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Adobe Announces Creative Cloud with 20GB of Online Storage

10.5.11 @ 2:57PM Tags : adobe, cloud, collaboration, creativecloud, dropbox, online

In addition to six new touch applications, Adobe this week also announced Creative Cloud, their new online storage/collaboration service. Think of it as an Adobe-centric Dropbox, which will be available starting next month with apps on Android and iOS “at an attractive monthly price,” according to the FAQ. Here’s the presentation of the services and community available in Creative Cloud (beyond simple file storage) from Adobe’s MAX conference: More »

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YouTube Unveils Cloud-Based Editing, Enabling Non-Destructive Post-Production Effects

09.16.11 @ 6:00PM Tags : cloud, editing, postproduction, sharing, youtube

This is simultaneously really impressive and seemingly obvious. The Tube of You has rolled out a new tab that allows you to trim your videos right on the site — in the cloud — instead of doing it locally and (re)uploading. This tab, aptly named “Edit video,” should already be live for all global users and allows for trimming, soundtrack-swapping, camera stabilization (!), and a number of basic post-production effects. As far as I can tell, at present there are no NLE features, but who knows where it’s headed next. Here’s the official word and a brief demo: More »

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YouTube Launches Online Video Editing Tool

06.21.10 @ 8:53AM Tags : chrome, cloud, editing, google, youtube

This past week Google integrated video editing functionality into YouTube. While basic, the toolset brings much needed capabilities like trimming and clip combining to the world’s most popular video sharing site. It also allows users to swap out background music using AudioSwap. More »

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Apple to release $99 Apple TV to trump Google TV?

05.30.10 @ 12:00PM Tags : apple, appletv, cloud, distribution, google, googletv, itunes

Rumors are circulating that Apple will soon release a 1080p Apple TV running iPhone OS 4 for just $99. Though Apple was long at work on this upgrade before the announcement of Google TV, the two devices are similar in that they both run on mobile operating systems (Google TV will run on Android). More important than the pricing or OS of the rumored Apple TV refresh, however, is what this could mean for Apple’s strategy of selling and distributing content. More »