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Pitivi – Free video editor with a beautiful and intuitive user interface

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Re: Pitivi – Free video editor with a beautiful and intuitive user interface

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Post by em-bee »

whywhywouldyou wrote: post #16

If the product has to TELL you up front that it has a "beautiful and intuitive user interface", it likely doesn't. And the Tour page has a screenshot of the application titled "Stunning Elegance", where it does a great job of mostly looking the same as any desktop app developed in the last 10 years -- full of shades of grey, plain, no menus. As a cherry on top, it is described as "Easy to learn. Exciting to master",…

i have used it. it is easy to learn. certainly no worse than the alternatives.

i get your criticism. but i see that very often. most projects just don't know how to present their apps in a good way. it seems like we are trying to describe apps in ways that we think non-tech people would expect, but we are failing.

Re: Pitivi – Free video editor with a beautiful and intuitive user interface

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Post by amarshall »

th0ma5 wrote: post #9
GiorgioG wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Try DaVinci Resolve

Only works on like RedHat? No other Linux

Only officially supported on RedHat, perhaps. Works well on many other distros (I run it on NixOS).

Re: Pitivi – Free video editor with a beautiful and intuitive user interface

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Post by Venn1 »

I have been editing my podcast and guides with NLEs on Linux for the past decade. Kdenlive, OpenShot, Olive, Cinelerra, Blender and Pitivi all lack one key feature. Stability. You can lose a staggering amount of work between auto saves.

After a day of playing with the free version of Resolve in 2017 I gave BlackMagic some cash for a license & capture card for audio. The early versions lacked ALSA support.

Editing sessions can last 8 to 10 hours and I can't remember the last time it spite-crashed. Granted, this doesn't prevent me from mindlessly tapping Ctrl+S every few minutes.

Re: Pitivi – Free video editor with a beautiful and intuitive user interface

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Post by inslee1 »

I just used Pitivi recently to cut something and quite liked its straightforwardness.

The only thing I don't like is the lack of preview monitor so I can work with raw clips before bringing them into the timeline but for quick cuts, it's a great tool.

Re: Pitivi – Free video editor with a beautiful and intuitive user interface

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Post by __mharrison__ »

Venn1 wrote: post #26

I have been editing my podcast and guides with NLEs on Linux for the past decade. Kdenlive, OpenShot, Olive, Cinelerra, Blender and Pitivi all lack one key feature. Stability. You can lose a staggering amount of work between auto saves. After a day of playing with the free version of Resolve in 2017 I gave BlackMagic some cash for a license & capture card for audio. The early versions lacked ALSA support. Editing ses…

Resolve is amazing. I also tracked pitivi and Cinelerra for years.

Really hard to beat the free version. However, the studio version paid for itself quickly.

Re: Pitivi – Free video editor with a beautiful and intuitive user interface

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Post by tyiz »

whywhywouldyou wrote: post #16

If the product has to TELL you up front that it has a "beautiful and intuitive user interface", it likely doesn't. And the Tour page has a screenshot of the application titled "Stunning Elegance", where it does a great job of mostly looking the same as any desktop app developed in the last 10 years -- full of shades of grey, plain, no menus. As a cherry on top, it is described as "Easy to learn. Exciting to master",…

It Looks like a Camtasia ripoff imho.
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