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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. <br>
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<p><b>Background</b><br>
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<p>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. <br>
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<p>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. <br>
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<p><b>Problems/suggestions</b><br>
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<p> 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.</p>
<p>volume control and fading <br>
-the way kdenlive adjusts clip volume is painful. i expect most
people want to adjust the volume of an entire clip.<br>
this should be easy, like just dragging up and down on the clip
with a modifier key maybe.<br>
- adjusting brightness,(luminosity) is basically the same function
to video as volume is to sound and should be <br>
done in a similar way. (like a modifier key and drag to move the
brightness level for the whole clip. and if <br>
more soffisticated curve is needed have a pen tool (double click
to make points) much like final cut or premier. <br>
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group selection <br>
-the group clip select seems to be left out. The drag box over
multiple clips or shift left-click feature is essential. <br>
it seems to be
replaced by the spacer tool, which i think is a bad decision and makes
it much slower to use. <br>
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multitrack editor zooming<br>
-the multitrack frame could use hot-key zooming in both
x-axis(time) and
y-axis(track height). this is really<br>
useful when lining up transitions
to audio waveforms and detail in the waveform needed, or when using a<br>
pen tool to make a complicated curve for volume or some effect. <br>
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features/tools<br>
-I would prefer all features, or most all features, with hot-key
modifies in one tool. (and maybe have other <br>
tools for specific functions
for those who want it.)<br>
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the new version is extremely slow when rendering. <br>
-even with no effect my clips play with some chop
(720x640@30fps), i am using the automatic video driver (could<br>
there be a gl driver like mplayer has?)<br>
-also, the render-out functionality i thought was like in final
cut or premier, to render transitions and what not to a<br>
cache so playback is smooth. <br>
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video effects<br>
- i think simple video effects (flip, color(enhance,adjust),
slow-mo, crop/resize) should be easier to get to than the other ones. <br>
also premier has an awesome function that all settings on all
effects are animatable(adjust with time). i dont know<br>
how easy this would be to impliment but its very powerful. <br>
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<p>render out<br>
-the render out interface is awesome, but most of the videos it
rendered did not work (couldnet even play in mplayer) i know <br>
this is a complex issue and needs to be troubleshot before i can
give you useful feedback. right now i just use uncrompressed<br>
output and compress with ffmpeg. <br>
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conclusion<br>
kdenlive is awesome, and i love using it. unfortanatly there are
some features which are very hard to use and these happen to<br>
be the most important features, at least for me. common features in
both other major editors(finalcut and premier) are probably <br>
good ones that most people like and i would like to see them
implemented in kdenlive. <br>
i hope you all continue to improve kdenlive and my suggestions are
helpful. <br>
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thanks a lot for all your efforts!<br>
<br>
alex<br>
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