[Kdenlive-devel] Usability test (by me!)

[Reinhard Amersberger]

kdenlive-devel at lists.sourceforge.net schrieb am 24.08.03 10:35:21:
> > 1. Import clips:
> > here I would like to trim the clip(s) just inside the import dialog to
> > finally import them into the project manager and/or directly to the
> > timeline. So the clip preview should work ;-)
> 
> Ok. After it had been trimmed, would you want it to appear in the clip preview 
> as *just* that section that you trimmed, or would you want the entire clip to 
> appear with in/outpoints at the position you had set?


Good question!
Originally I just thought about the second option, but having both would be the best ;-)
The first one is sometimes called as SubClib (AFAIK used by avid e.g.).

Another useful option I can think of is having the possibiloty to add _several_ I/O regions to a file.
So, maybe another guy on another machine could create this regions and the video editor just have to open this prepared file in his editing suite to finally import this regions to the timeline ....

Oh, btw ... having a automatical scene detection (creating this regions as well) for already captured movie clips, as well as during capture process is very helpful too ;-)


 
> > 6. Adding text ...  hopefully directly to the PIP:
> > This is a feature I want to have, but haven't find it yet, because every
> > NLE I used just add the title in a separate track only :-( So when my PIP
> > is moving from left to right, for example, I need to copy the parameters of
> > the PIP movement and paste them onto this title added to the PIP, to sync
> > the movement of the PIP and the added title. But this steps wouldn't be
> > required, if it would be possible to add the title directly onto a clip,
> > just like adding an effect.
> 
> Well, there are two ways to look at this. The first is that text is an effect, 
> but that does not help you much if you want, for example, a picture overlayed 
> over part of the PIP - say, if you want to have a fancy border around the 
> PIP.
> 
> The other way to look at it is that the PIP clip would be a composite clip 
> containing both the text track and the video track. Then, both would be 
> overlayed on the PIP correctly.
> 
> I'm not sure how to make this really easy to use yet, but I'll have a think 
> about it.


GREAT! :-)

greetings
Reinhard