On Wed, 2011-06-15 at 16:19 -0400, Chase Adams wrote: > Mr. Lewis, to answer your question, Pitivi supports a couple basic > transitions right now. Transition effects have been on the roadmap for > years, and for what its worth, my guess is more advanced transitions > will stay unimplemented until a GSoC-er decides to take them as a project. > Cool, I'm glad to know where things are... I'd be interested to know what options there are currently, and how that is implemented in the UI, but I do understand the problem... obviously there is always a funding and manpower issue with this kind of application as with many open source apps. I wonder what the solution is, because there are plenty of applications where I would happily pay to have a polished "commercial grade" implementation on Linux, or in the hopes of reaching that goal.... I think PiTiVi had great potential, it is easy to use, intuitive, and it works well, it's improving rapidly and most importantly, it's "done right", using gstreamer etc.... I think that gstreamer is one of the most significant components to come to the linux desktop, probably ever...
What I'm saying, is... I am not in a position to contribute code, but I think that there are a lot of people like me, who would contribute financially if we thought it would make a difference, and if there was an obvious way to do that.... James > -Chase > > On 6/15/11 3:38 PM, A. James Lewis wrote: > > On Wed, 2011-06-15 at 11:40 -0700, dotsony wrote: > >> On 15/06/11 11:28, Zarmakuizz wrote: > >>> A 'transition effect' is an effect that goes from a video to another > >>> one. > >>> > >>> For example, you have two sequences. One is displayed. Then, the > >>> displayed sequence starts moving to the right and the "space" at > >>> left is completed by the sequence that wasn't displayed. Finally, > >>> the second sequence replaced the first. > >>> Attached is the example explained with a picture. > >> We have back-end support for SMPTE wipes that is not exposed in the > >> UI. That will probably be exposed soon (if it isn't already). We don't > >> really have pitivi core support for moving layers of video yet, so > >> that kind of "sliding" effect would require a bit more effort. Come to > >> think of it, it probably wouldn't be that hard, but it wasn't on the > >> radar until now. > >> > > I have no idea how hard this kind of thing is with the application as it > > is, but I would say you want to consider more possible transitions than > > that.... > > > > Imagine I take two different clips and overlap them by a number of > > seconds... then the default transition effect might be to fade one out, > > and fade the other in during the crossover (ie, cross fade)... but any > > number of effects could be imagined.... imagine 2 layers where the top > > one shrinks or rotates off the screen like the various "close window" > > animations in compiz, one layer might push the other off the screen, or > > slide over the top of it... there are a great many possibilities. > > > > There are at least 10 examples of different wipes and digital effects on > > this page:- > > > > http://www.mediacollege.com/video/editing/transition/types.html > > > > James > > > > > >> --Brandon > >>> Le 15/06/2011 19:29, dotsony a écrit : > >>>> On 15/06/11 03:00, A. James Lewis wrote: > >>>>> I've been looking at the latest version with effects recently, > >>>>> and I > >>>>> have to say that the effects interface etc is much better > >>>>> developed and > >>>>> functional than I expected for a first outing! > >>>>> > >>>>> Great job... > >>>>> > >>>>> One thing I wanted to ask, is... is it possible to do transition > >>>>> effects > >>>>> too, or is that something which is yet to come? > >>>>> > >>>>> James. > >>>> I'm not familiar with the concept of a 'transition effect'. > >>>> Perhaps you > >>>> could explain it in a little more detail. > >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>>>> EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced > >>>>> content > >>>>> authoring tool. 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