On Wed, 29 Apr 2009, Tom Piwowar wrote:
There are many, and only FCP requires a proprietary OS.
You forgot that there are some NLEs that also run on Windows. They are
not as good as the three choices provided by Apple, but they are there.
I have not looked at the NLEs available on Linux. What do you suggest?
I'm not the original poster, but in case people are interested in
the available choices on Linux, I thought I'd chime in with my
experiences. I don't think I can give an unqualified recommendation
to any of the packages (yet).
Cinelerra has been around the longest, derived from an older package
called "Broadcast 2000". It was the first one I tried, and I still
can't figure out the interface totally (I can do some things in it).
Kino is very simple, and fairly easy to use. Alas, it seems to be
limited in its codec support (mostly DV) and import support (firewire
only). I might use if it it supported more video codecs.
Avidemux is very good, supports lots of codecs, but is fairly simple
in its editing capabilities. If you don't need lots of fancy wipes and
fades, I'd recommend this.
Pitivi is very promising, but isn't yet stable. It has some transition
effects, and supports more codecs than Kino. I'd probably recommend it
once the stability is improved (no crashes). I like its interface.
Kdenlive is more stable than Pitivi, but not quite "production quality".
It seems to have more options for transitions, but the interface is a
little more complicated. If Avidemux doesn't do what you want, give
this one a try.
There are others I haven't yet tried. LiVES sounds interesting. And,
apparently, Blender (an open source 3D modeler/renderer) has video
editing capabilities. However, I was turned off by its interface for
3D modeling, so haven't tried it for video editing.
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Vicky Staubly http://www.steeds.com/vicky/ [email protected]
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