This seems like a great questionare for the FAQ. To summarize, the feature requests are: - zoom be y axis (height) - hard grouping of clips (lock clips, not just to be able to select them as a group you can now) - cache + proxy support - keyframe framework for automation of effects/events
You also seem to have a OS related problem, i can playback raw m2t @ 1920x1080 25p without problems even with effects, and it seems to affect your rendering too. Enjoy, Slavko On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 3:10 PM, aia8v <aia8v at virginia.edu> wrote: > im not sure if this kind of feedback is wanted or if this is the right > place to deliver it, but here are my thoughts on the newest version of > kdenlive. > > > *Background* > > I am a linux user who has been waiting for a decent video editor, > comparable to final cut and premier, for a long time. kdenlive is, in my > opinion, the only editor for linux which comes close. > > the 0.7.2.1 release shows awesome improvement, but a few very essential > features are missing/removed from kdenlive. because i enjoy this software so > much i thought i would give some feedback to the developers. most of my > editing needs are short clips put to audio/music and put on the web, > basically the average youtube user. > > * > * > > *Problems/suggestions* > > from my experience editing the multi-track frame is where all the work > is done, and this part of the editor is vital for the program to be useful. > the general multi-track editing is similar in all track -editing programs, > but there are a few essential features which i think have been left out of > kdenlive which really hurt its usability. The most common operations should > have functional precedence and from my experience, volume control and fading > are the two most common operations. i find these very hard to do in > kdenlive. > > volume control and fading > -the way kdenlive adjusts clip volume is painful. i expect most people > want to adjust the volume of an entire clip. > this should be easy, like just dragging up and down on the clip with a > modifier key maybe. > - adjusting brightness,(luminosity) is basically the same function to > video as volume is to sound and should be > done in a similar way. (like a modifier key and drag to move the > brightness level for the whole clip. and if > more soffisticated curve is needed have a pen tool (double click to > make points) much like final cut or premier. > Brightness can be edited by adding the brightness plugin (and you get a nice line on the video clip itself to manipulate) > > > group selection > -the group clip select seems to be left out. The drag box over multiple > clips or shift left-click feature is essential. > it seems to be replaced by the spacer tool, which i think is a bad > decision and makes it much slower to use. > > > multitrack editor zooming > -the multitrack frame could use hot-key zooming in both x-axis(time) > and y-axis(track height). this is really > useful when lining up transitions to audio waveforms and detail in the > waveform needed, or when using a > pen tool to make a complicated curve for volume or some effect. > > > features/tools > -I would prefer all features, or most all features, with hot-key > modifies in one tool. (and maybe have other > tools for specific functions for those who want it.) > > > the new version is extremely slow when rendering. > -even with no effect my clips play with some chop (720x640 at 30fps), > i am using the automatic video driver (could > there be a gl driver like mplayer has?) > -also, the render-out functionality i thought was like in final cut > or premier, to render transitions and what not to a > cache so playback is smooth. > > > video effects > - i think simple video effects (flip, color(enhance,adjust), > slow-mo, crop/resize) should be easier to get to than the other ones. > also premier has an awesome function that all settings on all > effects are animatable(adjust with time). i dont know > how easy this would be to impliment but its very powerful. > > > render out > -the render out interface is awesome, but most of the videos it > rendered did not work (couldnet even play in mplayer) i know > this is a complex issue and needs to be troubleshot before i can give > you useful feedback. right now i just use uncrompressed > output and compress with ffmpeg. > > > > conclusion > kdenlive is awesome, and i love using it. unfortanatly there are some > features which are very hard to use and these happen to > be the most important features, at least for me. common features in both > other major editors(finalcut and premier) are probably > good ones that most people like and i would like to see them implemented in > kdenlive. > i hope you all continue to improve kdenlive and my suggestions are > helpful. > > thanks a lot for all your efforts! > > alex > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, > CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the > Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source > participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: > SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _______________________________________________ > Kdenlive-devel mailing list > Kdenlive-devel at lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kdenlive-devel > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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