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Clesh (Clip Load Edit SHare) is a cloud-based video editing platform designed for the consumer. Online communities have integrated Clesh into their own websites to manage the creation of user generated content. The technology is based on the FORscene platform used mainly by the post production industry. To use either system the Java platform is required on the client device.

Video, audio, and graphical content is uploaded via a standard web browser, a mobile device such as a phone / tablet, or software installed onto a desktop (for Firewire DV capture). The hosted material can then be reviewed, searched, edited, and published online by anyone with a standard web browser or compatible mobile device.

Clesh supports storyboard shot selection, frame-accurate editing, transitions and various other functions such as; pan, zoom, colour and light correction, and audio levels. Content can be published in formats including; Podcast, Mpeg2, HTML5 video or in a proprietary Java format.

Cloud-based software provides greater scope for sharing information and collaborating compared to LAN or desktop based systems. Users of Cloud-based software rely on the cloud's owner for adequate security, performance and resilience.

Clesh does not assert any rights over uploaded content in contrast to other platforms (such as YouTube). All rights to any content uploaded to Clesh remain with the Author.

Features

Some of the services available to Clesh users:

Real-time video rendering including effects and transitions
Multiple audio tracks
Secured log-on
Frame accurate timeline for fine cut editing
Logging / meta-data annotation assigns text to portions of video (usable by Clesh and web search engines)
Storyboard assembles rough cuts using drag-and-drop
Import, host, organise and search for media (DV tape and various video, audio, and still image formats)
Publish content to in formats such as podcast, MPEG-2, web (Java Applet), Flash, Ogg, HTML5 and JPEG
Chatrooms to talk to other Clesh users
Showreel (a gallery for publishing material visible to internet users)
Moderation for approval of material prior to distribution downstream
Re-branding and integration support for white-label deployment

Technology

Clesh is based on the same technology as FORscene. An array of servers on the internet backbone provide the cloud computing platform to host Clesh. As a white-label solution Clesh would be branded and hosted per the user requirement.

User Interface

End-users access Clesh with a rich user interface on clients such as standard Java-enabled Web Browsers and / or Android enabled mobile devices such as tablets.

History

Clesh was launched January 2006 and subject to several upgrades during the year to extend functionality including; storyboard, podcasting, moderation, chat and a showreel. During 2007 consumers are offered Clesh via a subscription model. Upgrades include Web Start and graphics upload. Mr Paparazzi selects Clesh as the platform to host its video offering and TrueTube does the same in 2008 by choosing to use Clesh to manage its video portal. Several further upgrades are applied and included; better audio quality, image enhancement controls, transitions, fades, titles, and additional publishing options such as JPEG. In 2010 a version of Clesh demonstrated on an Android OS tablet device (Samsung Galaxy S Tab), and several upgrades applied including; HTML5 publishing, pan, zoom, and overlays.

References

Discusses media trends and directions including process and tooling citing Clesh as a tool in the context of content creation
Thesis on Preservation Services for Audio Visual Media Material discusses user generated content citing Clesh as an Example
Paper on the theory and technology of moving image indexing cites Clesh amongst other sites such as YouTube, Yahoo Video, and Google Video
Clesh launch in 2006

External links

Walkthrough of adding video to websites (one section dedicated to Clesh)
Technical overview of clesh (leaflet from San Jose conference Spring 2007)
Review of Clesh (in Polish)
New Clesh site at ISP (helps put in context the consumer focus of Clesh, as opposed to FORScene for PROs)
Sets out what is at stake for Clesh within the industry
Demonstrates the portability of Clesh (Clesh is one of five editing services listed for the Mac - inc iMovie)
Commentary on the adoption of Clesh by ISP Tiscali (focus on the fact that editing is on a par with PRO systems)
Discussion of the use of Clesh at Guelph University for teaching purposes
Clesh is discussed at Net Conference in San Jose
Comprehensive listing of video sharing sites including those with editing capability

Known Clesh Installations

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