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Video: A Language for Making Movies

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Re: Video: A Language for Making Movies

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post #9

Archive.org link for the v0.2 documentation: https://web.archive.org/web/20210419191239/https://docs.rack...

This looks interesting. Thanks for digging that up.

I've done a little video editing using Adobe Premiere (mid-2000's) and Shotcut (2022). The UI for both seemed overwrought and difficult to get what I wanted out of. A text description of timecodes and filter parameters sounds a ton easier to use.

Having said that, I assume that would exist if the market actually wanted it.

Re: Video: A Language for Making Movies

#12
post #7

I'll be that guy: curious name :/

I wish people would stop using common nouns for program names, not only is it hard to search for, but it's kind of ... arrogant? Like you think you're the best there is and will ever be for that particular noun? Imagine if Google Chrome renamed to 'Browser'

Hey Apple, are you listening? Pages, Numbers, Photos, Finder, Messages...

Re: Video: A Language for Making Movies

#13
post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wish people would stop using common nouns for program names, not only is it hard to search for, but it's kind of ... arrogant? Like you think you're the best there is and will ever be for that particular noun? Imagine if Google Chrome renamed to 'Browser'

Hey Apple, are you listening? Pages, Numbers, Photos, Finder, Messages...

Oh, they know. The arrogance is intentional.

Re: Video: A Language for Making Movies

#14
post #7

I'll be that guy: curious name :/

I wish people would stop using common nouns for program names, not only is it hard to search for, but it's kind of ... arrogant? Like you think you're the best there is and will ever be for that particular noun? Imagine if Google Chrome renamed to 'Browser'

The number of people who call Google Maps just “Maps” is continually depressing.

Re: Video: A Language for Making Movies

#15
post #7

I'll be that guy: curious name :/

I wish people would stop using common nouns for program names, not only is it hard to search for, but it's kind of ... arrogant? Like you think you're the best there is and will ever be for that particular noun? Imagine if Google Chrome renamed to 'Browser'

That's a pet peeve of mine for a long time. It pollutes the global namespace, it's hard to search for, gives no information on what the product or company does (e.g. Alphabet) and lacks originality.

Edit: as someone noted in a siblings comment, it's also make harder to help people. I had a hard time making someone install "Signal" at a stressing time because that's just a normal word in French.

Re: Video: A Language for Making Movies

#16
post #6

There's no explanation of how to use it, or even a code snippet. And the documentation is down. So not very useful I'm afraid :(

I've always thought that tech websites often start with the wrong thing, with installation instructions front & centre like this one.

If I'm coming to the website looking for that info I'll be happy to dig around a little bit to find it. If I'm coming to the website as a curious observer that information is not useful, it's wasting space that could be used demonstrating _why_ I'd want to install it.

Re: Video: A Language for Making Movies

#18
post #9

Archive.org link for the v0.2 documentation: https://web.archive.org/web/20210419191239/https://docs.rack...

This looks interesting. Thanks for digging that up. I've done a little video editing using Adobe Premiere (mid-2000's) and Shotcut (2022). The UI for both seemed overwrought and difficult to get what I wanted out of. A text description of timecodes and filter parameters sounds a ton easier to use. Having said that, I assume that would exist if the market actually wanted it.

Avisynth+ does that. It is well supported and has a huge community.

http://avisynth.nl/index.php/Main_Page

Re: Video: A Language for Making Movies

#19
I’ve seen a talk about this at BOB conference at Berlin some years ago. I learned a lot about DSLs in scheme, also the talk was highly entertaining. I’d recommend it for anyone into scheme or lisp.

Re: Video: A Language for Making Movies

#20
post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wish people would stop using common nouns for program names, not only is it hard to search for, but it's kind of ... arrogant? Like you think you're the best there is and will ever be for that particular noun? Imagine if Google Chrome renamed to 'Browser'

Hey Apple, are you listening? Pages, Numbers, Photos, Finder, Messages...

To be fair these are part of a preinstalled suite of native apps, an extension of the OS, rather than being part of the larger app ecosystem. You could argue that implicitly they have the brand-name in front: e.g. "Apple/Mac Photos" or "iMessage".

Every OS has a "Calculator" or something like "Notes", these are reasonable names. Just like you have Google/Apple "Maps" or "Calendar". It's standard to use such naming for apps within a branded suite.

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