[kdenlive] Frame by frame editing and using JKL

[Narcis Garcia]

About "One frame backward/forward" I think it's more intuitive as is in
Kdenlive: left and right arrow keys.
Anyway, in the Settings menu, you can configure these concrete Shortcuts.

I suppose more shortcuts should be configurable about play speed and
direction.


El 28/04/16 a les 22:52, Matthias Paillard ha escrit:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> First time speaking here, I hope it's okay. I've recently upgraded
> Kdenlive with the master PPA and I'm quite glad with the new changes.
> The work on this project is amazing. I have even used the old 0.9
> something version of Kdenlive, and loved it.
> 
> However, there is one thing I'm still struggling with, that I've kind of
> seen talked about on the mailing list, but I have not seen exactly my
> problem on the suggestion list.
> 
> The thing is, most of my past work have been with FCP7 and FCPX, and
> like AVID (which I have never used nonetheless) FCP is great for editing
> with only the keyboard. But the problem I have is not with
> Insert/Replace clips, no, it's the use of JKL and IO. These shortcuts
> work, but not quite in the same way than FCP, which is fine, but still
> not very intuitive or responsive. When I press K, I have a two seconds
> delay, longer that if I use Space for some reason. J will play backward,
> but at lot faster than L (on the last master version I have). I and O
> work fine though.
> 
> And to choose an entry point frame by frame, I have to use the arrows,
> and it's still not very responsive. I guess this is due to the fact I
> work mostly with H264/AVCHD files, but the frames jumps around and I'm
> lost after a few frames.
> 
> So my suggestion would be to try to go a more like FCP. Which is:
> 
> J : Play backward at normal speed. Play faster if pushed more than one time.
> L : Play forward at normal speed. Play faster if pushed more than one time.
> K : Pause.
> Hold K + J : One frame backward.
> HoldK + L : One frame forward.
> HoldK + Hold J : 50% speed backward.
> HoldK + Hold L : 50% speed forward.
> 
> I don't know about others editing software, but for me it was the most
> intuitive. Maybe something better can be made, but I believe right now
> Kdenlive is not very intuitive to edit frame by frame.
> 
> One last thing is the audio. Having the audio to play, even in in
> reverse, is really useful. Especially frame by frame. Having the 1/24
> second of the audio to play when seeking frame by frame allows the
> editor to know exactly when something hits the ground, or someone talks,
> etc.
> 
> The addition of the waveform and the sound levels in the monitor helps
> greatly though, and I'm glad it's here.
> 
> -- 
> Matthias Paillard
> 
> 06 81 56 60 27
> 
> 
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