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Video editing. There’s Kdenlive and OpenShot that are maybe the most well-established, but they we’re both very buggy the last time I dealt with them, and they

Video editing. There’s Kdenlive and OpenShot that are maybe the most well-established, but they we’re both very buggy the last time I dealt with them, and they’re nowhere near featureful as what’s available commercially. I think we could benefit from a well-know MovieMaker equivalent. Something that isn’t featureful, but is reliable (read: doesn’t crash) and intuitive.

Jowsey 7y ago
Piggybacking on this, a version of After Effects for Linux would allow me to completely switch from Windows. There's a few video editors for Linux to rival things like Premiere but no proper FX/GFX editors with things like particles, audio spectrums, all the nice-to-haves. Once I can create the flashy animation style stuff I regularly create and not just Windows XP Movie Maker-level animations, I'd pay any price and switch to Linux in a heartbeat.
slenk 7y ago
This. I so want something as good as Adobe Premier because I can't justify paying monthly for it, but i am always disappointed.
slantyyz 7y ago
The low-end video editing market also hasn't been satisfied with closed source proprietary software either. Yes, there are a lot of players, especially on the Windows side in the under $100 price range, but nothing I've used has been comparable to iMovie on the Mac. It's the one void that hasn't been filled for me since switching from Mac to Windows. I've purchased Cyberlink PowerDirector, Corel VideoStudio and Premiere Elements, and I didn't find them to be very good. There's too much of a sloppy "kitchen sink" mentality to them. I actually found Windows Movie Maker to be better than the aforementioned products, but that got discontinued without a replacement for quite some time. There's now a "Video Editor" application which is part of "Photos" that is serviceable, but I would gladly pay a Windows app that is akin to iMovie - simple, focused and functional.
pinouchon 7y ago
I'am about to try DaVinci Resolve as an alternative to Premiere (I used Premiere in the past). But I don't want to fork $20 per month because I don't use it that often. A good opensource video editing software (or NLE non-linear editing as they call it) would be great.
- arvinsim 7y ago
  Wait, isn't DaVinci Resolve a one time purchase of $299? Or am I missing something?
  - gen3 7y ago
    They have a free version thats good enough for a lot of people. I'm assuming they use that.
  - mmerlin 7y ago
    Free if you only use one GPU. DaVinci Resolve is a pretty solid choice.
jadbox 7y ago
I've heard several video pros swear by Blender that it works wonders as a video editor, but I don't have experience in that area.
mikekchar 7y ago
I've tried everything that I can find and in the end I decided that my best bet was Blender. It's the only thing which is reasonably bug free and has a UX that allows you to get work done at a reasonable speed. I would say that even without considering bugs, the biggest problem with the free/open source video editors out there is that the work flow is truly awful for doing repetitive actions. I think the pull to be "easy for beginners" is just too strong. The applications turn into a frustrating exercise in precision mouse clicking. Blender's UX is actually awesome... but intuitive it is not, unfortunately. I think it too me 2 days just to configure it before I got started LOL.
miedpo 7y ago
It takes a bit of getting used to but VSDC does fill the Movie Maker spot pretty well. The hard part is that things are in a few menus, but once you got that down, it's pretty good. Edit: Not Open Source though, woops. Still a good sibstitute since Microsoft doesn't host Movie Maker anymore.

Jowsey 7y ago

Piggybacking on this, a version of After Effects for Linux would allow me to completely switch from Windows. There's a few video editors for Linux to rival things like Premiere but no proper FX/GFX editors with things like particles, audio spectrums, all the nice-to-haves. Once I can create the flashy animation style stuff I regularly create and not just Windows XP Movie Maker-level animations, I'd pay any price and switch to Linux in a heartbeat.

slenk 7y ago

This. I so want something as good as Adobe Premier because I can't justify paying monthly for it, but i am always disappointed.

slantyyz 7y ago

The low-end video editing market also hasn't been satisfied with closed source proprietary software either. Yes, there are a lot of players, especially on the Windows side in the under $100 price range, but nothing I've used has been comparable to iMovie on the Mac. It's the one void that hasn't been filled for me since switching from Mac to Windows. I've purchased Cyberlink PowerDirector, Corel VideoStudio and Premiere Elements, and I didn't find them to be very good. There's too much of a sloppy "kitchen sink" mentality to them. I actually found Windows Movie Maker to be better than the aforementioned products, but that got discontinued without a replacement for quite some time. There's now a "Video Editor" application which is part of "Photos" that is serviceable, but I would gladly pay a Windows app that is akin to iMovie - simple, focused and functional.

pinouchon 7y ago

I'am about to try DaVinci Resolve as an alternative to Premiere (I used Premiere in the past). But I don't want to fork $20 per month because I don't use it that often. A good opensource video editing software (or NLE non-linear editing as they call it) would be great.

arvinsim 7y ago
Wait, isn't DaVinci Resolve a one time purchase of $299? Or am I missing something?
- gen3 7y ago
  They have a free version thats good enough for a lot of people. I'm assuming they use that.
- mmerlin 7y ago
  Free if you only use one GPU. DaVinci Resolve is a pretty solid choice.

jadbox 7y ago

I've heard several video pros swear by Blender that it works wonders as a video editor, but I don't have experience in that area.

mikekchar 7y ago

I've tried everything that I can find and in the end I decided that my best bet was Blender. It's the only thing which is reasonably bug free and has a UX that allows you to get work done at a reasonable speed. I would say that even without considering bugs, the biggest problem with the free/open source video editors out there is that the work flow is truly awful for doing repetitive actions. I think the pull to be "easy for beginners" is just too strong. The applications turn into a frustrating exercise in precision mouse clicking. Blender's UX is actually awesome... but intuitive it is not, unfortunately. I think it too me 2 days just to configure it before I got started LOL.

miedpo 7y ago

It takes a bit of getting used to but VSDC does fill the Movie Maker spot pretty well. The hard part is that things are in a few menus, but once you got that down, it's pretty good. Edit: Not Open Source though, woops. Still a good sibstitute since Microsoft doesn't host Movie Maker anymore.