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== Products ==
== Products ==
=== Movie Creator ===
=== Movie Creator ===
Launched July, 12, 2012 Pixorial's Movie Creator allows users to edit movies in a simple story-telling platform <ref name="finance.yahoo"> Pixorial Makes Video Editing Fun and Easy With Industry's Most Full-Featured, Free Video Editing Suite. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/pixorial-makes-video-editing-fun-141200389.html </ref> Movie Creator's features include trasitions, text boxes, access to free music tracks, credits, and social media sharing capabilities. <ref name="finance.yahoo" />
Launched July 12, 2012 Pixorial's Movie Creator allows users to edit movies in a simple story-telling platform <ref name="finance.yahoo"> Pixorial Makes Video Editing Fun and Easy With Industry's Most Full-Featured, Free Video Editing Suite. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/pixorial-makes-video-editing-fun-141200389.html </ref> Movie Creator's features include transitions, text boxes, access to free music tracks, credits, and social media sharing capabilities. <ref name="finance.yahoo" /> Movie Creator integrates pictures and video to create user movies. <ref> http://www.thebookchook.com/2013/05/make-video-with-kids-at-pixorial.html </ref>


=== Krowds App ===
=== Krowds App ===

Revision as of 21:39, 9 August 2013

Pixorial is a cloud-based consumer video storage and editing platform. [1] The company was formed in 2007, in Englewood, CO as a media conversion service.[2] In 2013, Pixorial was chosen as one of two video storage companies to partner with the launch of Google Drive.

History

Founded in 2007 and launched in 2009 by Netscape veteran, Andres Espineira, Pixorial sought to capitalize on media conversion in the digital age. [3] With a new focus on easy to use video editing software in 2009, Pixorial began developing an app that would be launched for iOS and Android users in 2011. [4] Later developments in the app in 2012 would also included real time filters. [5] With the launch of Google Drive in 2012, Pixorial was chosen as an integrated video partner. [6] This integration with Google Drive allowed users to access videos stored in Google Drive with in the web app of Pixorial. [7] After the Google Drive launch, Pixorial developed a crowd sourced, location based video sharing app, Krowds. [8]

Products

Movie Creator

Launched July 12, 2012 Pixorial's Movie Creator allows users to edit movies in a simple story-telling platform [9] Movie Creator's features include transitions, text boxes, access to free music tracks, credits, and social media sharing capabilities. [9] Movie Creator integrates pictures and video to create user movies. [10]

Krowds App

Pixorial's app was launched in April of 2013 as a tool to aggregate event videos through location based collections. [11] The app was launched to generally positive review. The application was initially lauched for iOS but was followed by an android release in May. [12]

Reception and Awards

2012 Apex Award from the Colorado Technology Association, for Best Technology Project of the Year [13]

2010 Computerworld Laureate for Media, Arts and Entertainment [14]



References

  1. ^ Pixorial Company Profile. http://venturebeatprofiles.com/company/profile/pixorial/.
  2. ^ Pixorial, About Us. pixorial.com/about_us
  3. ^ Fairlie, Rik. December 2, 2009. "A Way to Put Your Home Movies on the Web for All to See". http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/technology/personaltech/03video.html?_r=0
  4. ^ The Official Pixorial App is Here. http://www.pixorial.com/pixorials-video-app-is-now-available-in-the-app-store/
  5. ^ Lawler, Ryan. June 8, 2012. Pixorial’s Mobile Video-Sharing App Adds Real-Time Filters To Take On Socialcam And Viddy. http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/08/pixorial-real-time-filters/
  6. ^ CrunchBase Pixorial Profile. http://www.crunchbase.com/company/pixorial
  7. ^ Pixorial Launches Integration with Google Drive; With Pixorial’s Google Drive app, users can edit, share and collaborate around video in the cloud. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/4/prweb9437618.htm
  8. ^ All About Krowds. http://help.pixorial.com/knowledgebase/articles/176808-all-about-krowds
  9. ^ a b Pixorial Makes Video Editing Fun and Easy With Industry's Most Full-Featured, Free Video Editing Suite. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/pixorial-makes-video-editing-fun-141200389.html
  10. ^ http://www.thebookchook.com/2013/05/make-video-with-kids-at-pixorial.html
  11. ^ Graham, Jefferson. "Try Krowds for crowdsourced videos". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/personal/2013/04/28/krowds-app-for-multiple-video-angles/2113327/. April 30, 2013.
  12. ^ http://finance.yahoo.com/news/pixorial-launches-krowds-video-android-130000191.html
  13. ^ Apex Winners. http://www.coloradotechnology.org/page/ApexWinners
  14. ^ Honors Program 2010, http://www.eiseverywhere.com/ehome/index.php?eventid=11545&tabid=12624v