[Kdenlive-devel] Hello! :-)

[Jason Wood]

On Thursday 22 Aug 2002 8:58 pm, booker wrote:
> > The priority
> > at the moment is on getting the user interface finished and a usable
> > version of Kdenlive! released.
>
> Apropos "Interface":

At the moment, I am basing it largely on my experiences using Adobe Premier, 
and what I have seen of Final Cut Pro.

So, most initial functionality will work via drag 'n' drop and mouse. There 
will be a timeline, there will be a monitor to see what you are doing, there 
will be a project list where you can see all of the clips you have imported.

> I tell him about the Mustux-Project:
> http://www.freesoftware.fsf.org/mustux/ , that could be helpful for your
> project, because it offers a new way to navigate through your application
> or during the editing process.
>
> The mustux page is a little bit messily at the moment, because the complete
> project is leaving sourceforge and shifting to savannah.
> But you can check out the functionality by using Protux:
> http://www.freesoftware.fsf.org/protux/.
>
> So please check out Protux ... you will like it! :-)

I tried protux (version 12, 14 & 15), but I don't seem to be able to get it to 
do anything other than bring up a blank screen or segfault, and I'm not sure 
why. I'll try again later this week.

>From what little I learned, I assume it's a similar interface in many ways to 
Blender - it makes full use of the keyboard so that your not limited to 
merely three "commands" that can be achieved with the mouse.

I am quite fond of these kind of programs, but they tend not to be the easiest 
interfaces to learn, which is why I am sticking to the familiar 
click-and-drag interface for the moment, but I'll definitely be adding some 
similar "power user" mode at some later date.

Cheers,
Jason

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