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Natron: Open-source compositing software for Mac, Windows and Linux

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Re: Natron: Open-source compositing software for Mac, Windows and Linux

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Post by dr_zoidberg »

I have an older, portable version lying around in my machine and I really liked it (though knowing very little about compositing when I downloaded it). It helped me do some nice animations to explain a few things through video.

Now I'm a bit surprised that they require you to register to download any version... I know it's free, but it still feels unnecesary... I just want the file, why do I have to register?

Re: Natron: Open-source compositing software for Mac, Windows and Linux

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Post by bks »

dr_zoidberg wrote: post #3

I have an older, portable version lying around in my machine and I really liked it (though knowing very little about compositing when I downloaded it). It helped me do some nice animations to explain a few things through video. Now I'm a bit surprised that they require you to register to download any version... I know it's free, but it still feels unnecesary... I just want the file, why do I have to register?

....becuse the entire fabric on the internet is based on the exchange of thing of "value".

Your email has value, and they'll exchange their hard work (software) for your information (valuable for marketing, and understanding their users)....

Re: Natron: Open-source compositing software for Mac, Windows and Linux

#5

Post by dominotw »

throwaway2016a wrote: post #2

For those of you like me that don't know much about video editing and you're curious what compositing is, here's an article: http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/compositing-video.html

Natron was a mixture of salt and baking soda that egyptians used to extract moisture out of the body during mummification. Perhaps in this context means extracting out relevant parts of the video for superimposition; just a guess.

Re: Natron: Open-source compositing software for Mac, Windows and Linux

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Post by frik »

dr_zoidberg wrote: post #3

I have an older, portable version lying around in my machine and I really liked it (though knowing very little about compositing when I downloaded it). It helped me do some nice animations to explain a few things through video. Now I'm a bit surprised that they require you to register to download any version... I know it's free, but it still feels unnecesary... I just want the file, why do I have to register?

The register feature doesn't even work. I got the following plain text email:

  Username: xxx

  To set your password, visit the following address:
The mentioned link was missing :(

(weird that an PDF was attached too with the same text, and no link)

They could have at least added the binary to the Github release: https://github.com/MrKepzie/Natron/releases/tag/2.0.5 The software looks interesting, but I cannot try it even out.

Re: Natron: Open-source compositing software for Mac, Windows and Linux

#8

Post by zaphar »

This looks superficially like Blenders Node based compositing engine. Some of their demo videos used blender as part of the pipeline. I wonder what a comparison with Blender would look like. Does it offer any value if you are already use Blender?

Either way more Open Source competition in this space is a good thing. For a long time Blender was the only Video Editing software out there with any quality.

Re: Natron: Open-source compositing software for Mac, Windows and Linux

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Post by sytse »

dr_zoidberg wrote: post #3

I have an older, portable version lying around in my machine and I really liked it (though knowing very little about compositing when I downloaded it). It helped me do some nice animations to explain a few things through video. Now I'm a bit surprised that they require you to register to download any version... I know it's free, but it still feels unnecesary... I just want the file, why do I have to register?

Your comment inspired me to discuss the promise that GitLab will never ask for an email in order to download https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com/merge_requests/...
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