in the Web platform. Bookmarks portion of Places has been enabled New crash reporting system, Breakpad. It’s [...]
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MySpace to make friends with eBay Comments

The Register - Jun 18, '07 9:37am

Spammers get T-shirt bazaar

MySpace founder Chris DeWolfe has hinted the Murdoch-owned social network will bring in eBay to provide it with ecommerce features.…

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Microsoft Ships 'Major' New Versions Of Dynamics Comments

InternetNews Realtime News for IT Managers - Jun 18, '07 9:17am
ERP packages feature Office 2007-like UIs, plus support for SharePoint and SQL Server Reporting Services.
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