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Social Video Remixing - 7 New Kids On The Block
by Deepak Dutta
The year 2006 saw the emergence of the social video market with the mass adoption of YouTube, Google Video, DailyMotion, MetaCafe, etc. 2007 has shaped up as the year when the hoi polloi finally takes control of the video editing functionality that was once the guarded secret of only a few experts.
A bevy of new sites are getting the attention of social video producers and distributors. These sites are offering free online video editing capabilities. You don't have to purchase expensive video editing software, sweat over the complicated installation procedures, and master the unintuitive editing jargon and functionality. Some of the more popular sites and their capabilities are discussed below.
The simplest of the bunch is Cuts. The Cuts' mission is "...easy control of the video experience...". Using their online services, you can loop and cut video scenes, add captions and insert sound effects to enhance your online videos for distributing via social video sites or emails. In the future, they will offer more advanced features that will enable you to edit your DVDs or downloaded videos for enhancing purchased movies and TV shows.
Gotuit offers Scenemaker, an online video slicing application. You import your video in Scenemaker using an URL where your video has been uploaded, e.g. YouTube. Once the video is loaded in the online application, you will be able to mark the start and end scenes that interest you. Gotuit calls it deep tagging. It is like bookmarking a specific page in a website. After deep tagging your video, you will be able publish the selected scenes in your blog, MySpace page, or any other web pages and video sharing sites.
Eyespot is a full feature online video editing application. After uploading videos, audio and photos, you can apply transitions, effects, titles, and music. You can mix free media sets from Colbert Report, public Enemy, and DreamWorks pictures.
Using a Flash interface, you add titles, effects, transitions and music to your uploaded videos in Jumpcut. You can also upload audio and photos or import them from Flickr or Facebook. After editing your media, you publish them at Jumpcut site for others to remix.
Website owners can use a Flash widget from Movie Masher to allow their website visitors video mixing and editing capabilities. You customize the widget to match your site's look for branding purposes. Using a timeline editor, your site visitors will be able to trim clips and add titles, music, effects and transitions.
Using muveemix, you add music, titles, and credits to your videos and then publish them to your social network profile or blogs. The editor is simple but it offers less features than Jumpcut.
Users can edit their videos from within YouTube using YouTube Remixer. You can insert graphics, audio, text, and overlays, as well as in-video transitions. Using a simple interface, YouTube is able to provide a one-stop editing and video sharing opportunity for its users.
The dramatic rise of video sharing sites in the last two years has created the need for simple yet sophisticated tools for the prosumers to enhance their creative works. More sites are stepping up to meet the challenges of online video editing and remixing.
Dr Deepak Dutta, creator of oldest online free classified site, has launched DigMyPage to help website owners build links and increase traffic using MySpace type free pages and Digg style free submissions.
The year 2006 saw the emergence of the social video market with the mass adoption of YouTube, Google Video, DailyMotion, MetaCafe, etc. 2007 has shaped up as the year when the hoi polloi finally takes control of the video editing functionality that was once the guarded secret of only a few experts.
A bevy of new sites are getting the attention of social video producers and distributors. These sites are offering free online video editing capabilities. You don't have to purchase expensive video editing software, sweat over the complicated installation procedures, and master the unintuitive editing jargon and functionality. Some of the more popular sites and their capabilities are discussed below.
The simplest of the bunch is Cuts. The Cuts' mission is "...easy control of the video experience...". Using their online services, you can loop and cut video scenes, add captions and insert sound effects to enhance your online videos for distributing via social video sites or emails. In the future, they will offer more advanced features that will enable you to edit your DVDs or downloaded videos for enhancing purchased movies and TV shows.
Gotuit offers Scenemaker, an online video slicing application. You import your video in Scenemaker using an URL where your video has been uploaded, e.g. YouTube. Once the video is loaded in the online application, you will be able to mark the start and end scenes that interest you. Gotuit calls it deep tagging. It is like bookmarking a specific page in a website. After deep tagging your video, you will be able publish the selected scenes in your blog, MySpace page, or any other web pages and video sharing sites.
Eyespot is a full feature online video editing application. After uploading videos, audio and photos, you can apply transitions, effects, titles, and music. You can mix free media sets from Colbert Report, public Enemy, and DreamWorks pictures.
Using a Flash interface, you add titles, effects, transitions and music to your uploaded videos in Jumpcut. You can also upload audio and photos or import them from Flickr or Facebook. After editing your media, you publish them at Jumpcut site for others to remix.
Website owners can use a Flash widget from Movie Masher to allow their website visitors video mixing and editing capabilities. You customize the widget to match your site's look for branding purposes. Using a timeline editor, your site visitors will be able to trim clips and add titles, music, effects and transitions.
Using muveemix, you add music, titles, and credits to your videos and then publish them to your social network profile or blogs. The editor is simple but it offers less features than Jumpcut.
Users can edit their videos from within YouTube using YouTube Remixer. You can insert graphics, audio, text, and overlays, as well as in-video transitions. Using a simple interface, YouTube is able to provide a one-stop editing and video sharing opportunity for its users.
The dramatic rise of video sharing sites in the last two years has created the need for simple yet sophisticated tools for the prosumers to enhance their creative works. More sites are stepping up to meet the challenges of online video editing and remixing.
Dr Deepak Dutta, creator of oldest online free classified site, has launched DigMyPage to help website owners build links and increase traffic using MySpace type free pages and Digg style free submissions.
