Re: Composite vs position and zoom

[farid abdelnour]

Also, hopefully this can get some attention for the next point release. ;)

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=383426

2017-09-10 18:30 GMT-03:00 farid abdelnour :

> hi alberto
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> 2017-09-10 9:05 GMT-03:00 alberto fuentes :
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>> How are we supposed to move things on the screen? Are there advantages?
>>
>
> i can't really technically say which is better but *for me* position and
> zoom is what works best.
>
> basically +1 to what harald said.
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Re: Composite vs position and zoom

[farid abdelnour]

hi alberto

2017-09-10 9:05 GMT-03:00 alberto fuentes :

> How are we supposed to move things on the screen? Are there advantages?
>

i can't really technically say which is better but *for me* position and
zoom is what works best.

basically +1 to what harald said.



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Re: Composite vs position and zoom

[harald.albrecht]

Alberto,
as is often the case, there are multiple ways to achieve the same outcome. But 
there are multiple ways, depending on your workflow and project. And there 
isn't a "one size fits it all" or the "one true way", as in politics.
First, Kdenlive is slightly unique in that it can achieve positioning of and 
sizing clips using either effects or (multi-track or compositing) transitions. 
Which one to take depends on your project. For instance, effects can be applied 
not only to a single timeline clip, but to a complete track instead. Of course, 
you can also resize a transition over the full project length; but that may be 
cumbersome.
Transitions allow compositing effects beyond simple alpha blending, which 
effects can't offer. While I prefer to work with transitions, I know many other 
Kdenlive users prefer to use effects instead. We're all correct, isn't that 
great?
For effects, off my head I remember "crop, pan and tilt" that also does 
resizing. But its main purpose is cropping. Then there's "pan and ..." (forgot 
the rest). A latecomer to effects is "composite & transform" (is this the 
correct name?), which is quite neat, especially on whole tracks. I use it for 
resizing and positioning screen recordings, when then get composed on other 
tracks.
You can also use transitions, such as "composite & transform" that does the 
resizing and positioning before composing it onto another layer.
You can even combine such an effect with a transition. An example where I'm 
using this combination is as follows: the effect is track-wise and positions 
the (screen recording) clips correctly with respect to an overlay frame. Then I 
use transitions to do soft fade ins/outs, and also sometime sliding in and out.
An advanced example is to have two screen recordings which partially overlap. I 
then use transitions to partially fade out (not completely) the top recording, 
so the viewer is automatically focused on the bottom recording which is now 
more prominent. To guide the view focus again, I fade in the top recording.
So you see: there are many roads to Rome. And Kdenlive. Best is to try for 
yourself. Even I refine my project habits over time with each new project.
Best regards,Harald



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How are we supposed to move things on the screen? Are there advantages?

Composite vs position and zoom

[alberto fuentes]

How are we supposed to move things on the screen? Are there advantages?