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February 27, 2007

Freewebs Teams With Photobucket

Freewebs Teams With Photobucket

Freewebs Members Can Now Instantaneously Add Photos, Slideshows and Videos Directly to Their Freewebs Sites and Blogs from Photobucket

SILVER SPRING, Md., and DENVER, Feb. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Freewebs, www.freewebs.com  the world's easiest place to create multimedia websites and blogs has joined forces with Photobucket - the online personal media company where over 35 million people create, manage and share their personal digital media. Now, Freewebs users are able to add photos, slideshows, videos, and remix videos from existing Photobucket accounts directly to Freewebs' publishing platform.

"This is just the first step in what's going to be a strong partnership," said Freewebs' President Shervin Pishevar.  "Our 14 million members expect unprecedented ease of use from Freewebs to create multimedia sites and blogs. Photobucket's partnership and deployment of its JWidget allows members access to extensive libraries of still images and videos -- from their own albums and from publicly available content on Photobucket."

This relationship involves Photobucket's JWidget partner program along with Freeweb's soon-to-be released Remote Publishing API.  Freeweb's API will allow users to post content directly to their Freewebs accounts from Photobucket and other popular online destinations.

"The online, engaged, and creative youth that are core to Photobucket's customer base want simple tools for self expression, and easy ways to share their content with their communities," said Alex Welch, CEO of Photobucket. "Freewebs is a great partner destination for that."

About Freewebs.com

For everyone with an Internet connection and something to share, Freewebs www.freewebs.com provides the toolkit to express their voice on the web through its versatile publishing platform.  To date, Freewebs members have created more than 14 million comprehensive websites including blogs, photos, videos, music, e-commerce and more.  Founded in 2001, Freewebs is privately held and based in Silver Spring, Md.

About Photobucket

Photobucket is the easiest and most reliable way for people to create, manage and share their personal media online. With more than 35 million users, Photobucket is a creative hub linking billions of personal photos, graphics, slideshows, and videos daily to hundreds of thousands of web sites -- including MySpace, Facebook, Bebo, Friendster, eBay, Craigslist, Blogger and Xanga. In addition to linking, Photobucket users share their personal digital media by email, instant messaging, and mobile devices. Photobucket users upload more than 7 million personal photos, graphics and videos to Photobucket every day, and the site is growing at a rate of 85,000 new users a day. Photobucket currently serves over 70% of all content links to social networking web sites and serves over 3 billion images and video requests every day.  The company actively moderates content to create a safe environment for its users, partners, and advertisers. Photobucket has offices in Palo Alto, California and Denver, Colorado and is located online at www.photobucket.com

Special Adobe offers for Photobucket users

Adobe is offering special discounts on several software packages just for Photobucket users!

Excited about editing your videos and want even more controls and tools at your fingertips?  Photobucket users rejoice!  Adobe is offering special discounts for Photobucket users on great products like Adobe® Premiere® Elements 3.0, Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0, and Vlog It!

Remix is currently available in Public Beta to Photobucket Pro users and will be available to all registered users sometime in March.  If you are a Photobucket Pro user, you have access to this offer now.

Adobe Premiere Elements 3.0 boxshot

Adobe Premiere Elements 3.0

Save US$30 instantly. Create a custom video in no time so you can get back to showing your creativity on Photobucket. Not only can you add amazing effects and transitions that can be customized, but also you can easily create stop-motion animation to add an interesting twist to your video, or create a freeze frame for a dramatic pause and upload your video to iPod and PSP devices. It's easy and fun with Adobe Premiere Elements!



Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 boxshot

Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0

   

Save US$20 instantly on Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 software for Windows®. It combines power and simplicity so you can make your photos look their best; show them off in creative, entertaining ways; and easily find and view all your photos and video clips.

            

Save US$20.00 instantly on the Macintosh version.


Vlogit product shot

Vlog It!

Vlog It! is the first PC software that allows you to easily create your own newscast or vlogs (video blogs) directly from your webcam. It’s great for video commenting too. Spice up your web page, blog, or video with your own voice and customized graphics and effects.

February 23, 2007

Additional News Coverage re: Photobucket and Adobe

February 20, 2007

Adobe and Photobucket remixing video

Karyn Johnson,

Peachpit

Commons

The No. 3 video sharing site behind YouTube and MySpace, Photobucket has teamed with Adobe to bring its users a Web-based video remix and editing tool, allowing them to combine images and video with text, frames, effects, transitions, and music.

More at:

http://www.peachpitcommons.com/?p=518


February 21, 2007

Adobe, Photobucket Bring Video Tools to the Web 

Patrick Hoffman, eWeek

Adobe Systems announced Feb. 21 that it has formed a partnership with Photobucket to bring its Web-based video remix and editing technology to the Web, enabling Photobucket users to access Adobe's video editing tools for free.

Adobe's Web-based video remix and editing technology lets Photobucket users customize to drag and drop music, effects, transitions and titles to videos while also allowing users to reorder, trim and split clips.

"Our Web-based video remix and editing technology is just one of the many ways that we are evolving our business to satisfy the incredible demand for Web-based applications," said Geoff Baum, group product manager at San Jose, Calif.-based Adobe.

More at:

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2097379,00.asp


February 21, 2007

Photobucket Offers Online Video Mashups

Photobucket has launched a new service that will allow its 35 million users to do video editing online with technology powered by Adobe. The Adobe Web based video remix and editing technology is currently in Beta. Users can now combine photos, videos, text, and music to create videos or mashups of content from their Photobucket albums.

“At Photobucket we’re committed to helping our users get the most out of their personal media, and have fun doing so,” said Alex Welch, CEO, Photobucket. “Collaborating with Adobe gives our millions of users a simple way to create mashups that showcase their personality and creativity. Users can either broadcast these mashups widely, or share with a small group of friends and family.”

Photobucket users can combine images and video with captions, bubbles, frames, transitions, and music by dragging and dropping content to a sceneline. Users can work with content from their albums or they can choose from the publicly shared images and videos on Photobucket.

More at:

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2007/02/21/photobucket-offers-online-video-mashups

February 21, 2007
Photobucket teams up with Adobe to offer free online video mashups
Staff, Graphic Exchange Network

Photobucket has announced the launch of a new service that lets users combine images, videos, text, and music to create personalized videos or “mashups” of content from their Photobucket albums.

The Adobe video remix and editing technology which drives Photobucket's new service is a Flash-based application built using Adobe Flex. Adobe says that the Photobucket toolset, currently being offered as a beta application, offers "a simplified interface, introducing consumers to video editing they can quickly master."

Adobe’s video remix and editing technology, which requires Adobe Flash 9, opens directly in the browser on Photobucket’s website. It is initially available via limited public beta to Photobucket Pro users, and will be available for free to Photobucket’s entire user base of 35 million members by early March 2007. For more information, visit http://blog.photobucket.com

February 21, 2007

Photobucket introduces web-based video editing tools

Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica

Adobe and Photobucket announced a partnership today that will allow Photobucket's 35 million users to do basic video editing online through the web. The tools will be implemented in a browser using Flash and will enable users to remix their photos and home videos with other elements, such as music, video captions, and transitions—all without the use of dedicated video editing software.

More at:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070221-8891.html


February 21, 2007

Adobe Brings Premiere to the Web

Ed Oswald, BetaNews

Adobe is bringing its video editing tools online through multimedia storage site Photobucket, which would make them available for free. The application would be based on technologies used in Adobe's Premiere product, it said.

"We aim to simplify the powerful editing and compositing capabilities that make Adobe software the undisputed creative leader, so that anyone can post eye-catching compositions online," Adobe creative solutions senior vice president John Loiacono said in a statement.

More at:

http://www.betanews.com/article/Adobe_Brings_Premiere_to_the_Web/1172077086


February 21, 2007

Adobe Cuts Print Spending, Turns Focus to Online Ads

Editor, Adotas

Creative software developer Adobe Systems, makers of popular tools like Photoshop and Flash, will be cutting its spending on print advertising to spend more on online advertising, says Marketing Week.

According to the publication, Adobe has seen a lot of success with print advertising, but has decided to pay more attention to the Web. Today, the company announced that it would be working with Photobucket to provide the online photo sharing service with a suite of online video-editing tools based on Adobe Premier and powered by Flash. Adobe acquired Flash when it purchased Macromedia in 2005 for $3.4 billion in stock.

More at:

http://www.adotas.com/2007/02/adobe-cuts-print-spending-turns-focus-to-online-ads/

February 21, 2007

Adobe & Photobucket - Video Editing for the Masses

Scott Fegette, Scott Fegette

Well, it's been speculated for some time, but Adobe just announced it's partnership with Photobucket, to integrate Flex-based video editing capabilities into the popular photo and video hosting site. As noted in the release, this should be the first of many such partnerships over the coming months, and I'm really looking forward to digging into the Adobe RIA-powered editing experience, myself.

More at:

http://weblogs.macromedia.com/sfegette/archives/2007/02/adobe_photobuck.cfm


February 21, 2007
Adobe’s Video Editing Tools Online at Photobucket

Staff, Killer App

Consumers can now edit their home movies online using Web-based video remix and editing tools from Adobe. Adobe’s tools -- which let users add music, captions, bubbles, transitions and titles to videos, as well as reorder, trim and split clips -- are available at Photobucket, a digital media site with 35 million users.

The Photobucket announcement is just the first of many, Adobe says. The company expects to announce more partnerships with Internet companies and media properties over the coming months. All of the online services will be free and ad-supported.

More at:

http://www.killerapp.com/content/publish/article_309.shtml

February 22, 2007

Photobucket to Introduce Web-based Video Editing Capablities
Staff, Tech Buzz

Yesterday, Adobe and Photobucket announced a partnership to introduce basic online video editing capabilities into Photobucket. Once the flash based video editor is implemented, users can perform rudimentary functions like remixing their photos and home videos with music, video caption and transition. The web-based video editor is also said to have clip trimming and splitting features as well.

More at:

http://tech-buzz.net/2007/02/22/photobucket-to-introduce-web-based-video-editing-capablities/


February 21, 2007

Free Web-Based Video Editing by Photobucket

Staff, A Free and Decent Blog Host

Photobucket an online personal media company where over 35 million people create, manage and share their personal digital media, today announced the launch of a new service, featuring lightweight, web-based video remix and editing technology powered by Adobe Systems Incorporated. The Adobe web-based video remix and editing technology is available online as part of the Photobucket user experience, and is currently offered as a Beta application. Photobucket users can now combine images, videos, text, and music to create personalized videos or “mashups” of content from their Photobucket albums, without requiring any additional downloads.

More at:

http://dnoviceblogger.blogspot.com/2007/02/free-web-based-video-editing-by.html


February 22, 2007

Are you Photobucket-ing?

Today, I was pleasantly surprise to read a press release that Adobe has partnered with Photobucket to deliver a new lightweight remix and video editing tools right into Photobucket's site.  The same useability concepts taken from Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements are applied, and I am so excited to try it out myself. Premiere Elements is so much fun, easy to use and very intuitive, I sometimes even forget the complexities of the science behind video editing.  If you're only starting out, the idea gallery is a good place to start.

More at:

http://blogs.adobe.com/CSdeSigns/2007/02/are_you_photobucketing.html


February 22, 2007

Win/Mac: Adobe Adds Video Editing Tools to Photobucket Site
Staff, Graphics.com

Adobe's video remix and editing technology will be directly available to Photobucket users.

Photobucket lets its users create, manage and share their personal media online and has racked up some impressive numbers. Founded in 2003, the site has more than 35 million members, and serves an astonishing 3 billion media items daily, via members links from such sites as MySpace, eBay, Craigslist and Blogger. Adobe's Premiere line of video editing tools includes both Elements and Pro, and with the upcoming integration Photobucket users will be able to make use of a Flash-driven implementation that lets them add drag and drop music, effects, transitions and titles to their videos, as well as reorder, trim and split clips. Users can work with content from their own albums or access over 2.5 billion publicly-shared images and videos on Photobucket.

More at:

http://www.graphics.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3521

 


February 22, 2007

Adobe and Photobucket team for online video editing tools

Adobe transforms its video editing solutions into online hosted services

Jonny Evans, Macworld

Photobucket users can now edit video they upload to the service using a suite of online tools, thanks to a deal with Adobe.

Adobe has launched its Flash-based online video remix and editing technology in partnership with Photobucket. The free service will be driven by advertising revenue, the partners hope.

The plan extends of Adobe's existing video editing products — including Premiere, which will soon return to the Mac platform — as online services.

More at:

http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=17297


February 22, 2007

Adobe puts video-editing online

Video-hosting site integrates Adobe's tools

Zoe Mutter, PC Advisor

Adobe’s web-based video-editing technology will be delivered online when it’s integrated into the free image and video-hosting service, Photobucket.

Adobe’s web-based video editor will launch directly in the browser on the Photobucket website and allow users free and direct access to video-editing tools to perform a variety of operations such as dragging and dropping music, effects, titles and transitions to videos. It will be delivered as a lightweight Adobe Flash application and will therefore be accessible to more than 700 million computers that support Flash Player software.

More at:

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=8499

 


 

February 22, 2007

Photobucket Offers Free Adobe Video Editing

Adobe (Nasdaq: ADBE) and Photobucket have teamed up to give the site's 35 million subscribers free access to basic video remixing and editing technology online. With the first-of-its-kind offering, users can incorporate music, effects, transitions and titles into their videos.

More at:

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/55921.html


February 23, 2007

Photobucket Debuts New Video Remixer

Michael Calore and Scott Gilbertson, Wired Blogs 

Earlier this week Adobe and Photobucket announced a partnership to bring some Adobe Premier-like editing and remixing capabilities to Photobucket users. The new tool lets users take video clips and images, and remix, caption and enhance them to create new movies which can then be shared with the world at large.

More at:

http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/02/photobucket_deb.html

February 21, 2007

Adobe to release video editing tools online
Sourav Dutta, Digital Media

Asia



Adobe Systems plans to deliver its software technologies online, with the launch of its web-based video remix and editing technology. Adobe and Photobucket have announced a partnership to integrate Adobe web-based video remix and editing technology directly into Photobucket, giving Photobucket users direct, free access to digital video editing tools. The agreement reportedly marks a new stage in Adobe's delivery of its video software technologies that underpin flagship products such as Adobe Premiere Elements and Adobe Premiere Pro.

The company expects to announce more partnerships with internet companies and media properties over the coming months. These free services are expected to be driven by advertising revenue – and by offering customers upgrade paths to Adobe Premiere Elements and Adobe Photoshop Elements software.

 

More at:

http://www.digitalmediaasia.com/default.asp?ArticleID=22305

February 21, 2007

Adobe To Launch Ad-Supported Web 2.0 Video-Editing Tools

The online versions of Adobe's Premiere Element and Premiere Pro products are augmented by a partnership with Photobucket.



Adobe Systems on Wednesday unveiled plans to supply online video-editing tools to Web sites in return for sharing ad revenue, and said Photobucket would be its first partner in the new venture.

The maker of software for creative professionals said it was entering a "new stage" in offering over the Web capabilities found within its flagship Premiere Element and Premiere Pro products. In making portions of these tools available on Web sites, Adobe hopes to grab a piece of the booming online advertising market, and introduce its products to people who may eventually decide to upgrade to the desktop software versions.

Photobucket plans to make Adobe's tools available in March to all of its more than 35 million users. The tools are currently available in beta only to Photobucket Pro customers. The site lets registered users edit and upload video or photos, and share them with others. They can also broadcast them publicly and post their creations on other sites, such as EBay, online classified ad site Craigslist, and social networks MySpace and Facebook. Photobucket claims to have 17.6 million visitors a month.

More at:

http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=3I1ZQQ3KW43CKQSNDLPCKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleID=197007906

February 21, 2007

Adobe To Launch Ad-Supported Web 2.0 Video-Editing Tools
Antone Gonsalves, Dr. Dobb’s

The online versions of Adobe's Premiere Element and Premiere Pro products are augmented by a partnership with Photobucket.

Adobe Systems on Wednesday unveiled plans to supply online video-editing tools to Web sites in return for sharing ad revenue, and said Photobucket would be its first partner in the new venture.

The maker of software for creative professionals said it was entering a "new stage" in offering over the Web capabilities found within its flagship Premiere Element and Premiere Pro products. In making portions of these tools available on Web sites, Adobe hopes to grab a piece of the booming online advertising market, and introduce its products to people who may eventually decide to upgrade to the desktop software versions.

More at:

http://www.ddj.com/dept/webservices/197007915


February 21, 2007

Photobucket Adds Free Online Video Editing

Geoff Duncan, Digital Trends News

Photo sharing site Photobucket has just added a new tool to its online arsenal: free lightweight video editing tools from Adobe.

Online media hosting company Photobucket has announced a limited beta trial of lightweight online video editing tools from Adobe. The video editing tools are offered as a Flash-based application built with Adobe Flex, and aims to offer video editing capabilities Adobe first brought to market with Premier. The online tools offer a simplified, consumer-oriented interface enabling users to combine images and video with captions, bubbles, frames, transitions, music, and other effects via drag-and-drop. The tools enable users to re-order content and clips, trim elements, and split directly into the sceneline all from a Web-based interface. Via Photobucket, users have access to more than 2.5 billion public images and video clips they can use in their own productions.

More at:

http://news.digitaltrends.com/article12331.html 

AP - High-tech entrepreneurs grapple with build-or-sell dilemma

February 23, 2007
High-tech entrepreneurs grapple with build-or-sell dilemma

Michael Liedtke, Associated Press

Denver-based Photobucket also prefers to remain independent as it strives to nearly double its registered users to 60 million by the end of this year, said Alex Welch, who has raised about $15 million in venture capital since co-founding the site in 2003. Photobucket's 35 million members currently upload about 7 million photos and 35,000 videos per day – second only to YouTube and MySpace.

More at:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NEXT_BIG_DEAL?SITE=MOCOD&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-02-23-13-12-00

February 22, 2007

Remix service - available to all

Remix and mashup service to create video remixes from your own media (photos, artwork, videos) available to all. Check it out now!

In February 2007, we announced our partnership with Adobe to provide a fun, free video remix tool for our users.  Since then it's only been available under beta to our "Pro" users. As of today, the service is now available to all our Photobucket users.

What is the remix service?

It is a 100% Free web-based mashup tool that let’s you create video remixes from your own media (photos, artwork, videos) and publicly available content at Photobucket.  Add captions, text bubbles, and other effects with any of the songs that we have available to tell your stories and share your experiences.  This service is powered by Adobe. 

What can I do with remix?

You can create stylish, fun, and playful videos that show off your personality, stories, and ideas.  Play around with your pictures and videos and add music to your remix.  When you’re done, you can share your remixed video by posting it on your profile, blog, or other website. 

How do I create a remix?

You'll see this Remix button in your album. This will launch a walkthrough and demo of how to create your own remix. You can also reference the tutorial to find more details.

Here are some sample remixes:

Add music to your remixes

Photobucket has been working with Pump Audio who have been a great partner for supplying fantastic tracks for our users and their remixes.  We'll have more music available by end of March 2007.

Create something cool and want to share it with us? Send us your remix links to pbfeedback@photobucket.com

February 21, 2007

Adobe Brings Video Editing Tools Online

Adobe Brings Video Editing Tools Online

Photobucket Relationship Highlights Strategy of Delivering Simple, High-Impact Creative Software to Millions             

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Feb. 21, 2007 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) is pioneering a new way to deliver its industry leading creative software technologies online, with the launch of its web-based video remix and editing technology. Today, Adobe and Photobucket announced a partnership to integrate Adobe web-based video remix and editing technology directly into the Photobucket user experience, giving 35 million Photobucket users direct, free access to world-class digital video editing tools. The agreement marks a new stage in Adobe’s delivery of its renowned video software technologies that today underpin flagship products such as Adobe® Premiere® Elements and Adobe Premiere Pro.

The company expects to announce more partnerships with Internet companies and media properties over the coming months. These free services are expected to be driven by advertising revenue - and by offering customers simple upgrade paths to Adobe Premiere Elements and Adobe Photoshop® Elements software, both market leaders in the home digital video and photo editing space.

“Making Photobucket ‘Adobe powered’ with web-based video remix and editing technology will radically change the user experience for millions of Photobucket devotees and also up-level the quality and variety of content being distributed by this passionate community,” said John Loiacono, senior vice president of Creative Solutions at Adobe. “We aim to simplify the powerful editing and compositing capabilities that make Adobe software the undisputed creative leader, so that anyone can post eye-catching compositions online.”

Today’s agreement with Photobucket points the way to the kind of future partnerships and breakthrough user experiences Adobe anticipates. Adobe’s web-based video remix and editing technology is an easy-to-use video editor that allows consumers the creative freedom to infuse personality and dramatic impact into their stories before releasing them to a broader online audience. Users can drag and drop music, effects, transitions and titles to videos, as well as reorder, trim and split clips.

Delivered as a lightweight Adobe Flash® application and built using Adobe Flex™ software, Adobe web-based video remix and editing technology is accessible to the more than 700 million personal computers that today support Adobe Flash Player software. Adobe’s web-based video remix and editing technology launches directly in the browser on Photobucket’s web site, with no time-consuming downloads or platform compatibility questions to deter users from uploading and editing their videos. The new video editing capabilities in Photobucket are initially available via limited public beta to Photobucket Pro users, and will be available for free to Photobucket’s entire user base of 35 million members by early March 2007.

About Adobe Systems Incorporated

Adobe revolutionizes how the world engages with ideas and information - anytime, anywhere and through any medium. For more information, visit www.adobe.com

Photobucket Brings Free Web-Based Video Editing to Millions of Photobucket Users

Photobucket Brings Free We-Based Video Editing to Millions of Photobucket Users

New Adobe lightweight, web-based video remix and editing technology enables Photobucket users to quickly and easily add creative expression to their online personal media

February 21, 2007 – Palo Alto, Calif. – Photobucket (http://www.photobucket.com), the online personal media company where over 35 million people create, manage and share their personal digital media, today announced the launch of a new service, featuring lightweight, web-based video remix and editing technology powered by Adobe Systems Incorporated. The Adobe web-based video remix and editing technology is available online as part of the Photobucket user experience, and is currently offered as a Beta application. Photobucket users can now combine images, videos, text, and music to create personalized videos or “mashups” of content from their Photobucket albums, without requiring any additional downloads.


“At Photobucket we’re committed to helping our users get the most out of their personal media, and have fun doing so,” said Alex Welch, CEO, Photobucket. “Collaborating with Adobe gives our millions of users a simple way to create mashups that showcase their personality and creativity. Users can either broadcast these mashups widely, or share with a small group of friends and family.”

“For the tens of millions of people who place their videos online, it is no longer good enough to simply post and share them – people want their videos to be compelling compared to other content,” said John Loiacono, senior vice president, of the Creative Solutions Business Unit at Adobe. “Adobe’s web-based video remix and editing technology gives consumers an easy-to-use, ‘no experience required’ approach to web-based video editing that will help their stories stand out. We have fully integrated our tools into the Photobucket experience, enabling anyone who has Adobe® Flash® Player installed on their PC to use it.” 

Adobe’s web-based video remix and editing technology is a Flash-based application built using Adobe Flex™, and delivers high quality video editing capabilities pioneered by Adobe Premiere® Pro and Premiere Elements. Adobe’s web-based video remix and editing technology offers a simplified interface, introducing consumers to video editing they can quickly master. 

Using Adobe’s web-based video remix and editing technology, Photobucket users can combine images and video with captions, bubbles, frames, transitions, music, and other effects by dragging and dropping content to a sceneline. Clips and content can be reordered, trimmed, and split directly in the sceneline in a web-based environment.  Users can work with content from their own albums, or access over 2.5 billion publicly-shared images and videos on Photobucket.   

Once editing is complete, the resulting video mashup can be embedded into any web page, blog, or social network profile by copying and pasting a snippet of HTML code.  The mashup can also be shared with family and friends using Photobucket’s built-in sharing tools. Photobucket recently launched features to enable quick and easy posting to blog services and social networks such as Blogger, Xanga, LiveJournal, MySpace, Bebo, and Facebook directly from within a Photobucket album.

Photobucket launched video hosting as an integral part of its service offering in April of 2006. Now, more than 35,000 videos are uploaded to Photobucket albums every day, making Photobucket the third largest video hosting site after YouTube and MySpace.  Photobucket video is free to all its users, and members can upload videos in any standard video format (mpeg, avi, Divx, etc). 

Adobe’s web-based video remix and editing technology is a free, lightweight, Adobe Flash based web application. It opens directly in the browser on Photobucket’s website, and requires Adobe Flash 9 to operate.

Product Availability
Adobe’s web-based video remix and editing technology is initially available via limited public beta to Photobucket Pro users, and will be available for free to Photobucket’s entire user base of 35 million members by early March 2007. Users can access the product directly from their albums by clicking on a button in their album. For more information on the feature, users should visit Photobucket’s blog at http://blog.photobucket.com.

About Photobucket
Photobucket is the easiest and most reliable way for people to create, manage and share their personal media online. Photobucket is the web’s most popular creative hub, linking billions of personal photos, graphics, slideshows, and videos daily to hundreds of thousands of web sites, including: MySpace, Facebook, Bebo, Friendster, eBay, Craigslist, Blogger, Xanga and others.  Photobucket’s more than 35 million users upload more than 7 million personal photos, graphics and videos to Photobucket every day, and the site is growing at a rate of 85,000 new users a day. Photobucket currently serves over 70% of all content links to social networking web sites and serves over 3 billion images and video requests every day.  The company actively moderates content to create a safe environment for its users, partners and advertisers. Photobucket has offices in Palo Alto, California and Denver, Colorado and is located online at www.photobucket.com

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February 20, 2007

AOL Money & Finance - YouTube faces some (real) competition

February 20, 2007

YouTube faces some (real) competition

Douglas McIntyre, AOL Money & Finance

The number of video-sharing sites seems to rise every day. MySpace, owned by News Corp. (NYSE:NWS), has gotten on board. So has photo site Photobucket. But Google Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) YouTube remains the largest.


More at:

http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/02/20/youtube-faces-some-real-competition/

A Beta Preview for Pro Account Users

Over the weekend, we sent an invitation to our Pro Users to preview, beta test, and provide some feedback to a new remix service, powered by Adobe.

Photobucket has partnered with Adobe to launch a brand new, free web service that lets you "mashup" your personal media to create remix videos. The application is currently offered as a Beta exclusively to Photobucket's Pro users. 

It will be available to all Photobucket users in March.

 

It is available now in your Photobucket album if you are a Pro Account User.

From your web browser, you can drag and drop images, videos, text, and music to create personalized remix videos. Add captions, transitions, arrows, thought bubbles and other effects in moments to create your stories and share them with your world.

Like any videos that you upload today, your remixes can be instantly shared with your friends and family by email, social network, or blog. Share your remix videos on MySpace, Facebook, Friendster, and Piczo, or embed it into your blog on Blogger, Xanga, or TypePad.

Powered by Adobe, this free web application opens directly in your web browser from Photobucket's website. It just requires Flash 9, and works with most browsers, operating systems, and computers.

Share your remixes with us

We'd love to see your remixes. We'll put the best ones up on our blog. Email them to us: pbfeedback AT photobucket.com

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New TeeVee - Photobucket Adds Video Editing

Photobucket Adds Video Editing

Liz Gannes, NewTeeVee

Written by Liz Gannes- Posted Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at 10:02 AM PT

Partnering with Adobe and using their Flex1 software, Photobucket has added rich video editing tools2. Currently run as a beta program available to paid Premium users, Photobucket CEO Alex Welch assured us in a phone interview that all 35 million users would have access in March.

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More at:

http://newteevee.com/2007/02/20/photobucket-adds-video-editing/

February 16, 2007

Cnet Webware - Photobucket to launch Flash-based online video editor

February 16, 2007

Photobucket to launch Flash-based online video editor

Martin LaMonica, CNET Webware

Photobucket and Adobe Systems on Monday are expected to announce a Web-based video-editing tool available from Photobucket's media-sharing site. The free service will be in beta this month to its premium customers and rolled out to all customers in March.

The service lets people take existing media, including photos and videos, stored in a Photobucket account and remix them with captions, soundtracks and other effects. Like any video-editing package, people can drop items, like video snippets, and place them onto a timeline.

More at:

http://www.webware.com/8300-1_109-2.html?authorId=128&tag=blog

TechCrunch - Newest Flash Tools on Display at Photobucket

February 16, 2007

Newest Flash Tools on Display at Photobucket

Michael Arrington, TechCrunch

 

The latest Flash photo/video/sound editing tools that we mentioned last week are now enabled at Photobucket for premium users, and will go live for all users in March. Geoff Baum at Adobe confirmed that these tools are not yet available anywhere on the web except for Photobucket.

The new tool allows PhotoBucket users to mash up photos, video and stock music files into a single slide show/video and then display those mashups on any website. The screen shots below help describe some of what they are doing, but the key changes that make the tools better than what Motionbox, JumpCut (acquired by Yahoo), and Cuts are offering on the video side and Slide and RockYou on the photo side are just how fast and easy it is to make one of these. I stopped by the Photobucket offices earlier this week for a run through, and we created a photo and video mashup and added music in a matter of moments. An example:

More at:

http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/16/newest-flash-tools-on-display-at-photobucket/

New "Send to my album" feature

Find something that you like while browsing through Photobucket?

You can add it to your album to include in your own slideshows or remixes by simply clicking on the “Send to my album” icon above the image or video..

Try it out!

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February 15, 2007

Venture Beat - Photobucket, Cuts.com, and new video editing tools

February 15, 2007

Photobucket, Cuts.com, and new video editing tools

Matt Marshall, Venture Beat

Photobucket, a Silicon Valley start-up, has quietly become the third largest video hosting site after YouTube and MySpace — reporting more than 35,000 videos uploaded every day.

Next Tuesday, it announces some extensive image and video editing tools it hopes will help keep bringing people to the site. These users can post the edited versions to any of several popular sites, such as MySpace, Faceboo or Bebo.

These Photobucket editing tools, to be announced in a partnership with Adobe (the company that makes the popular Flash technology used for video editing), could take the wind out of the sails of smaller competitors.

Photobucket will let you edit by adding captions, bubbles, frames, transitions, music, and other effects — and by dragging and dropping the resulting content to a “sceneline” (you can get a sense of the editing dashboard in screenshots below). The service goes live shortly for paying Photobucket users, and then to the other regular 35 million users in March.


Denver Business Journal - Photobucket-Adobe form partnership

February 15, 2007

Photobucket-Adobe form partnership

Bob Mook,

Denver

Business Journal

Photobucket has formed a partnership with Adobe Systems Inc. that will give users the ability to combine images, videos, text and music to create personalized "mashups" of content from their Photobucket albums, the companies said Thursday.

The new tools will enable members of Photobucket, an image-hosting and photo-sharing Web site, to enjoy a "more full experience," CEO Alex Welch said.

More at:

http://denver.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2007/02/12/daily42.html?jst=b_ln_hl

New MySpace Icons category

MySpace Icons are now bubbled up to their own category. All your glitters, emoticons, and comments are in one place.  Check it out!

New Browse & Search Functionality

You’ll notice a few subtle changes that we hope will make it easier than ever to search for and discover new images and videos on Photobucket.

Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

The "find stuff" link on the navigation bar links directly to the latest uploads, top search results, and popular categories of images that is available from the billions of image and video files available at Photobucket. Check it out.

Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

Let us know what you think of these changes by dropping us a comment. We look forward to hearing from you!

February 12, 2007

Tomb Raider Chronicles and Coolness

The little gamer inside of us is thrilled to come across this promotion of Tomb Raider Chronicles using Photobucket to showcase some really fun fan art. 

Tomb Raider Chronicles has joined forces Eidos plc to bring you an exclusive competition whereby two lucky winners will have a chance to be immortalised in Tomb Raider history by having their own names appear in the credits of Tomb Raider Anniversary.                               

To take part, we're asking fans to download a stunning render of Lara Croft and dress up in their own country colours. Our Lara Croft render comes in three flavours.            Two JPEG versions (Lara on black and Lara on white) and a special transparent PSD for those with a flair for Adobe Photoshop.                               

Entries can be emailed or uploaded to www.photobucket.com, and posted on this  special thread on Tomb Raider Forums. The cream of the crop will be published exclusively on our Tomb Raider Anniversary microsite located here.                               
Two winning entries will be selected end of February 2007, and both will have their names embedded in Tomb Raider history by appearing in the credits of Tomb Raider Anniversary. Runner up prizes includes copies of Tomb Raider Anniversary, and lots of additional goodies. Good luck, and happy raiding!                               

                                United Colours Of Lara Croft

 


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February 06, 2007

February Newsletter Highlights

Photobucket Sharing
We've boosted our share functionality to make it easier than ever to share your images, slideshows, and videos with your online community. Click on "Share Album" to see all the new options. You can share by email, or post your album directly to MySpace, Facebook, Xanga, Blogger, Friendster, Piczo or Tagged -- right from within Photobucket. It's never been so quick or easy to share.

Photobucket Sharing

Everywhere you see the "Share" link, you'll want to click on it to see all your options.

New Slideshows. Now over 30 different styles!
Create your next slideshow with Hip-Hop, R&B, FlyBy, or Hearts (Just in time for Valentine.s Day!). Make or edit a slideshow, and then click on New Styles to see the new choices.

Photobucket Slideshows

For Your Sweetie
We are absolutely in love with these cute mugs just chock full of chocolate kisses. Order by February 8th and have it in time for Valentine.s Day. Get 15% off when you enter the discount code HEARTS. Pro users save an additional 10%.

Photobucket Mug Promo