What's the easiest-to-use video editor?

[Dazed_75]

I would concur with Alan's assessments.  I have used OpenShot rather more
than the others because I like it a lot, it has seemed more stable to me,
and while I was using it it evolved fairly rapidly.  Ubuntu adopted PiTivi
at the same time OpenShot was being considered.  Personally, I thought
OpenShot was clearly better and more stable.  All that said, I have not used
any of them in about 6 months.

On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Alan Dayley <adayley at gmail.com> wrote:

> I can provide some of my own experience here.
>
> First off, some of those on the list Synaptic creates are not what I
> would call video editors, though they may have excellent other uses.
> Here are the ones I have used or played with:
>
> avidemux
> Great "quick and dirty" editor for simply cuts, appending videos
> together, resolution transformations, format translations and audio
> extraction.  Not very good at titles and the like though it has some
> of that ability.  When I want to do a quick cut or translate from one
> encoding to another, this is what I use.
>
> cinelerra
> Very complex, high end, high control.  If you use this make sure you
> have lots of RAM, CPU and monitor space.  I've not used it much
> because it's overwhelming in capability.  Probably great for
> professionals or someone who likes lots of control.
>
> kdenlive
> Very promising application.  Looks and feels similar to Apple's
> iMovie.  Should be a good amateur editor if it would be stable.  About
> 9 months ago when I tried it crashes were common.  Could have been my
> video driver or something so your mileage may vary.
>
> kino
> Great for extracting raw digital video from your camera if that is
> what your camera creates.  OK with basic cuts and title screens but
> the interface is pretty technical instead of user friendly.  Still use
> it for capturing from our old camera but then edit the video
> elsewhere.  Has improved by leaps and bounds over the past couple of
> years.
>
> openshot
> I've only played with this one but looks really nice.  Similar to
> kdenlive and seems to target the same capability level.  Did not crash
> a lot but have not used it much yet.  I think this one has a photo
> slideshow maker where you just point it at a directory of photos and
> it builds the video for you.
>
> For the uses requested, kdenlive and openshot are probably what you
> are looking for, assuming they work well for you.
>
> Alan
>
> On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 2:55 PM, keith smith <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'd like to piggyback on this one.  I recently bought a camera with the
> intention of creating YouTube videos.  I was going to use the windows movie
> maker, however now I'm wondering if Linux might have something better.  I'm
> thinking I will need to take an audio recording and apply some photos to
> make a video, add a graphic to the start and end of an actual video and
> apply a logo and website address to the entire video.  I need something easy
> to use. I don't intend on becoming a film maker however if there are
> advanced tools I'd be interested in hearing about them.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > ------------------------
> > Keith Smith
> >
> > --- On Mon, 11/8/10, joe at actionline.com <joe at actionline.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: joe at actionline.com <joe at actionline.com>
> > Subject: What's the easiest-to-use video editor?
> > To: plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> > Date: Monday, November 8, 2010, 2:25 PM
> >
> > .
> > What is the easiest-to-use video editor?
> >
> > On my system, Synaptic lists more than a dozen different video editors
> > that are available, only one of which shows as being installed, called
> > mjpegtools ... but I can'y find it or how to start it.
> >
> > Among the others that appear as available to install are these:
> >
> > avidemux (plus a command line 'cli' option)
> > bombono-dvd
> > cinelerra
> > dvd-backup
> > fotowall
> > gjacktransport
> > gnonlin
> > jahshaka
> > kdenlive
> > kino
> > lives
> > mlt
> > mythtv
> > openmovieeditor
> > openshot
> > pitivi
> > wmwebcam
> >
> > I've read the Synaptic short descriptions for each of these, but can't
> > figure out which one or two might be the best to try.
> >
> > All I want to do is to be able to import mp3 videos, cut out unwanted
> > portions from the beginning, middle, and end to make them each one
> > shorter, and then combine two or more into a single video.
> >
> > Also, I'd like to be able to add a title and perhaps captions to some
> > segments; perhaps add or replace an existing audio track; and convert to
> > whatever would be the most disk-space efficient format(s) for viewing
> > either on youtube or as an embedded video on my website.
> >
> > What would y'all recommend?
> >
> >
> >
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