The online video editing market is really jumping. There's suddenly a lot of interest in this space. The big news however is that Yahoo! acquired Jumpcut, the creator of a Web property and application that offers a publishing tool and an interactive user community. According to Yahoo, "The acquisition of Jumpcut complements Yahoo's multimedia strategy and includes assets such as a strong team, unique technologies, emerging brand, business partnerships and a growing community of users." To learn more, details are available in a post on the Yahoo! Search Blog, http://www.ysearchblog.com/archives/000358.html and http://blog.jumpcut.com/.
Also see Eyespot, Simple Star PhotoShow, vMix, One True Media and MuveeMix. All are offering very cool and fun online video mixing applications.
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This is a really cool - and very different type of online video contest - Pin the Tail on the Culture, Inc. announces a contest to find the most beautiful walker in the USA.
In an effort to support and promote the aesthetics of curvaceous beautifully walking women, the company will award three prizes to the best entries. (Note that we’re NOT saying beautiful walking women, but beautifully walking women—the face is irrelevant, only the walk is important.) The company will showcase all acceptable entries on the company’s contest website, http://www.poetryinmotion.info along with links to the contestant’s web address or email. When winners are picked in January 2007, they’ll be announced on the site. more
This might be the killer video app. Sort of like a google search for video and audio. By extracting and analyzing the audio for audio and video podcasts, converting it to metadata that can be searched, the HearHere software application from Pluggd allows users to jump right to their area of interest in podcasts. Relying on speech recognition and semantic analysis within its media player, HearHere lets users skip commercials in the beginning of a podcast or bypass the baseball highlights to jump right to the football segment in a sports report. more
Pluggd HearHere DemoFall video
More Tech News from DemoFall 2006
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Are you having a hard time keeping track of your projects? Who is doing what - what script and edit version is everyone on? What are the latest edit decisions?
Koral, a provider of Enterprise 2.0 solutions for businesses, today announced the launch of its free-to-use Content Management solution at DEMOfall 2006. “Over the last 12 months we’ve seen a massive growth in Web 2.0 applications for consumers to help them manage their videos, photos, and blogs” said Mark Suster, CEO of Koral, “Koral is the first of a new breed of Web 2.0 solutions for businesses. Koral helps people store, share and search the business information that lives in documents, emails, web pages, and folders – while keeping everyone in sync.” more
Watch the Koral DemoFall 2006 Video
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Webcams are great for capturing short video clips and live video messaging across the Internet. Plus, webcams can be used for remote monitoring, some even with motion detection. But you don't necessarily want to tie up a computer to act as a video server for a connected webcam, so a better option for this kind of use is to use a dedicated Internet camera with a built-in network interface, like the Creative Live! Wireless. more
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REVIEW - Sony Vegas 7+DVD is a professional editing platform capable of taking an editor from capture to export. The Vegas7+DVD includes Vegas 7, DVD Architect 4, and Dolby Digital AC-3 encoding software. Vegas allows for real-time acquisition and editing of DV, HDV, SD/HD-SDI, and all XDCAM formats. Vegas 7 has the capability to fine-tune audio with the precision of a digital audio workstation. DVD Architect 4 provides the capability to author surround sound and dual-layer DVDs. more
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Matrox Parhelia APVe Video Card Review -
Expand Your Video Display by adding additional video displays and monitors. Great for game players and video editors. more
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Want to make your video look very, very good? Check out this great new LCD monitor from LG. Great for gamers - great for video - excellent for almost anything you can throw at it. Its 2ms refresh rate is incredible and made my videos look wonderful without any lag or trails. more
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 Panasonic VDR-D300 DVD Palmcorder
|  B&H Price: $669.95  |
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