Comments on: Cuts Launches Amidst Online Video Editor War

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Upstairs Bathroom Renovation | Support South Carolina — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:53:44 +0000

[...] things worse by stretching the aspect ratio for the player, but it was fun and easy to make. Online video tools have come a long [...]

By: techcrunch » Blog Archive » FlipTrack Get’s $1.5 M for Syncing Slide Shows

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:22:34 +0000

[...] good reason. FiipTack is also planning on adding video to its editing repertoire (See our previous comparison of online video editors). The photo slide show serves as a rudimentary version that is already being used to create simple [...]

By: MGC

MGC — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:58:55 +0000

Lets try that again with the correct spelling (www.stashspace.com)

By: MGC

MGC — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:58:10 +0000

Another player in ths market that should be considered and evaluated is stashSpace (www.spacespace.com).

By: Brad

Brad — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:56:30 +0000

I’m shopping for a very lightweight videoblogging solution. I choose to not own a car, so a web-app like one of these could be the way to vlog “as it happens” from my MP4 camcorder, when time is tight. I don’t want to pack a notebook or tablet pc, but I want to do more than just upload. I want to watermark or brand it with my domain URL before I post it. I can trim and join in camera, so now I need something like, maybe, a Nokia N800 internet tablet to accept my SD card to upload Mp4 from wifi access, and then add my branding and style elements through web-apps like these before blogging it. That would be cool!

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 01:11:22 +0000

I was going to get involved in this space before I had heard of all the competition. I’d say it’s not as hot as it seems. You could have a site that does exactly what eyespot does in a couple of days. The problem is this is an extraordinarily costly space.

The real deal here isn’t to compete with desktop applications, it’s to make video editing easy enough that anyone can do it. If you can already edit video, this isn’t for you. It’s for people who want to feel clever with a minimum of effort.

By: Meg

Meg — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:59:11 +0000

Thanks to SomeGuy for saying exactly what I was thinking. This is the next evolution and it allows people to be creative - I think it’s great. I have also found a use for Cuts for personal videos - sending videos of my children along with comments to family members.

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e.politics: online advocacy tools & tactics — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:50:07 +0000

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By: SomeGuy

SomeGuy — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:36:02 +0000

@Emma - I believe the point is to entertain the “kids.”…

this is just the natural evolution of the democratization of media production and publishing… from the printing press on forward technology has been evolving to allow more and more people to imagine, create, publish, broadcast, and advertise their media. *most* of this media will appear terrible to *most* people; but *some* of it will appear beautiful to *some* people. that’s the glory of this progression.

we are all but storytellers seeking to tell stories. that’s one of the things that makes us human.

By: Harry

Harry — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:35:24 +0000

I don’t quite get Emma’s empathy on this.
These tools are the early efforts in making media editing/remixing tools that are web enabled (i.e. can work with media that reside on line). Criticising the quality of the content one can find online is completely irrelevant (as if Adobe Premier enforces you to edit only quality video).
What would be interesting to me is a study on whether these tools serve their business purpose (increase added value and stickiness of hosting/sharing services) and the adoption they get.

By: Emma

Emma — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:23:26 +0000

They can lose all the quality they like these ’services’ are pointless. Give me one practical use other than entertaining kids for about 5 minutes?

Flickr has a purpose, Upcoming has a purpose, video ‘editing’ rubbish from YouTube is a pointless as 99.9% of the crap on YouTube.

By: Nick Gonzalez

Nick Gonzalez — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:48:53 +0000

Depends on the mashup. Some services are simply a meta layer directing the player to stop here, overlay that, and so don’t actually re-encode the video. I’m not familiar with any data loss due to re-encoding. I’m assuming it’s not the same as your VHS machine.

By: Oobie Doobie Kanoobie

Oobie Doobie Kanoobie — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:06:47 +0000

These sites are all cool!

I agree with first post however about video quality. I’m guessing everytime someone ‘mashes’ up a vid, it is being re-encoded and losing more info each time.

By: Filmator

Filmator — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:48:01 +0000

Why is Photobucket mentioned in this article, they are nothing like the others?

On Photobucket “Unlike any of the other services, users can “mash up” video clips with audio files and photos, and add effects and transitions.”

Oh Yea and filmator does that best!

By: Shakir Razak

Shakir Razak — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:00:43 +0000

Next time TechCrunch does an update on online editing, or even on this post, can someone take a look at http://www.clesh.comhttp:// http://www.forscene.net , and see how it compares.

It seems to be the oldest web-based editor / hoster, but not present itself in a public youtube type of way.

Kind regards,

Shakir Razak

By: Shakir Razak

Shakir Razak — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:59:14 +0000

Next time TechCrunch does an update on online editing, or even on this post, can someone take a look at http://www.clesh.com http://www.forscene.net , and see how it compares.

It seems to be the oldest web-based editor / hoster, but not present itself in a public youtube type of way.

Kind regards,

Shakir Razak

By: Nick Gonzalez

Nick Gonzalez — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:05:19 +0000

I’d say it can be somewhat hard to pick a winner in the category, because it’s about choosing the right tool for the job. Eyespot is a nice middle of the road between Cuts and Jumpcut.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 03:30:04 +0000

Youtube will come out with their own little video editor and wipe out all the startups. Why wouldn’t they?

By: David Mackey

David Mackey — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:49:50 +0000

Look like Eyespot wins slightly on features?

By: Emma

Emma — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 23:45:15 +0000

As a professional video editor these ’services’ make me want to hit someone with a shovel. Basically you take a piece of dodgy video, from YouTube or Google, and make it even more dodgy with some lame Flash tool.

I imagine $20million in venture capital from Gullible Investor Inc. is right around the corner