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

[Massimo Stella]

I tested the latest Kdenlive from git and I found the new generators and 
the new library with the nesting function.
First of all I have to admit that you are doing a great job because 
kdenlive is growing very fast, it's becoming better and more stable.
I updated already my post about the new features.
I also tested the new powerful nesting function (even if I still believe 
that for professional purpose is essential to have the option to use 
more sequences in the same project) by opening a project long 7 minutes 
and 17 seconds formed by 8 tracks (5 video and 3 audio) with these results:

- When I tried to expand it in the new project timeline a message shown 
up telling me that there are not enough tracks but it didn't specify 
which kind of tracks, video or audio.

- For the first time I noticed that you can't add more than one track at 
time, so I had to repeat the operation more times.

- Kdenlive had problems to expand the virtual clip on the timeline in 
the correct way. I don't know if this latest issue is due to the fact 
that the original project was created by Kdenlive ver. 0.9.10. Anyway I 
imported it and saved it in the new format before to start with the 
nesting procedure. The main problem is that in the original project I 
put some audio clips also  on the lower video track. When Kdenlive 
expanded the the virtual clip I didn't found some audio clips and I 
found some video clips duplicated.

I hope this information can be useful.
Ciao.

Massimo.
Il 07/03/2016 18:33, Jean-Baptiste Mardelle ha scritto:
> On Monday, March 7, 2016 11:14:26 AM CET, Sam Muirhead wrote:
>> 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.
>
> In current git, I introduced a new "Library" widget that is designed 
> for that - storing and passing sequences between projects. The UI and 
> workflow could be improved, and it is not much tested but the most 
> important features should be here.
>
> To use it:
>
> 1 - Show the Library widget.
> 2 - Select whatever you want in timeline (clips, transitions)
> 3 - Copy timeline selection to Library (Using the Bookmark icon in 
> Library)
>
> This will put the sequence in the Library.
>
> Next, open another project where you want to use that sequence, and 
> simply drag and drop the sequence into this project's Bin.
>
> You now have a "nested" clip that can be inserted in timeline. Now the 
> best part is that you can "expand" this nested clip in timeline to 
> edit its clips/effects/transitions. To do this, select the sequence in 
> timeline, and go to the menu Timeline > Current Clip > Expand Current 
> Clip.
>
> This will restore the multi-track clips.
>
> regards
> jb
>
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