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Re: Pitivi, a free and open source video editor for Linux

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Post by cma »

marcodiego wrote: post #89
jeroenhd wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I kind of agree. It's very annoying to read about a program and find out on the download page that it's only available for Windows or for macOS and the open source community is starting to do the same with the assumption that just "open source" is enough to signal that it's Linux only. Of course with modern versions of Windows you can probably run this program through WSL relatively easily as well, but that is far fr…

At first I did this as a form of revenge: "If they just announce their software, I'll just announce the software I use regardless of the OS they use!" Then I started thinking: "Well, their are probably not malicious or ignorant. This is just probably an acceptable behavior." And continued to behave that way. I don't think we should complain when FLOSS non-multiplatform software (that support a FLOSS OS) should be cri…

> A FLOSS user will have difficulty trying it or will have to agree with the restrictions of proprietary software licenses.

Wine runs lots of stuff very well.

Re: Pitivi, a free and open source video editor for Linux

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Post by andybak »

linsomniac wrote: post #86
andybak wrote: post #39

My problem is that I don't need this right now but I will want it at some point in the not too distant future. Finding it at that point is fairly tricky. I have too many bookmarks. Google results for"free video editor" are polluted with junk. And the name - "Pitivi" is not something I will ever remember. I still can't remember the name of the "online drawing app" that I use quite a lot!

Maybe this will help: It's pronounced "pee tee vee"? :-)

It's definitely slightly easier to remember that way. But without being told I never would have guessed that was the intended pronounciation.

Re: Pitivi, a free and open source video editor for Linux

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Post by Flex247A »

linsomniac wrote: post #84
emptysongglass wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or you can use Lightworks used to edit Wolf of Wall Street among other Academy features. Also be aware that Resolve does not support integrated graphics (but only on Linux, bizarrely).

I really liked Lightworks several years ago when I was evaluating all the video editing packages, except for the pricing structure at the time. It was really easy to pick up, and worked great under Linux. My memory was at the time the only pricing option was a subscription model, and I don't do videos very frequently. I knew I'd be annoyed at paying $20/mo for the many months when I wasn't using it. More recently I'v…

Lightworks has a perpetual free licence mode too, provided you have to login every 90 days.

Re: Pitivi, a free and open source video editor for Linux

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Post by mixmastamyk »

Crazyontap wrote: post #54

A little OT but why do flatpaks take so much size? I have a small partition for linux and last time I ran out of disk space it was because these flatpaks were taking nearly 1GB for simple programs that I reckon should not be more than 10MB executables. Is this like iTunes on windows where it downloads the whole apple operating system to run the software? I know disk space is cheap but it's not always the case especia…

You generally don’t have to put Linux apps on a Linux partition.

Re: Pitivi, a free and open source video editor for Linux

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Post by she46BiOmUerPVj »

harvie wrote: post #29

I prefer blender. It is brutaly packed with features, but still free and can get the simple job done. But you will not outgrow it... It is 3D modeler, renderer, 2D painter. But it can even do nonlinear video editing/cutting. You can combine 2D video with motion tracked 3D scenes... Certainly worth learning the basics. https://www.blender.org/

Blender seems to be the best long term solution in that it's got good bones and a great license. It got me back into video editing after I moved all of my machines to Linux ages ago. The ability to do basically anything inside of the program with python is superb.

Re: Pitivi, a free and open source video editor for Linux

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Post by prophesi »

bachmeier wrote: post #57
modo_mario wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He was hinting that the original commenter could push for the change he wants to see himself and linked the page that would have to be edited.

That's also strange. Clearly the comment was coming from someone not familiar with the project. Responding "I just submitted the change, here's a link" would have been more reasonable.

In that case you can just raise an issue in the repo https://gitlab.gnome.org/Infrastructure/pitivi-web/-/issues?...

But I also understand that the true beauty of open source is the entitlement of free work from devs on a project receiving less than 8 euros a month from donations.

Re: Pitivi, a free and open source video editor for Linux

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Post by ByThyGrace »

linsomniac wrote: post #85
avinassh wrote: post #74

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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'll echo another comment that a few Youtube videos and off you go. It's pretty easy, I'm a video editing neophyte and thought it was easy to pick up. The thing about Resolve is: You aren't going to outgrow it. It's easy enough for doing simple edits, but if you want to do fancy stuff with it, it can do it. You won't outgrow it. That said, I spent a stupid amount of time with performance issues in Resolve. My cameras…

I've not used Resolve but I've tried pretty much all Linux NLEs. Here are some questions arising from my workflow:

How about resource file support for non-standard (as in TV/cinema) parameters, such as video framerate, video resolution, video formats? How about integrating these into the timeline, including per-clip pan/zoom?

Have you used Vegas Pro (for Windows)? I feel like no Linux NLE is able to replicate the flexibility Vegas Pro allows you in treating each clip as an independent, resizable, transformable asset. Instead, many NLEs enforce an "all clips must keep the same parameters as the project file" rule, where e.g. you can't incorporate a 60FPS file into a 50FPS project.

Re: Pitivi, a free and open source video editor for Linux

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Post by belthesar »

emptysongglass wrote: post #69
kamranjon wrote: post #37

For 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…

Or you can use Lightworks used to edit Wolf of Wall Street among other Academy features. Also be aware that Resolve does not support integrated graphics (but only on Linux, bizarrely).

For clarity, this is because Resolve seems to require OpenCL support. I haven't tried it myself, but the beignet package might serve to provide OpenCL support. I had a similar issue when using the OS AMD drivers and using Resolve, which don't come with OpenCL support.

Re: Pitivi, a free and open source video editor for Linux

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Post by bachmeier »

prophesi wrote: post #96
bachmeier wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's also strange. Clearly the comment was coming from someone not familiar with the project. Responding "I just submitted the change, here's a link" would have been more reasonable.

In that case you can just raise an issue in the repo https://gitlab.gnome.org/Infrastructure/pitivi-web/-/issues?... But I also understand that the true beauty of open source is the entitlement of free work from devs on a project receiving less than 8 euros a month from donations.

> entitlement of free work from devs on a project

Someone posted the project to Hacker News. A commenter pointed out that they didn't put the supported platforms on their website. That has nothing to do with "entitlement of free work". If the devs don't want anyone else discussing their work, they have every right to keep it private. If it gets posted to HN, it will be discussed.

Re: Pitivi, a free and open source video editor for Linux

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Post by linsomniac »

ByThyGrace wrote: post #97
linsomniac wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'll echo another comment that a few Youtube videos and off you go. It's pretty easy, I'm a video editing neophyte and thought it was easy to pick up. The thing about Resolve is: You aren't going to outgrow it. It's easy enough for doing simple edits, but if you want to do fancy stuff with it, it can do it. You won't outgrow it. That said, I spent a stupid amount of time with performance issues in Resolve. My cameras…

I've not used Resolve but I've tried pretty much all Linux NLEs. Here are some questions arising from my workflow: How about resource file support for non-standard (as in TV/cinema) parameters, such as video framerate, video resolution, video formats? How about integrating these into the timeline, including per-clip pan/zoom? Have you used Vegas Pro (for Windows)? I feel like no Linux NLE is able to replicate the fle…

I'm not really sure about your second paragraph, that's not something I've tried doing.

Resolve works like this: You set a project parameters (resolution, framerate being the big ones), either manually or it is set by the first clip you bring in. Then you can bring in clips that don't match those values, and they are just, at render time, converted to the target resolution/frame rate.

You can take clips in your timeline and make a composite clip out of it, basically rendering it within the project to a new artifact, I usually use that primarily for combining the 5m clips my camera breaks things down into into a single large clip, but I think you can also put panning on that. I haven't used Vegas Pro, that sounds pretty slick.

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