Google Photos update wants you to get creative - but theres a catch

Date:
Thu, 28 Jul 2022 13:31:49 +0000

Description:
Google set to introduce video editing tools in upcoming update - so long as you have a Chromebook.

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Video editing is coming to Google Photos soon, allowing users to live out their film-making dreams - however, there may be some limitations.

Users will soon be able to create and edit movies in just a couple of taps,
as revealed in a lengthy Google blog post outlining the new movie-making features - and a raft of other recently released apps and tools.

But theres a catch. Right now, the video editing software is planned to be available first on Chromebook . And theres no hint when - or even if - the feature will roll out to all Google Photos users. How does Google Photos
video editing work? (Image credit: Google)

The new offering appears to provide two options: automatic video creation or building your own project from scratch. The former lets users choose a theme and the subjects, letting the app whip up a montage of videos and photos, including what Google calls the most meaningful moments from longer clips. Users who prefer starting with a blank canvas will be free to simply search the photo cloud storage app, then add and reorder their own media.

Whichever route users take, they can then further trim clips, add titles, music, and narration, adjust brightness and contrast, or apply the recently released Real Tone skin filters.

If the ChromeOS version is anything like the Google Photos video editor app
on mobile, which launched last year, expect to see a movie editor thats more in line with the simple, consumer-level Microsoft Video Editor when the feature rolls out.

For professional-grade video editing, the LumaFusion app is also coming to Chromebooks. LumaFusions multitrack video editor lets you add graphics,
visual effects , transitions and distortions, audio tracks and sound effects
, narration, color grading and more, said Google. READ MORE

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When TechRadar sat down with LumaFusion co-founders , Terry Morgan and Chris Demiris to discuss what is - in our view - the best video-editing app in iPad , they revealed to us:

Developing for Android is definitely a challenge, one that requires an entirely separate development team. Its basically rebuilding LumaFusion from scratch, but on a completely different OS, with different strengths and limitations.

Video editing isnt the only update planned. The photo storage and sharing
site also unveiled new features for pre-installed Chromebook apps.

For creatives and content creators, chief among these are the forthcoming PDF editor tool for the Gallery app and opening up the newly launched free screen recorder app Screencast. Weve reviewed and rated out the best alternatives to Google Photos for keeping your media safe



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