Hi, I'm going to start asking some people I know who have experience of using various video editors, specifically people who know nothing about software development :-)
The question I ask is "Can you tell me the top five (well, top whatever) things you dislike about <that person's favourate editor>? Things that it does that you wish it didn't, things that it doesn't do you wish it did..." I'll post the results as I get them here, with comentary, it would be great if other people can do the same. The idea is, find out what other editors do badly, and then do it properly in kdenlive ;-) Here one to start the ball rolling - in this case, the person is talking about Premier. > The rendering thing really annoys me (sorry if that's obvious!) why can't > it render as it goes along or something? Premier doesn't have background rendering, I think this is going to be fairly easy (though it will be some work) to implement into the current design structure. > I don't find it very clear about the different sorts of files, like how it > creates new files every time you render an effect (I think you know what I > mean) - all the files of a certain clip should stay together so you don't > accidentally delete one type of file and then lose the clip. Hmm, I'm not sure if she is talking about the fact that premier renders preview files, or that the computer she edits on (which has a matrox RT2000) seperates video from audio. I'll try and find out. > Speaking of deleting, I know you should export the file to a movie format > when it's finihsed but when i haven't done this, and then cleared some > space on the hard drive, i've sometimes lost half of a project...mind you > that's probably just me being thick!! Premier doesn't have any way of managing clips, especially in relation to what projects they are currently used in, and whether or not they can be safely deleted. The only way to delete them is via the file system, which tends to be very danegrous, especially when more than one person is using the same editing suite. > I think it does have a good range of effects but perhaps a better help > option (or a 'how to' setting) to explain things to a thicko like me would > be very useful!! I think the problem here is in two parts : firstly, premier doesn't put all of the effects in the same place, some things, such as transparency, (blue screen, chroma), are handled in a completely different way to other effects, such as crossfade, and blur. Secondly, The online help isn't obviously available - you have to go to the help menu and search for the relevant effect. A nice big "help" button for each effect, or even a description of the effect on screen would be nice in kdenlive. Cheers, Jason -- Jason Wood Homepage : www.uchian.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
