I guess it was only a matter of time really until we were able to edit our video content online.
With the speed of the internet these days, uploading a video has gone from a long and arduous process to one of relative simplicity. Gone are the days when you had to figure out the exact and specific settings to save your video before upload. I remember I had a very long list of specifications I needed to follow before before I could even consider putting something of decent quality on YouTube.
Well now, things have moved along and you can upload your videos in full quality if you like and YouTube figures out the rest for you. Phew!
Here’s the kicker. YouTube has now put a (very basic) editor within their test tube area. You can actually do basic crops and join multiple videos in a single timeline before resaving them for broadcast. You can even replace your initial (probably crap) audio track with one of the thousands of approved songs they have the rights to use.
Sure, this is extremely primitive, though c’mon people, what did you expect.
It is at least a step in the right direction and I’m sure that in the very near future, you will have a full functioning video editor available at your disposal free of charge.
Here’s a link to the official YouTube blog anyway. There’s a little more detail there.
http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2010/06/edit-video-in-cloud-with-youtube-video.html
Enjoy. Let me know how it works for you.
