Open Movies are unique to Jumpcut, and they’re very cool. Basically, an open movie is a movie that anyone can edit, sort of like a Wiki-Movie. That means that you can get a movie started, and then open it up so others can work on it. All you need to do is set the Visibility to Public and click the Open checkbox. Then the creativity begins.

Only the owner can delete an Open Movie, but anyone can edit the movie, so they could delete the contents. If you want to protect against this happening, make a copy first. We’ve made this easy for you: Just go to the view page and click the “make a copy” link in the Details section on the right. That will create a private copy that nobody can touch. Then you can set the original movie to Public - Open and you’ll be safe.

We’ve created a new view in the Explore section called what else but “Open Movies”. If you’re looking for movies that you can help edit, just take a look in this view. It will probably take a few days for people to pick up on this feature, so if you don’t find one you like, why not create your own?

When uploading multiple files on the Mac, sometimes your browser will become unresponsive and the following error message will popup:

A script in this movie is causing Macromedia Flash Player 8/9 to run slowly. If
it continues to run, your computer may become unresponsive. Do you want to
abort the script?

This is an issue with the performance of the Flash plugin on the Mac. Clicking “No” will allow the script to continue and it should complete. Sometimes however it will stall completely. These are known issues with Flash on the Mac and we’re doing what we can to resolve them.