[Kdenlive-devel] Next release & roadmap...

[Dan Dennedy]

On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 5:55 AM, jb <jb at kdenlive.org> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I just made a big commit enabling track effects. So you can now drag & drop an
> effect on a track header and it will be appied on the whole track.
>
> I still have to do some work on it (currently they are not correctly saved so
> use only for testing, also have to disable keyframable effects for tracks), and
> polishing.
>
> Apart from that, I think it's important to release a new version soon. So if
> anyone agrees, we could enter in feature freeze in the next days (I hope to
> finish my effect track stuff in the next 3-4 days) and concentrate on bug fixing
> for the next 3 weeks.
>
> String freeze could be planned in 10 days, so that we have the following
> timeline:
>
> 1st of september: string freeze
> 13th of september: release Kdenlive 0.7.8
>
> After that, I think we can work on Kdenlive 0.8, for which I want to implement
> proxy editing which is a much requested feature.
>
> If anybody has ideas or comments, please speak

Things I would like to get in:

- enhancements to Slideshow clip window to enable recent MLT
enhancements (center crop, Ken Burns effect, and forthcoming random
option for transition). I would love to get some volunteer help here
because I am still not comfortable with code that must interact with
the kdenlive doc.

- additional items in Advanced section of Clip Properties based on a
couple things in development (luma handling) and 2 old things
(top-field-first toggle and display aspect ratio)

Finally, what is the state of the "Region" stuff you have added?
Firstly, I think "Region" is a horrible name. I know it comes from
MLT, but I did not name it that. Secondly, the problems you mentioned.
Thirdly, the usability and usefulness problems I mentioned in my
thread with Till about masks. (Mask is the better term, and I suggest
to reserve the term Matte to use when one applies a Mask
to the alpha channel for compositing. Otherwise, a filters Mask will
not alter the original alpha channel or its modifications for the
purposes of compositing.)

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