I used kdenlive for basically forever. Look up nixipixel's videos on kdenlive lol.
One day though I had I had a weird library problem #linuxproblems
So i checked out pitivi and ya really liked it, converted me.
Pitivi, a free and open source video editor for Linux
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Re: Pitivi, a free and open source video editor for Linux
#72For those looking to actually edit video professionally on Linux you can’t really beat the free version of Davinci Resolve. Over the past 5 years it has become an incredibly competent non-linear editor alongside being the industry standard for color grading. I’ve honestly tried everything under the sun on Linux for video editing and nothing beats it. If you’re looking to stay open source I think blender is starting t…
I have pretty modest video editing needs and have been using shotcut on linux. I'm aware of Davinci Resolve but had always assumed (for no reason other than few commercial developers do) they wouldn't have a linux version let a lone a free one. Thanks for the tip off!
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Re: Pitivi, a free and open source video editor for Linux
#73Earlier quoted context omitted.
Incredible useless comment.
"nothing" may be too much. But if very basic components like file choose and file save dialog are incredibly painful to be used with buttons scattered through all window corners (fitts law anyone?) then "nothing" starts resounding in your mind. https://python-gtk-3-tutorial.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_imag... You can find another control at bottom left to choose file codification or whatever. Font select dialog: https:…
I am not a ux expert (and I have been using linux extensively for multiple years) but I don't quite see what is wrong with the linked interfaces.
I find it nice that the cancel is visually separated away, most important primary actions are prominent and in the top right.
I find gnome to be quite nice and friendly compared to five years ago when I'd always jump to a KDE desktop first thing.
Re: Pitivi, a free and open source video editor for Linux
#74For those looking to actually edit video professionally on Linux you can’t really beat the free version of Davinci Resolve. Over the past 5 years it has become an incredibly competent non-linear editor alongside being the industry standard for color grading. I’ve honestly tried everything under the sun on Linux for video editing and nothing beats it. If you’re looking to stay open source I think blender is starting t…
I have heard about Resolve for color grading, but how good it is when it comes to editing? Is it simple and intuitive enough to make few edits, add titles for YouTube videos?
Re: Pitivi, a free and open source video editor for Linux
#75For those looking to actually edit video professionally on Linux you can’t really beat the free version of Davinci Resolve. Over the past 5 years it has become an incredibly competent non-linear editor alongside being the industry standard for color grading. I’ve honestly tried everything under the sun on Linux for video editing and nothing beats it. If you’re looking to stay open source I think blender is starting t…
I have heard about Resolve for color grading, but how good it is when it comes to editing? Is it simple and intuitive enough to make few edits, add titles for YouTube videos?
Not OP but its editing is also pretty advanced and with some YouTube tutorialling, it can muster some effects you might find in Adobe After Effects. Resolve has replaced Adobe Premiere Pro for me. I'm happy to have saved the subscription fee!
Re: Pitivi, a free and open source video editor for Linux
#76"No need to reinvent the wheel" Says yet another Linux video editor
Pitivi has been around a long time, but I do find it curious that there seems to be a lot of pretty complex NLE compared to other types of app.
Re: Pitivi, a free and open source video editor for Linux
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The non-standard and objectively poor positioning of the buttons is fascinating. What was the logic behind this? It seems to me that designers are much less likely to give their time for free to a software project than programmers. Is that why OSS suffers from problems like this? A junior UI designer would never make these kinds of decisions. I can understand why designers wouldn’t work for free. What I don’t underst…
The positioning is not objectively wrong. Where do you get this from? Did you make tests with people who never used a PC before? Who are not biased? Or is this your opinion, which would be subjectively by definition. UI usage is mostly learned. Just to be clear, I don't think GTK is the perfect UI system. In my opinion, there is none.
> The positioning is not objectively wrong.
Yes, it is. There are lots of UX rules backed by research.
Fitts' Law in this case is just one reason why this is wrong.
Re: Pitivi, a free and open source video editor for Linux
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The non-standard and objectively poor positioning of the buttons is fascinating. What was the logic behind this? It seems to me that designers are much less likely to give their time for free to a software project than programmers. Is that why OSS suffers from problems like this? A junior UI designer would never make these kinds of decisions. I can understand why designers wouldn’t work for free. What I don’t underst…
Without strong leadership and buy-in from everyone involved, it's very hard for design or UX to be involved in open source projects in a meaningful way. Implementing a design requires discipline and a shared vision, which is often against the bazaar-like nature of open source projects. Everyone's working on their own particular piece and can't agree about anything at all – just look at the internecine battles that ar…
> Designers often don't work on open source projects not because they don't work for free, but because it's a miserable experience.
This did also occur to me, but I don't have any experience of it.
I do know that solo designers working in a team of commercial devs often find it a miserable experience.
Re: Pitivi, a free and open source video editor for Linux
#79For those looking to actually edit video professionally on Linux you can’t really beat the free version of Davinci Resolve. Over the past 5 years it has become an incredibly competent non-linear editor alongside being the industry standard for color grading. I’ve honestly tried everything under the sun on Linux for video editing and nothing beats it. If you’re looking to stay open source I think blender is starting t…
I have heard about Resolve for color grading, but how good it is when it comes to editing? Is it simple and intuitive enough to make few edits, add titles for YouTube videos?
I was a old Final Cut Pro guy (never really got into the new X version). I was able to pickup resolve just fine and they make great improvements each year. If all you are doing is YT videos with titles this may be overkill, maybe Kdenlive.
Re: Pitivi, a free and open source video editor for Linux
#80See also Kdenlive ( https://kdenlive.org/en/ ). I generally stick with the GTK/GNOME ecosystem but for my (admittedly quite limited) video editing needs I've found Kdenlive to be easier to figure out.
Not sure I used Piviti, but used Shortcut, Openshot and Kdenlive. Kdenlive wins hands-down in stability and least amount of UI glitches. (I recall that these interestingly share the same video editing backend, just the integration is different?)
> Kdenlive wins hands-down in stability
It's the only one that does not have a 50% chance of segfaulting on every click. Not an exaggeration.
Pretty much the only viable solution for FOSS video editing though I have yet to try Blender.