I have hope that this: http://ubuntustudio.org/ will be the great opensource media creation Linux distro--but we'll see ... I need to get a PC so I can test this out when it's ready.
Bill Streeter LO-FI SAINT LOUIS www.lofistl.com www.billstreeter.net --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Tom Gosse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Saturday 24 February 2007 08:14 pm, Nox Dineen wrote: > > I'm swapping back to Linux on my laptop, and although I'll keep > > Windows on my desktop (my main video editing machine), I will be using > > the lappy to do some video stuff when I'm away from home. > > > > I'm wondering of anybody here uses Linux, and if so what you're using > > to edit video. I never did find anything decent for photo or video > > work (GIMP just doesn't cut it for me, I'm a Photoshop girl). > > > > Thanks, > > Nox > > -- > Tom Gosse > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I'm using Linux as my primary operating system now. My Windoze machine died, > I lost a lot of video editing software and I can't afford $300 to $500 to > upgrade to Vista. > > Here is a link to a site about movies on Linux: http://linuxmovies.org > > From what I've read, and I haven't read everything, there are no programs for > Linux that compare to Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, or Apple's Final Cut > Pro. The really good programs used by the big studios in Hollywood are all > proprietary software developed especially for them. I've just installed Kino > but haven't had a chance to play with it yet. > > I don't think Linux will have any really good video editing programs for the > average user for quite some time. For one thing, the installed base of home > desktop users is too small. Because Linux is a more efficient OS it doesn't > have a lot of routines that automatically install and tweak programs for the > user. You need to get "under the hood" and do a lot of tweaking on your own. > That's more work than the average user wants to do. As one friend of mine > put it: he want's to edit video, not learn how to program the Bash shell. > > Good luck, and keep us posted on how goes your editing on Linux. > > Tom Gosse > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
