Vertical video editing

Hi, hi, hi! In today’s digest, I’m covering a fully bootstrapped tool built by two makers who have decided to rethink how video-editing platforms should work. But first…

The headlines: 

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Though it might seem like it in today’s AI-driven world, not all tech moves at breakneck speed. Some continue to cling to the past. Video editing software continues to stick with decade old norms despite content creation evolving so much. If it’s not broken, don’t fix it, right?

Well, the founders of Moonshine are hedging a bet that it is broken, and they might have the fix. Moonshine is a web-based video editor that aims to make video editing more human. It takes some of the usual norms like content timelines and media retrieval and flips them on their head. 

When you first open the app, you’ll immediately notice the timeline is switched around. Moonshine uses a vertical timeline instead of the usual horizontal timeline to better put your content front and center. This helps with finer edits, like cutting a clip by a few frames. 

Once you’re ready to start, you might wonder where all your clips are. Moonshine swaps the usual drag-and-drop media bin for a text-based one. You can find clips based on visuals, actions, and dialogue. You can start a story with, say, “skateboarding at night,” and Moonshine will automatically pull in all the relevant clips. If you need more, you can simply tap on a clip, and it will widen its net to find clips with different angles, people, etc, 

Moonshine is fully bootstrapped by two makers, Ganesh Pimpale and Harsha Gundala who through their own experiences with video creation decided to see if they could offer something better than the industry standard. If you want to give it shot, it’s currently available to use for free during the beta period.

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