Hi Chris, On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 05:25:50PM +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: > I'm trying to draft some documents for the Ubuntu Viral Video project, > and as Matthew suggested in another thread, I'm trying to put together > guidance on how to use Ubuntu to create video. >
Uh-Oh. Video under linux is somewhat :( :( :( Of course if you're rendering CG then you could use free tools like blender but video editing and post processing is the big hole in linux IMO. You can easily record some video with a DV camera (we do at our local LUG) but the subsequent post processing is cumbersome, difficult and labour intensive compared to the process under Windows or OSX. It's a real shame that there isn't a decent stable video editor under Linux. I understand Pitivi is making some considerable progress, and avidemux works for some scenarios, but neither is an iMovie, Final Cut Pro, or Adobe Premiere (yet). If I remember correctly the "UDS Sevilla" video made by Paul Sladen in May this year took him about an hour to video, and many hours of wailing and knashing of teeth at cinelerra (the emacs of video editors) to produce some decent results:- http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6593664230060125179&hl=en I have a little experience of video editing - from the screencasts project, and it's a real pain under Linux. I actually force myself to use only free and open tools to make the screencasts, so I am "eating my own dogfood" which is what Paul did with the UDS video. For viral videos, do we _really_ want to subject people to those requirements, knowing the pain they will have doing it. I'd suggest not. If you do "force"/"enforce" people to "use ubuntu" to make their videos, exclusively, then you get the kudos that they did it, but you'll get about 3 videos as a result, if that. I'm not being cynical, but practical here. Fact is the better video editing and post processing solutions currently _don't_ reside on our platform, and that's a fact we have to live with right now. On the upside, I would _personally_ put money towards sponsoring a decent non-linear video editor on Linux. I'm sure others would too. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
