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June 16, 2007 8:51 AM PDT

YouTube launches online editing tool

by Greg Sandoval

YouTube Remixer lets you do basic editing on your videos and add effects, like borders.

(Credit: CNET Networks)

YouTube has begun offering a Web-based editing tool that is apparently provided by Adobe Systems.

The "remixer," which is branded with an Adobe logo, enables users to create more professional-looking videos by splicing together media such as video clips, photos, music, graphics and other effects, according to information found on the site.

Representatives of YouTube and Adobe could not be reached for comment Saturday morning.

YouTube follows such competitors as Photobucket and Yahoo Video, which offer similar tools. Photobucket, for instance, launched an Adobe-branded editor in February, and Yahoo acquired Jumpcut, a pioneer in Internet-based editing tools, last September.

Online editing tools are just one of the software applications designed to tap into the public's growing fascination with Web video.

To use the service, media is stored in a digital bin, where it can be dragged and dropped into a timeline. Playback controls enable a user to make cuts.

The finished product can be posted directly to YouTube with a touch of a button.

Greg Sandoval covers media and digital entertainment for CNET News. He is a former reporter for The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. E-mail Greg, or follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/sandoCNET.
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Adobe & YouTube Partnership Predicted
by jhneely June 21, 2007 5:28 PM PDT
Hey guys, you might be interested in a post I wrote back in March in which I proposed a partnership between Adobe and YouTube, and outlined the benefits to both services as well. That post is located at:
http://socialstrategist.com/2007/03/28/a-profitable-partnership-how-youtube-can-re-revolutionize-personal-publishing

And a few more, updated thoughts can be found at:
http://socialstrategist.com/2007/06/18/youtube-adobe-partnership-it-happened

Hope you find it useful, and hope you'll watch me for more (hopefully correct) predictions.

Best,
Jay Neely, Social Strategist
http://socialstrategist.com
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by mihaelaelena May 18, 2008 3:46 AM PDT
checked in but thought to write cos something seems missing in tools

regards,
elena
http://www.india-designs.com
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by kmwsoftech February 17, 2009 2:16 PM PST
Well , though its a great tool but still i find it not so handy for editing my videos i use movie maker.

http://ww.kmwsoftech.com
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