I want to make sure that I understand this proposed GSoC task correctly: “Using Silverlight 2.0 build the UI for video editing software”. Below I wrote my understanding of the deliverable, my questions, bio, and risks. Please tell me if I got the idea right, thanks!
The deliverable will be a user-friendly Silverlight application for in-browser video editing. The app will be somewhat like - the GSoC 2005 Diva Video Editor http://mono-project.com/Summer2005#Diva , - the Top Banana MIX2007 http://silverlight.net/learn/learnvideo.aspx?video=125 applications. The well polished GUI should resemble specialized software like Apple’s iMovie and Adobe’s After Effects. The GUI will consist of: - preview area for the video, - timeline editor with drag-and-drop editing, skimming, trimming, cut & paste, slicing. - resource list (media library). - Tools to apply effects and transitions to the clips. The sample application should work within web browsers supporting Silverlight 2.0, be written in clean, maintainable code. Questions: 1. The Diva Video Editor was an incredible GUI program. We want a similar Silverlight/Moonlight alternative? 2. I am most comfortable working in C# in Visual Studio 2008, may I implement this application in Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Blend Suite? About me: My name is Dmitri Sadakov. I have a master’s degree in computer science, going on to PhD in CS, both from Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia. I’ve been a computer engineer for around 8 years, 6 of it devoted to C#, ASP.Net, and winforms. The most complicated coding project I have been involved in is NYSE backend website (http://www.nyse.com/) and the Eluma ( http://blog.go2web20.net/2008/05/eluma-as-desktop-client-for-friendfeed.html). My open source experience includes coding my masters degree application as open source samba crawler & search interface, Lan-Crawler ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/lan-crawler/). The last 2 years I have been working in ASP.Net, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, and objective-c, I am most comfortable working with C#. Creating an in-browser video editing application in Silverlight should be worth spending time on this summer. I am eager to increase Silverlight skills, and help the open source community. Also, lately I have been working a lot with Adobe After Effects for video editing and creating motion graphics. Risks: - I will need to research to understand the mechanics of grabbing images from video streams. - Same for the mechanics of applying transitions and effects - Moonlight 2.0 Beta will be released mid May 2009 http://www.mono-project.com/MoonlightRoadmap , there is a big chance of this video editor to not work on that beta. - The project might prove to be too hard for my experience with silverlight, then again it might not. Thanks, Dmitri Sadakov
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