In a significant philosophical shift, Google has added a basic video editing system to YouTube, giving a new creative aspect to the video sharing site.
The YouTube editor isn't going to make Apple's Final Cut Pro or Adobe Systems' Premiere Pro out of business any time soon, but the tool is useful. With it, you can trim videos and combine multiple videos into a single composite.
Google is arguably the biggest advocate of cloud computing, one variety of which shifts tasks that once were done on personal computers to Internet servers reached with a Web browser. With Google Docs, Google's acquisition of online photo editor Picnik, and now editing YouTube videos, it's clear Google's vision for cloud computing extends well beyond consuming content but to creating it as well.
More: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20007866-264.html
The YouTube editor isn't going to make Apple's Final Cut Pro or Adobe Systems' Premiere Pro out of business any time soon, but the tool is useful. With it, you can trim videos and combine multiple videos into a single composite.
Google is arguably the biggest advocate of cloud computing, one variety of which shifts tasks that once were done on personal computers to Internet servers reached with a Web browser. With Google Docs, Google's acquisition of online photo editor Picnik, and now editing YouTube videos, it's clear Google's vision for cloud computing extends well beyond consuming content but to creating it as well.
More: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20007866-264.html
