Web-based video editing options
I was dismayed to learn recently (via Karen Mongomery) that Yahoo’s website JumpCut has been discontinued. JumpCut has been a web-based video editing platform, which allowed users to not only upload media (videos, still images, and audio) but also EDIT those media assets via a web browser. This is a fantastic capability, and should be of particular interest to Netbook users and those implementing or seeking to implement NetBook 1:1 initiatives. According to the JumpCut website:
After careful consideration, we will be officially closing the Jumpcut.com site on June 15, 2009. Therefore, we are no longer accepting new uploads. This was a difficult decision to make, but it’s part of the ongoing prioritization efforts at Yahoo!
We have released a software utility that allows you to download the movies you created on Jumpcut to your computer. As well, you can now download your original assets. See the download page to get started.
Once you download your movies, you may choose to upload them to another site such as Flickr, which now allows video uploads. You can find out more here: http://flickr.com/explore/video
I do love the support Flickr now provides for video uploads, but unfortunately there is NOT any support on Flickr for video editing as JumpCut provided.
Are you aware of ANY websites which currently provide web-based video editing functionality, as JumpCut did? I think EyeSpot used to, but it’s been bought by PixelFish and they don’t provide video editing functions. I thought Viddler and MotionBox at one time provided web-based video editing functions, but they do not now.
Alan Levine’s StoryTools wiki remains one of the best resources I’ve seen on web 2.0 sites for digital storytelling. Under “Video Tools” he lists and describes different options for video uploading and editing. JayCut is the only tool that seems to be truly comparable to JumpCut, in terms of allowing users to create a video similar to something which could be made in PhotoStory3, MovieMaker, or iMovie using a web-based interface.
5 Comments
Dean Mantz
Thursday, 21st May 2009 at 12:59 pm
I have been beta testing a new update for JayCut. It is slowly growing on me but not sold on it yet. Time will tell.
Tracy Poelzer
Friday, 22nd May 2009 at 11:11 pm
I’ll be watching your replies, as I would love to find something web-based for video editing as well. I’ve been looking into Kaltura, which is not web-based, but open source. http://corp.kaltura.com/ I haven’t had a chance to try it out. Has anyone used it?
Wes Fryer
Tuesday, 26th May 2009 at 11:42 am
Tracy: Kaltura looks intriguging ,especially since it offers the ability to self-host a video editing solution. Kaltura DOES look to be/have a web-based video editor, check out this page from their site. I’m not clear, however, if that product is open source or not.
Miguel Guhlin blogged recently about the Linux open source video editing program Open Movie Editor. Hopefully it will port to Mac and Windows soon. It is NOT web-based, however.
I need to give Jaycut a try. JumpCut had been the only web-based video editing service I’d used in the past. Both Jaycut and Kaltura’s look promising.
Kastanet
Saturday, 6th June 2009 at 5:37 am
Photobucket has Adobe Premiere Express.
However it does require the Adobe Flash plugin.
paul McCurry
Wednesday, 26th August 2009 at 9:51 pm
I’m trying to build an non-profit educational website for kids that includes a built in video editor that performs basic edit tasks. Anyone know a an open source package that would allow me to do this free of charge.
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