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> Everyone would love to switch to linux, except "I can't do X on linux, and I must have X". People are literally addicted to PCs, I think it's unhealthy. It's

by nickjj 8y ago

> Everyone would love to switch to linux, except "I can't do X on linux, and I must have X". People are literally addicted to PCs, I think it's unhealthy. It's not just about spending all your time using computers or addiction. I would like to switch to Linux but there's no screencast video editing tools that are comparable to Camtasia that run on Linux. I wouldn't call that an unhealthy addiction for sticking with Windows. It's a necessity for my line of business.

linuxftw 8y ago
There are screencast and video editing tools available for linux and they cost $0.
- nickjj 8y ago
  Yes but none of them are close to being comparable to Camtasia. Check my other reply at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19282459 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19282459.
- eropple 8y ago
  "Existing" and "being worth the aggravation to use" are significantly different things. 'nickjj has eloquently described the problems with pretty much everything available on Linux and I agree with him. I use Resolve, which does run on Linux, for video editing--but that's not the same thing he's talking about and I too use Camtasia on that dreaded, dreaded Windows for recording and editing down those sorts of presentations. Because to not do that would probably take half again as long, make for a worse end result, and have a direct impact on the likelihood of those clients buying from me or hiring me again. Sneering zealots are weird, man. Don't be That Guy.
sdfgsd3fgsdfg 8y ago
Did you try OBS Studio? https://obsproject.com/ https://obsproject.com/
tombert 8y ago
I'm not sure what you're trying to do, but OBS is pretty OK, while it takes a bit of a learning curve, Lightworks is pretty rad for video editing. If you haven't played with them, they're worth checking out.
- nickjj 8y ago
  OBS is amazing for streaming and recording but it's not equipped for editing previously recorded content. I have hundreds of screencasts I recorded where I record my desktop and sometimes a webcam in the corner. These screencasts are put together to create a video course, so they need to be super polished. With Camtasia it takes seconds to add really really nice looking tooltip pop ups, various text styles and arrows, smooth zoom / pans and even really neat animations that can be applied to anything. For example check out the intro video on https://diveintodocker.com/ https://diveintodocker.com/. That entire animation (and video) was made in Camtasia in a few minutes without needing to do anything other than drag a few sliders around until the speed was right and it looked reasonable. Camtasia is an all purpose screencast editing tool but they have no Linux port. I tried everything. Kdenlive, Lightworks, Shotcut, Open Shot, DaVinci Resolve and even Blender. They are all much much worse than Camtasia for editing screencast style videos (which are mostly around adding context related popups, dimming areas of the screen, adding text overlays, zooms, etc.). Worse as in, after 8 hours of trying to reproduce that Docker intro in Kdenlive I still didn't have anything that looked good with nothing in sight that would hint that I could do the things I could do in Camtasia. That was as of 2 months ago too.
  - linuxftw 8y ago
    That's a really nice video and your quippy narration is quite pleasant. I'll admit, my experience with video editing is quite minimal. I understand your reasoning for choosing the software you choose. My position is still don't use Windows.

by nickjj 8y ago

linuxftw 8y ago

There are screencast and video editing tools available for linux and they cost $0.

nickjj 8y ago
Yes but none of them are close to being comparable to Camtasia. Check my other reply at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19282459 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19282459.
eropple 8y ago
"Existing" and "being worth the aggravation to use" are significantly different things. 'nickjj has eloquently described the problems with pretty much everything available on Linux and I agree with him. I use Resolve, which does run on Linux, for video editing--but that's not the same thing he's talking about and I too use Camtasia on that dreaded, dreaded Windows for recording and editing down those sorts of presentations. Because to not do that would probably take half again as long, make for a worse end result, and have a direct impact on the likelihood of those clients buying from me or hiring me again. Sneering zealots are weird, man. Don't be That Guy.

sdfgsd3fgsdfg 8y ago

Did you try OBS Studio? https://obsproject.com/ https://obsproject.com/

tombert 8y ago

I'm not sure what you're trying to do, but OBS is pretty OK, while it takes a bit of a learning curve, Lightworks is pretty rad for video editing. If you haven't played with them, they're worth checking out.

nickjj 8y ago
OBS is amazing for streaming and recording but it's not equipped for editing previously recorded content. I have hundreds of screencasts I recorded where I record my desktop and sometimes a webcam in the corner. These screencasts are put together to create a video course, so they need to be super polished. With Camtasia it takes seconds to add really really nice looking tooltip pop ups, various text styles and arrows, smooth zoom / pans and even really neat animations that can be applied to anything. For example check out the intro video on https://diveintodocker.com/ https://diveintodocker.com/. That entire animation (and video) was made in Camtasia in a few minutes without needing to do anything other than drag a few sliders around until the speed was right and it looked reasonable. Camtasia is an all purpose screencast editing tool but they have no Linux port. I tried everything. Kdenlive, Lightworks, Shotcut, Open Shot, DaVinci Resolve and even Blender. They are all much much worse than Camtasia for editing screencast style videos (which are mostly around adding context related popups, dimming areas of the screen, adding text overlays, zooms, etc.). Worse as in, after 8 hours of trying to reproduce that Docker intro in Kdenlive I still didn't have anything that looked good with nothing in sight that would hint that I could do the things I could do in Camtasia. That was as of 2 months ago too.
- linuxftw 8y ago
  That's a really nice video and your quippy narration is quite pleasant. I'll admit, my experience with video editing is quite minimal. I understand your reasoning for choosing the software you choose. My position is still don't use Windows.