Updated by Dan Price on 27th April 2017
Videos are the preferred canvas for the digital storytellers of today. A picture postcard can only convey so much about your latest vacation; put your joy on a video and you’ll give your family and friends a more immersive experience.
The good news is that to create a video, you just need a camera. And you probably have it on the smartphone you are carrying. The actual video creation tools – the video editors – are within reach of an URL.
Video editing online 4 Free Tools For Online Video Editing Video editing online has helped to turn everyone into armchair filmmakers. Here are the best five editors on the web. Read More has helped to turn everyone into armchair filmmakers. Most online video editors give you the basic cutting, splicing, and merging tools. Then there are the ubiquitous sharing options.
What else do you need to turn your latest vacation, or even your Sunday cooking into a video that others can enjoy? Maybe, just a read through these five free tools for online video editing.
YouTube Video Editor
You will most probably knock on YouTube’s door when it comes to hosting your video clips. So, why not make use of YouTube’s very own video editor.
Features you can use:
- Combine multiple videos you’ve uploaded to create a new longer video
- Trim your uploads to custom lengths
- Add a soundtrack from YouTube’s library of approved tracks (browse by genre and artist).
- Enhance clips with special tools and effects (add text, tweak brightness and contrast, create transitions, and use the stabilizer to reduce camera shake etc.).
- Use the Blurring tool in sensitive videos to protect privacy.
YouTube also has the largest collection of Creative Commons videos. You can choose from 4 million videos and add them to your projects.
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Video Tool Box
The free online video editing application comes with an advanced file manager that helps you to upload and download video files from other sites on the Web.
Features you can use:
- You can upload videos up to 600 MB. You can also directly record streams from your webcam or another videocast device.
- You can download videos from more than 20 video-sharing websites.
- You can add your own watermarks to the videos.
- Crop, merge, demux, and hardcode subtitles to your videos.
- Gives you two modes to work with – simple and advanced. It is a video converter too as it can convert between all of the popular video formats (3GP, AMV, ASF, AVI, FLV, MKV, MOV, M4V, MP4, MPEG, MPG, RM, VOB, WMV).
Pixorial [Broken URL Removed]
Pixorial brings collaborative video editing to the cloud. The online video tool has a free Basic plan, and a bouquet of Premium plans. Sign-up with Google or Facebook.
Features you can use:
- The Pixorial Movie Creator gives you 1 GB of online space to upload, create, and collaborate on videos. You can also connect to Google Drive (and its 5 GB storage) and sync your videos.
- The Movie Creator brings advanced editing that allows you to trim videos, combine clips from different videos, add music, and create text, titles and credits.
- The Desktop Uploader helps you upload all your videos to the cloud. Alternatively, you can use the Webcam recorder to capture videos from the webcam.
- Pixorial also offers 500 royalty free music tracks for use.
- Pixorial has apps for iPhone and Android that make it easier to capture, upload and share your videos.
WeVideo
WeVideo is another collaborative online video editing tool. It again comes in a mix of free and premium plans. For instance, the free account allows you to collaborate with a maximum of five people. Let’s talk a bit more about the free account.
Features you can use:
- WeVideo give you 1 GB of online storage.
- WeVideo supports most video formats.
- Videos are limited to 360p resolution. Also, the free account restricts exports to 15 minutes worth of playtime per month. You can export to Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo and Twitter.
- You can also connect WeVideo to Google Drive and sync your videos across the cloud.
- The editing interface is full featured with effects, animations, transitions, and color correction filters. You can also use 390 music loops in your videos. WeVideo supports multi-track audio.
Which Editors Do You Use?
We’ve introduced you to four of the best online video editors in this article. Which one is right for you depends on your personal requirements. For example, are large file sizes or lots of niche features more important to you?
Now it’s your turn to share your ideas. Which of the four tools we listed do you think is the best? Is there anything you would add to this list? Which tools do you use and what makes them so unique?
As always, you can leave your comments and suggestions down below.
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Thanks for the suggestions. This article is starting to look dated now. Since I wrote this back in 2012, many more tools have (obvioulsy) come out thanks to the ubiquitousness of video sharing.
Another good tool for online video editing is Viddyad - http:www.viddyad.com. It keeps things simple but is very handy for smaller projects.
Also worth checking out Shackr or Render Forest.
There is another free online tool (free for short/medium videos) that lets you combine your logo into your video.
http://vidlogo.com
It is still on beta but it can be helpful for adding a logo or adding a watermark into a video.
Thanks for the link. Looks useful -- more importantly neat and effective. But the bandwidth requirements and waiting times could be a problem for larger videos.
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I only anticipate that the online video editing platforms will get better and better - this is just the beginning for sure.
Steve, actually it's the end, not the beginning. The last time. Antichrist is al around. What does shame and furnace mean to you??
A couple things to watch for....some of these have watermarks they put in your video, and at least one you are giving them rights to do whatever they want with your content. Anything they want until you delete it.
On top of that the Video Tool Box has no privacy policy, no tos , nothing about who has rights to the material or anything.
I'd advise people don't get blinded by the fact these or anything else is free and gets fully informed first.
Also check that you're not giving away rights to your content unintentionally. A lot of "free" tools make their money by selling your creations - which is fair enough as long as you are aware of it.
Having said that, you can use the contents of this comment for free :-)
i think it's more interesting to use software that is for both webcam and video editing online. More opportunities. Maybe SplitCam software. http://splitcamera.com/
Really cool tools! Editing software is definitely helpful for those who want to create quality online video. Aside from editing, it is important to have distribution and analytic services to optimize your video content. Analytics can help you to compare your videos against each other to see where you can improve in the future.
If one is serious about it, there's no difference between managing a blog, and managing your video channel. In that respect, I think that YouTube is the best tool for the job. It gives you everything under 'one roof'. And you can argue with its reach.
I really love the cool stuff you offer. When I purchase something make use of has reviewed it's reliable.
Interesting tools. Noting each for reference
Something new to try. Thanks
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Great Collection! thanks for share
So ye got any good recommendation for a windows/linux video editor?
You could try the Clesh online video editor. This works in Java, so you can run it on Windows, Linux, MacOs - and there is an Android app as well.
It is based on the professional FORscene service used for making TV and web content, which has handled over 2,500,000 hours of professionally shot video online.
Those not so familiar with video editing (or those who would like to suggest new features) can make use of the free chat room or the free individual online support chat room each user has.
Thanks for the recommendation Stephen. Clesh, it seems, has quite a few cross-platform tools including an Android app.
Whoa! These services are really cool. I had no idea that there were online video editing services. Now that I know, maybe I'll do a bit more editing myself... :)
Who knows...a few years down the line, words would give way to videos. Blogging to vlogging.
I think it already has.