[kdenlive] Comparision between Kdenlive and AVID, Premiere and FCP

[Sam Muirhead]

Hi Massimo,
this is a phenomenal post - this kind of deep anaylsis is extremely valuable 
and I think we're all very grateful for the work you put into it.

I completely agree with your (constructive) criticism and although there's 
clearly still a way for this program to go, though it is a good sign that 
most of the major hurdles to professional adoption can now fit within a one 
clear post!

Regarding the different trim modes, there is some Ripple functionality, at 
least: 'Ripple Delete' deletes the selected zone between In and Out points on 
all unlocked tracks, and slides everything back to fill the gap:
https://userbase.kde.org/Kdenlive/Manual/Timeline/Editing#Cutting_Footage_from_multiple_aligned_tracks_-_Ripple_Delete

The only important workflow issue which I think wasn't covered (though you 
somewhat touched upon it in the 'nesting' section) is copying cut clips and 
edited sections between different projects.

I see that in 15.12 there's an 'export' option which creates an MLT playlist 
of part of a timeline, but this doesn't provide the same flexibility as 
copying a complex section of different clips, transitions and effects on 
different tracks and pasting *exactly that* into another sequence, so that 
individual clips can still be adjusted.

That for me is a big issue that slows me down and stops me from recommending 
Kdenlive to others just yet.

But in all respects Kdenlive is getting much better, much faster than in 
previous years, so many thanks to JB, Vincent, and the other code 
contributors, as well as the active community making tutorials, writing 
documentation, working on design, writing bug reports and doing great work 
like this, Massimo!


----Sam Muirhead
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