For short video editing it is perfect. For large projects I prefer Blender.
Interesting. I had not realized Blender could be used for video editing too.
Shotcut: Free, open source, cross-platform video editor
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Re: Shotcut: Free, open source, cross-platform video editor
#22On the free, closs-platform video editor side of things (-open source) Da Vinci is worth a look or two as well. Kdenlive is another foss editor based on MLT, like Shotcut.
Da Vinci just crashes for me, over and over. Its been one of the least stable apps I've ever encountered .. so, ymmv.
Most of the video editing programs I have used (Sony, Corel, Cyberlink, Panasonic) crash often. On this HN, it looks the same for FOSS also. Is there some specific reason behind this?
Re: Shotcut: Free, open source, cross-platform video editor
#23For short video editing it is perfect. For large projects I prefer Blender.
Interesting. I had not realized Blender could be used for video editing too.
After trying out multiple different video editors for simple editing on linux, I've ended up sticking to Blender. There's just no beating the fluidity with which you can throw video and audio channels around, group them, apply effects to groups, etc. It probably helps that I taught myself how to 3d model in blender so I was familiar with the shortcuts: Like every other feature of blender, it has a steep learning curve.
Re: Shotcut: Free, open source, cross-platform video editor
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
There is a snap package, does that not work for you?
From the description, that is just the app.. not the dependencies... So the snap doesn't really add anything (other than confinement) compared to the tar.
Thanks, I see. Unfortunately I don't have my Linux machine with. I'll try it later and report my experience.
Re: Shotcut: Free, open source, cross-platform video editor
#25Video editing is not my thing, but thumbs up for doing it as native app across all three major desktop OSes.
Re: Shotcut: Free, open source, cross-platform video editor
#26For short video editing it is perfect. For large projects I prefer Blender.
Interesting. I had not realized Blender could be used for video editing too.
Yep, there are quite a few movies done with it, all 3D though.
Re: Shotcut: Free, open source, cross-platform video editor
#27I would like to have a simple free video editor that can cut and append files together without re-encoding. It's doable with avidemux, but it is just pain to manage.
Re: Shotcut: Free, open source, cross-platform video editor
#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
Da Vinci just crashes for me, over and over. Its been one of the least stable apps I've ever encountered .. so, ymmv.
Most of the video editing programs I have used (Sony, Corel, Cyberlink, Panasonic) crash often. On this HN, it looks the same for FOSS also. Is there some specific reason behind this?
I do some video editing contract work from time to time. I never know what I will have to use so I have pretty much used all of them. They are unstable because they require huge amount of resources, especially if your looking for 4k source material.
You must have a very powerful machine. I don't have many crashes when working on high end custom built machines, but they do happen.
From most stable to least stable for me have been:
1) Lightworks (2010 announced they were moving to Open Sourcing the code, still hasn't really happened) It has been used for decades now to make Oscar winning films. If you understand the analog way of editing video this makes a lot more sense. Its basically free but has a HUGE learning curve
2) DaVinci Resolve (Most people use it only for color correction but they have added editing recently) My preferred and the one I recommend to everyone when asked what to use.
3) Sony now Magix Vegas Pro - My previously recommended and preferred video editor does a great job on keeping the work flow the work flow and not getting in your way (Lightworks actually does this best but man it is hard to get through the learning curve)
4) Adobe Premier - This thing is a BEAST but it is the defacto standard. Moderate learning curve but it is cross compatible and has every tool available. Great eco-system.
105) Final Cut Pro - I cringe when I have to use it. Only reason this thing has such a following is it is so hard to learn another video editor. Premier was the standard and somehow Final Cut Pro took over around 2008. Boy I really never liked it, but I was always in the minority till the Final Cut X came out. I have lost hours of work and I have also lost hours of work because case sensitivity is optional on OS X and MacOS.
Re: Shotcut: Free, open source, cross-platform video editor
#29Making cross-platform video editor is no easy task, kudos. I'll definitively check it out.
May I suggest working on your logo and loosing the AdSense ads on your page? Unfortunately, AdSense ads are borderline malware these days. I got one for MacKeeper and another for a fishy VPN.
Re: Shotcut: Free, open source, cross-platform video editor
#30On the free, closs-platform video editor side of things (-open source) Da Vinci is worth a look or two as well. Kdenlive is another foss editor based on MLT, like Shotcut.
I've been using Kdenlive for moderately complex projects (now editing an action short and my first feature film!), and I've found it surprisingly good. It does crash every once in a while but generally does what it's supposed to do. It's a shame that interop with Shotcut isn't great, even though both save their projects as MLT XML. I think there's just one property that you need to add to a Kdenlive XML to make it re…
> Tried Davinci Resolve as well. I generally like it, but find it less intuitive to use than Kdenlive (surprisingly, given one is commercial and the other is open source).
Initially Davinci Resolve was born a color grading tool, not a non-linear editor (that's why there a whole tab dedicated to color). The NLE capabilities were added after it was bought by Black Magic Design. That may explain this lack of intuitiveness.