Comments on: iMovie moving online? Might be awkward

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:51:56 +0000

A dumb, dumb idea. It can’t be true, especially for Apple which prides itself on building local software clients.

By: Ian D. Miller

Ian D. Miller — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:26:43 +0000

This isn’t exactly novel. JumpCut and eyespot made very capable online video editors. If Apple doesn’t do it, Adobe will.

I’m on Ubuntu and the only app I have to run on Windows (virtualized or on my Windows lappy) is Movie Maker. Linux just doesn’t have a great quick and dirty video editor yet. So an online video editor is particularly attractive to me. The web is a common platform that doesn’t need to distinguish between Mac users, Window users, etc. Developers can write an app once and not need to worry about porting it to every platform.

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By: rushiblog

rushiblog — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:25:50 +0000

This may not happen

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:00:45 +0000

I’d personally love to see a video editing software built in online format. The problem with jumpcut was you couldn’t download your finished product. If they make an editing application it needs to be open (which apple isn’t known for) so you can do other things with it when you’re done editing.

By: Mered

Mered — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:30:42 +0000

I think its a great idea for Apple to do this, when it is possible. Think about it, most Window’s users are unable to use iMovie and Windows Movie Maker is not the best editing software out there. With putting iMovie onto a browser, the window’s users can finally use the wonderful features of iMovie and make quality videos onto Youtube!

By: Ally duan

Ally duan — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 09:29:01 +0000

Maybe it is just a rumor!

The brandwidth is the most important factor.

I often use a streaming video recorder to free download streaming videos from internet , then
create my own version.

http://www.flash-on-tv.com/streaming-video-recorder.html#124

By: snookums

snookums — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:35:44 +0000

Ahh, MY #1 Web Peeve strikes again as well:

“Grammatically anal a$$holes!!”

By: Will

Will — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:56:30 +0000

I could see the application for touch-up editing after already uploading your movie to your mobile Me cloud. Thus not having to re-up an entire movie again.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:22:31 +0000

Ahh, my #1 Web Peeve strikes again:
“And if your content is to large to be stored…”
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By: Interesting things for Saturday by andydickinson.net

Interesting things for Saturday by andydickinson.net — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:39:40 +0000

[...] that the macworld rumour mill has kicked in with news that imovie may be going in to the cloud. Crunch gear have speculated that macs low-end, iwork video app may be moving online as Apple get to grips with online applications. Computerworld notes the rumour and wonders if [...]

By: Rick Curran

Rick Curran — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:58:44 +0000

I don’t think it’s likely that Apple will release ‘iMovie in the Cloud’ for one reason: Bandwidth.

For anything other than simple low-res web video editing it would be completely impractical for even the fastest available broadband.

I wrote a wee post about it here: http://suburbia.org.uk/blog/2009/01/03/055107.html

By: Roy

Roy — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 11:07:46 +0000

Come on, let’s be realistic now. An online iMovie will be aimed at cell phone users with low quality content. Otherwise online video editing is simply not possible. And how low will you go in an era that cell phones have 8Mp camera’s. Ouch!

Example: the result of my last project was a product of almost 2 minutes and just under 600Mb as a final product in HD H.264. For those 2 minutes I used 15 minutes raw material in uncompressed HD = >15Gb.

I live in The Netherlands, with the best type of connection one can get and uploading of the 600Mb took 15 minutes (or so), limited by the destination webserver (not my connection). Can you imagine what uploading 15Gb would cost in time and resources? And then we are talking only one user here …

By: Jose A Vivas

Jose A Vivas — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 04:51:46 +0000

IMHO, Apple is moving to the right side. Just imagine iMovie in Amsterdam. FiberPower, for example for barely $40, allows 720MB each month. CityNet, near 1Gig. It is for home users. Apple is working for the next future.

By: Jocca

Jocca — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:34:46 +0000

It goes to show you that these analysts do not quite know what the technology behind iLife is all about. The process of creating the movie file requires moving a lot of large multimedia files, therefore making it awkward to do so on the cloud. Once the project is done and rendered into a much more compact file, the file itself can be posted on the web. Nah, I do not see iLife making the transition to cloud computing. iWork perhaps even though Keynote may not be a candidate given that you can handle huge movie files within a slide. Another thing that Power Point users will have trouble to fathom. Page and Numbers therefore are the likely candidates for Cloud computing, the rest will stay desktop bound for the near future, although their end products can be sent to the Cloud.

By: Milly

Milly — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:00:35 +0000

Take a look at aditall, they have an interesting concept. It`s not just about editing online but the site also offers a huge library of footage and music clips to choose from. It enables agencies to produce video ads online and get immediate approval from the advertisers.

By: Gebadia Smith

Gebadia Smith — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:52:50 +0000

It would be way to slow. You usually end up with a ton of raw footage which you reduce drastically for the final product. Not to mention ISP companies are capping bandwidth…

By: Online iMovie Video Editor? « Fighting Words

Online iMovie Video Editor? « Fighting Words — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:25:07 +0000

[...] { January 2, 2009 @ 2:01 pm } · { TechCrunch, YouTube } { } Rumors are flying about Apple putting its bundled-with-OS iMovie video editor online. [...]

By: fighting words

fighting words — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:22:56 +0000

I shot an HD video, edited it with iMovie 08 and uploaded it to YouTube without a hitch. The video is less than 2 minutes, and the file is less than 20 mb (surprised me there). I did not render the video in very high bitrate, but on YouTube it looks fine in its wide-screen HD glory, if not as sharp as other YouTube HD videos that are obviously compressed in very high bitrate.

If Apple does put a version of iMovie online, it signals that they are serious about this trend of ascension to the “cloud” sphere. My guess is they are aiming to attract and convert Windows users to their camp. The logic is: iTune and Safari are being used by the Windows PC crowd, why not iMoive?

It’s also about being forward-thinking. If the future is about more people on broadband and the pipes getting fatter, not the other way around, Apple wants to be there when it’s an everyday reality that people write online, do spreadsheet online, and make videos online.

By: Thierry

Thierry — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:03:15 +0000

There is quite a gap between online providers (downloads, streaming, editing, VOIP…) and the ISPs offering.

The only way I get Internet here is through Verizon Wireless with a cap at 5gb a month. I know a lot of people still on dial up because DSL is not available to them. And I know many people on DSL but with poor Quality of Service.

Even if this particular news is a false rumor, I am sure someone somewhere is seriously thinking of offering online video editing.

Anyhow, just editing photos with Shutterfly is quite challenging and/or limited. I cannot even imagine for videos.