Systems and methods for modifying video edits

1. A system that modifies video edits, the system comprising:

one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:

obtain video edit information, the video edit information defining a video edit of video content, the video edit including arrangement of multiple video clips into a single presentation, the video edit further including video transitions between the multiple video clips, wherein individual video transitions join different ones of the multiple video clips, the video edit including a first video clip and a second video clip, the first video clip joined to the second video clip via a first video transition, the first video transition including a transition effect, the transition effect including the video content edited in the video edit to provide a visual effect in switching between joined video clips, the visual effect including crossfade, fade-to-black, fade-from-black, dissolve, swipe, or fly-in to switch between the joined video clips in the video edit, the video edit having a first progress length;

obtain video modification information, the video modification information defining one or more criteria for automatically modifying the video edit to generate a shorter video edit, the one or more criteria including one or more rules by which one or more of the multiple video clips in the video edit are identified for modification and one or more rules by which the one or more identified video clips are modified to shorten the video edit;

identify the one or more of the multiple video clips in the video edit to be modified based on the video modification information;

modify the one or more identified video clips in the video edit based on the video modification information and based on whether one or more of the video transitions joining the one or more identified video clips include or do not include the transition effect, wherein the first video clip and the second video clip are identified to be modified based on the video modification information and the first video transition including the transition effect, the one or more identified video clips in the video edit are modified to preserve timing of the one or more video transitions based on the one or more video transitions including the transition effect, the one or more rules by which the first video clip and the second video clip are modified to shorten the video edit including modifying playback rates of the first video clip and the second video clip based on the first video transition including the transition effect to preserve timing of the first video transition by increasing playback rates of segments of the first video clip and the second video clip non-adjacent to the first video transition while preserving playback rates of segments of the first video clip and the second video clip adjacent to the first video transition; and

generate revised video edit information, the revised video edit information defining a revised video edit of the video content, the revised video edit including the one or more identified video clips in the video edit modified based on the video modification information and based on whether the one or more of the video transitions joining the one or more identified video clips include or do not include the transition effect, the revised video edit having a second progress length shorter than the first progress length.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more of the multiple video clips in the video edit are identified further based on metadata characterizing the video content.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the metadata characterizing the video content is generated with or after capture of the video content.

4. The system of claim 2 , wherein the metadata characterizing the video content includes a saliency measure of an activity, an event, an object, and/or a scene captured within the video content.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein modification of the one or more identified video clips in the video edit based on the video modification information includes removal of at least one of the one or more identified video clips from the video edit.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein modification of the one or more identified video clips in the video edit based on the video modification information includes an increase in a playback rate of at least one of the one or more identified video clips of the video edit.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein modification of the one or more identified video clips in the video edit based on the video modification information includes replacement of an original video clip of the video edit with a new video clip, the new video clip having a shorter progress length than the original video clip, the new video clip including one or more portions of the video content not originally included within the video edit.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein:

the one or more identified video clips in the video edit are modified further based on synchronization to an accompanying soundtrack such that modification of the one or more identified video clips in the video edit includes changing order of at least one of the one or more identified video clips within the arrangement of video clips to improve synchronization to the accompanying soundtrack.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein:

the video edit includes a third video clip and a fourth video clip, the arrangement of the third video clip and the fourth video clip including the third video clip before the fourth video clip;

a length of the third video clip or the fourth video clip is shortened based on the video modification information; and

the arrangement of the third video clip and the fourth video clip is changed to include the fourth video clip before the third video clip based on the shortening of the length of the third video clip or the fourth video clip resulting in better synchronization to the accompanying soundtrack of the changed arrangement including the fourth video clip before the third video clip than the arrangement including the third video clip before the fourth video clip.

10. A method for modifying video edits, the method performed by a computer system including one or more processors comprising:

obtaining, by the computing system, video edit information, the video edit information defining a video edit of video content, the video edit including arrangement of multiple video clips into a single presentation, the video edit further including video transitions between the multiple video clips, wherein individual video transitions join different ones of the multiple video clips, the video edit including a first video clip and a second video clip, the first video clip joined to the second video clip via a first video transition, the first video transition including a transition effect, the transition effect including the video content edited in the video edit to provide a visual effect in switching between joined video clips, the visual effect including crossfade, fade-to-black, fade-from-black, dissolve, swipe, or fly-in to switch between the joined video clips in the video edit, the video edit having a first progress length;

obtaining, by the computing system, video modification information, the video modification information defining one or more criteria for automatically modifying the video edit to generate a shorter video edit, the one or more criteria including one or more rules by which one or more of the multiple video clips in the video edit are identified for modification and one or more rules by which the one or more identified video clips are modified to shorten the video edit;

identifying, by the computing system, the one or more of the multiple video clips in the video edit to be modified based on the video modification information;

modifying, by the computing system, the one or more identified video clips in the video edit based on the video modification information and based on whether one or more of the video transitions joining the one or more identified video clips include or do not include the transition effect, wherein the first video clip and the second video clip are identified to be modified based on the video modification information and the first video transition including the transition effect, the one or more identified video clips in the video edit are modified to preserve timing of the one or more video transitions based on the one or more video transitions including the transition effect, the one or more rules by which the first video clip and the second video clip are modified to shorten the video edit including modifying playback rates of the first video clip and the second video clip based on the first video transition including the transition effect to preserve timing of the first video transition by increasing playback rates of segments of the first video clip and the second video clip non-adjacent to the first video transition while preserving playback rates of segments of the first video clip and the second video clip adjacent to the first video transition; and

generating, by the computing system, revised video edit information, the revised video edit information defining a revised video edit of the video content, the revised video edit including the one or more identified video clips in the video edit modified based on the video modification information and based on whether the one or more of the video transitions joining the one or more identified video clips include or do not include the transition effect, the revised video edit having a second progress length shorter than the first progress length.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the one or more of the multiple video clips in the video edit are identified further based on metadata characterizing the video content.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the metadata characterizing the video content is generated with or after capture of the video content.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the metadata characterizing the video content includes a saliency measure of an activity, an event, an object, and/or a scene captured within the video content.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein modification of the one or more identified video clips in the video edit based on the video modification information includes removal of at least one of the one or more identified video clips from the video edit.

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein:

the one or more identified video clips in the video edit are modified further based on synchronization to an accompanying soundtrack such that modification of the one or more identified video clips in the video edit includes changing order of at least one of the one or more identified video clips within the arrangement of video clips to improve synchronization to the accompanying soundtrack.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein:

the video edit includes a third video clip and a fourth video clip, the arrangement of the third video clip and the fourth video clip including the third video clip before the fourth video clip;

a length of the third video clip or the fourth video clip is shortened based on the video modification information; and

the arrangement of the third video clip and the fourth video clip is changed to include the fourth video clip before the third video clip based on the shortening of the length of the third video clip or the fourth video clip resulting in better synchronization to the accompanying soundtrack of the changed arrangement including the fourth video clip before the third video clip than the arrangement including the third video clip before the fourth video clip.