This morning, as promised, we released Groups & Events along with some other great new features. Our engineers are nuclear powered and passionate, so please send us your feedback.

Today’s New Features

• Groups & Events
• Bigger Player
• Emails On Comments
• Tag Navigation
• Changed Rating to Love
• General UI Updates
• Editor: Multi-Line Titles
• Editor: Keyboard Command Help

Groups
Groups are simply collections of people organized for any reason. Your family is a group, your friends are a group, people interested in motorcycles are a group. It really is up to you what kind of group you create. Some groups are organized formally (such as a club or a team) and some are less formal, like fans of a particular band, video game or football team. Create any group you want, but first look to see what others have created. You may want to join an existing group.

Events
Events are different from groups since they are related to moments in time. Like groups, there are many types of events: New Year’s Eve, Hurricane Katrina, Full Moons, political protests, road races, concerts, your birthday, school graduation, your wedding. These are all events. Anyone on Jumpcut can create an event, so make sure you look to see what’s been created before creating your own.

Now, if you think about this a little bit, you’ll begin to see how interesting it really is. Imagine, for example, coming home from a concert and having immediate access to everyone’s pictures and video from the concert that you can use to make your own movies. Imagine if the band made professional video footage available for you to use to make your own music videos. How fun is that!

Concerts are just one example, and the possibilities really are limitless. In our view, collaborative creation is what “sharing media” is all about, and it’s the number one reason why we’re so excited about this release. As opposed to just watching what other people have uploaded, you can reuse their media and create great looking movies online with music, images, video, titles, and effects. This is only possible on Jumpcut.

So, we’re really looking forward to seeing what you do with these new features. We also have some exciting promotional events coming up soon, so be sure to check back regularly. Oh, and one more thing: we’re still moving fast, so there may be a hiccup here and there. Let us know if something doesn’t work for you (email to info @ jumpcut.com)