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Until some years ago, videomakers would have never foreseen the possibility to edit videos online in a semi-professional way and without having to buy expensive software. However, today’s Web is populated by sites that allow users to edit videos online within their browsers, without the need to install a specific software on their computers.

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These video editing sites are generally characterized by a great ease of use, which makes it a breeze to do both basic and advanced editing even for the non experts. Most of them allow users to publish their edited videos on any web page, embedded in a video player; however, only few of them let users save their edited videos on their computer.

Large video communities often blossom around online video editing sites, letting their users remix each other’s productions and create new video mash-ups. Most of the online video editing tools also let users edit not only their own videos or the videos that belong to their community, but also videos produced by other users that are located in the main video sharing sites of the Web.

In this mini-guide I have collected for you the most popular sites that allow users to edit videos online. Characterizing traits that I have taken in consideration while reviewing them are:

• Input file formats: which are the supported file formats of the video that can be edited online.
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• Output file formats: in which file formats can be saved the videos edited online.
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• Embedding support: the possibility to post the edited video on any webpage.
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• Upload from HD, Mobile or URL: whether the videos can be uploaded from the hard disk, mobile phone or URL.
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• Max video size: the maximum size of the video that can be uploaded.
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• Transition effects: the capability to add transition effects to separate different video clips.
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• Audio dubbing: the option to edit audio, reduce noise and add special effects to it.
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• Titling: the possibility to add titles and captions within the video.
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• Special video effects: the availability of special video effects that can be applied to the video.
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• Save video to desktop: the capability to save the edited video on the computer.
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• Price: information about the cost of the service.

Please note that this mini-guide is only a collection of the online video editing tools available in the Web and in no ways intends to represent a complete resource. You are always welcome to suggest new inclusions or corrections anytime by using the Comments section to be found at the end of this mini-guide.