Once upon a time, how-to guides were all about numbered lists and badly-drawn diagrams. Now those guides have gone multimedia, with a slew of new sites offering video how-tos from the users themselves. Here are 10 of the best.
- VideoJug: VideoJug mixes user generated clips with professionally made content. Videos are accompanied by a text version, and you can download clips to your iPod or PSP.
- Sclipo carries a remix of the YouTube tagline: “Broadcast your skills”. The European startup provides how-to guides in English and Spanish.
- Sutree: Sutree is a video aggregator that pulls in videos from sites like YouTube and Metacafe. Clips are picked by users and approved by moderators. There are no user profiles or playlists, making it a fairly lightweight offering.
- 5min: 5min is a “videopedia” with a large amount of content. What we like: it offers unique features like slow-motion and zooming, especially useful for learning new skills.
- Expert Village: Expert Village is trying to win on volume, with thousands of videos posted by experts. Currently, the site counts more than 1,700 experts and some 17,000 videos.
- ViewDo: similar to VideoJug, ViewDo provides tagging, comments, video embeds, an RSS feeds for each expert. The contributors are ranked based on their expertise.
- Helpful Video: With its minimalist interface, Helpful video is one of the few sites where you actually have to pay for some clips. The concept is interesting, but we doubt anyone will pay for your beginner’s guide to karate: there are just too many free alternatives.
- TeacherTube: TeacherTube is YouTube for education, with courses for maths, data processing and literature. The site is organized by “channels” and “groups” (college, university, sciences, technology, Maths…). Features include blog embeds, favorites, tagging and commenting.
- Vidipedia: Vidipedia wants to be the Wikipedia of the videos. It provides info on personalities, historical events and other content you’d expect to find in an encyclopedia. You can leave comments, download or embed videos elsewhere.
- YouTube: Don’t forget YouTube itself: the YouTube category “How To and DIY provides a massive number of how-to videos and inspiration for projects. In fact, it could crush the others simply because of YouTube’s massive userbase.
译文:
让你知道如何制作视频剪辑的十佳网站
从前，制作视频指南总是以编号列表和粗制滥造的图表形式呈现的。现在，那些指南已经由多媒体代替，有许多新的网站由用户本身来提供视频指引。以下是这方面做得最好的十家网站。
VideoJug：VideoJug连同用户一起，通过专业地制作内容来产生剪辑。视频会连同一个文本文件，你能够下载剪辑到你的iPod或者PSP上。
Sclipo混合了YouTube的标签列：“散播你的技巧”。欧洲人开始提供英语和西班牙语的指引指南。
Sutree：Sutree是一个视频聚合器，从像YouTube和Metacafe这样的网站上拉来视频。剪辑是由用户摘录，并且由主持人来核准。没有用户简介或者播放列表，使它成为由用户提供的网站。
5min：videopedia是一个“视频百科”，有大量的内容。我们所喜欢的是：它提供了独特的功能，比如像慢放和快进，特别是有利于学习的新功能。
Expert Village：Expert Village试图以数量取胜，网站具有由专家上传的数千个视频。目前，网站有1700多个专家和17000多个视频。
ViewDo：与VideoJug相似。提供标签、评论、视频嵌入、为每个人提供RSS feed。贡献者的排名，是根据他们提供的意见来排行的。
Helpful Video：Helpful Video是少数几个需要你付费看一些视频的网站之一。这个概念非常有趣，但是我们怀疑是不是有人会为观看你的“空手道入门指导”而付费：真的是有其他太多免费的途径可以观看这些内容。
TeacherTube：TeacherTube是教育类型的YouTube，有数学、计算机资料处理、以及文学等课程。这个网站是由“频道”和“小组”组成的（学院、综合大学、科学、技术、数学……）。它的特色包括了博客嵌入、收藏、标签、以及评论。
Vidipedia：Vidipedia想要成为视频的Wikipedia。它提供的信息有人物、历史事件和其他你希望在一部百科全书中找到的内容。你可以评论、下载、或者嵌入视频。
YouTube：这个列表怎么能少了YouTube。YouTube目录“如何自己动手制作提供大量的视频，以及如何为项目创造灵感。”事实上，由于它大量的用户群体，很容易就能战胜别人。