On 2021/12/21 at 05:13pm, Wols Lists wrote:
> On 21/12/2021 16:07, Spackman, Chris wrote:
> > On 2021/12/20 at 11:17am, William Kenworthy wrote:
> >> Hi, what is a usable piece of software in portage to do a quick edit of
> >> a movie? (cut start/end and maybe splice a bit in/out of the middle?)
> > I've not seen anyone mention OpenShot. It is in portage, but masked for
> > some reason.
> > As someone else mentioned, you do have to create a project and then
> > export. Really, though, the "create project, make export choices" is
> > only like an extra minute or two of your time. I usually don't even save
> > the project for just some simple trimming.
> It may be a minute or two of YOUR time.
>
> For someone who doesn't "DO" video editing, it can easily turn into
> hours of debugging trying to work out what does (or doesn't) work.
>
> Sorry, but you can't assume we're all video whizzes like you ... :-)
> That's why we want something dummy-proof!
Wow, sorry, didn't realize this was such a sore issue. Especially
considering we've already discussed several command line programs in
this thread.
To export:
1. press the red circular "export video" button (or go to File =>
Export Project => Export Video);
2a. [optional] change the name of the video in the export window that
pops up;
2b. press the "export video" button at the bottom of the window. Here,
for me, the defaults work fine.
I did it three times in less than a minute, double checking the accuracy
for this post. So, not a huge inconvenience.
Of course, if the defaults do NOT work for you, then you do not want
something "dead easy", you want something that will read your mind and
do what you want, somehow, automagically.
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ESL Coordinator The Graham Family of Schools
ESL Educator Columbus State Community College
Japan Exchange and Teaching Program Wajima, Ishikawa 1995-1998
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