On Wed, 21 May 2008 12:14:41 +0200, xirtus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Cinelerra mailing list. > I don't know if this is the place to go, but Cinelerra is amazing and when > I heard the plan for Lumiera, I felt obliged to contact. > > I think there is a strong need for a open source thumbnail based video > editor like imovie08. ... > I just think at this point thumbnail based editing is imperative, and could > be easy. Many already do this to some degree, editing smaller compressed > files and then applying the edit marks to the identical higher definition > files. Hmmm, does Imovie call these "thumbnails"? The conventional terminology for it is a "proxy". Easy proxy editing has been on the wishlist for quite some time, since HD video with formats like HDV is too slow without it. > I say conventionalize it. make it standard practice for cinelarra to make > thumbnails out of your clips for you, using your preferred thumbnail codec, > -open source. Proxies will certainly be integrated into Lumiera. For Cinelerra, we'll see. I certainly want it. But I want it to be good, convenient and easy. -- Herman Robak _______________________________________________ Cinelerra mailing list Cinelerra@skolelinux.no https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra
