Empirical observations on video editing in the mobile context
Tero Jokela, Kaj Mäkelä, Minna Karukka · 2007
Today's mobile devices enable the users to capture video clips with integrated digital cameras. However, capturing a video clip exactly as intended is often challenging -- in many cases, the possibility to edit the clip after capture would be useful. Earlier we have presented the Mobile Video Editor, an application that allows the users to edit video clips instantly after capture on their mobile devices. In this paper, we describe a field trial that we arranged to further evaluate the Mobile Video Editor concept and to better understand the usage patterns of video editing in the mobile context. The results indicate that especially the teenagers and younger adults found the capability to edit captured video clips a beneficial feature in mobile devices. In addition to being a practical tool to prepare the videos for sharing with others, the Mobile Video Editor was used as a form of entertainment.