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Blackbird: Cloud-Based Video Editing and Publishing
- yodon 8y agoWho writes sales copy like that home page anymore? The first sentence describing your product is "it's unique"? That's the most important thing you want me to know as a visitor? Ditch all the self-serving superlatives and tell me what it does and what it does for me, not how impressed you are with what you built. I'm probably even in the target market for this product, but the home page is so terrible I won't be back to try to figure it out.
- dpwm 8y agoAlso, from the "why the cloud" page: "Faster than live" Really? I think that's a little bit too far. Don't know much about the product. If it works, it's impressive enough: let it sell itself.
- noja 8y agoCalm down, you could get the constructive points of your message across in a nicer way.
- eagsalazar2 8y agoSomething they did to the scrolling on their landing page is so crazy and irritating.
- nkkollaw 8y agoI have a really crappy computer ATM, and I was wondering if something like this existed. Even with a fast connection though, uploading the source files would take forever.
- all2 8y agoIt would be really interesting to try and have a client-side app that handled the basic things, and then offloaded expensive stuff back to the mother-ship, like compression or final mixdown, or effects (if the application happens to have effects). Most computers shouldn't choke too hard on basic, non-destructive editing. I think. I could be very wrong. I'm thinking back to Apple's iMovie offering from quite a while ago, though. It didn't seem to computationally heavy.
- rjplatte 8y agoProxy editing is the standard solution to low-power hardware. The source files are converted to small lightweight files, the editing is performed, and the rendering is shipped out to a bigger machine, using the original files.
- nkkollaw 8y agoI use Kdenlive and it uses proxy files. Final Cut also uses the same technique, then when you render the final file it substitutes proxy files with actual raw files. How would you handle uploading gigabytes of stuff, though..? Cameras are so good nowadays that even a 10-minute video can weight 2GB.
- rjplatte 8y agoFirst thing I see is an HTTPS warning. Also, as a former professional video editor, you're listing your hotkeys as a selling point? I can't find a decent screenshot of your editing interface, and all I get is "The cloud is the future" Don't try to impress me, try to sell me your product, using tactics like showing it to me
- jszymborski 8y agoFWIW, HTTPS seems to be valid now
- baldfat 8y agoI really can see this working, but I don't see how this would be a better workflow for me. Problem one is the learning curve of a Video Editor and Problem two it takes hundreds of hours to get fast with an editor. I switched to Davinci Resolve as my perfected but I have to work on who I am working with. I think I found what works fo rthe last three years. Currently I use Resilio (Bit Torrent Syn) to grab raw video and audio from some client, all they do is copy the raw files into the folder. I then have that folder shared with whoever I am working with on a second folder which has been logged into my system. I then have a third separate Resilio folder for the client where they receive the proofs and after agreement final product. Working on a cloud I don't have control on my logging or my end product in one system.
- drenvuk 8y agoWhere is the price?
- blensor 8y agoI Second that. I was sifting through the site but am unable to find out how much this costs. It looks good but seems to be tailored to professional news organization sized companies so it's probably quite expensive.