Google has just unveiled a new feature to edit video on YouTube. The YouTube Editor will allow users to perform some rudimentary video editing entirely online. It's not going to challenge desktop software in the feature department, but it will serve the needs for basic editing.
The tool will allows you to:
- Combine multiple videos you’ve uploaded to create a new longer video
- Trim the beginning and/or ending of your videos
- Add soundtracks from our AudioSwap library of tens of thousands of songs
- Create new videos without worrying about file formats and publish them to YouTube with one click -- no upload necessary
There is no way to edit other's videos for obvious copyright reasons, but I wouldn't be surprised to see video sharing features added down the road. This could be another feature destined for integration with Google's upcoming Chrome OS cloud connected platform.
Watch this video from Andrew at rewboss to get a sense of how it works:
Posted on
Thu, June 17, 2010
by Thomas Frank