What you are buying from an editing service
Somebody's attention. You send your footage with notes about what mattered, an editor watches all of it, chooses, cuts, grades and scores it, and sends a first version for comment. The good ones are very good, and nothing automatic will beat a person who has watched your holiday and understood it.
What it asks of you
Three things, and they are the reasons people stall. You gather every file yourself first, including from the other people who were there. You wait — days to weeks, with a round of revisions in the middle. And you usually commit money, often a deposit, before you have seen anything.
What it costs
Skilled hours, priced accordingly. Custom holiday films are quoted per project and it is normal for one to run into the hundreds of dollars. That is not expensive for what it is; it is simply a different order of decision from the one most people want to make about a week away.
The automatic alternative, and its honest limits
Videmory is not an editing service. No one watches your footage, and there is no one to ask for a change to the third shot. What it does instead is the two jobs that stall the other route: it collects everyone's originals through one link, and it puts the trip in the order it happened and edits it to the length and shape you chose. AU$49 for the first film, AU$15 for each additional version, and you watch the whole film before you pay anything.
Which to choose
If the film has to be *about* something and you have the time and budget, hire a person. If you want a good record of a trip you have just taken, made from everyone's photographs rather than only yours, and you would rather see it before paying for it, the automatic route is the one that finishes.
What Videmory does with it
One person starts the trip and shares a private link. Everybody who was there adds their own photos and video from their own phone — no account, nothing to install. Videmory reads the date and time your camera wrote into each file, puts the whole trip in the order it happened, trims the clips, and edits it to a soundtrack you choose. You watch the finished film before you decide to buy it.
Introductory launch offer: AU$49 for your first finished film and AU$15 for each additional version — another length, another aspect ratio, or both. No subscription, and nothing to pay in advance. Introductory pricing is available for a limited time and may increase in the future. See how it works · Pricing
Your questions, answered
How much does travel video editing cost?
A custom edit by a person is priced by the hours it takes, quoted per project, and it is normal for a holiday film to run into the hundreds of dollars. Automated services are far cheaper because no one is watching your footage. Videmory is AU$49 for your first film and AU$15 for each additional version, with nothing to pay until you have watched the film.
How long does it take?
With an editor, days to weeks: you gather and send the material, they cut, you review, they revise. With Videmory the waiting is the part where your friends get around to uploading; the film itself is built once the trip is ready.
When is a human editor worth it?
When the film has to say something particular — a proposal, a once-in-a-lifetime trip, a film for someone else's event — or when the footage needs judgement rather than ordering. A person will beat any automatic edit at its best. That is a different job from making a record of the holiday you just had.
Do you edit footage I send you?
No, and it is worth being plain about it: Videmory is not an editing service and there is no editor assigned to your trip. It is software that collects everyone's files and builds the film. That is why it costs what it costs and why you can see the result before paying.
Can I try it without committing?
Yes. Making the trip, collecting from everybody and building the film are free; you watch the complete film and pay only if you want to download it.