Audacity does not support real multitrack audio and only uses it's own plugins. As a two channel editor, it's still not as useful as the $80 Sound Studio. Many pro features missing.
There is an open source video editor avidemux2, but its interface is not that great. No competition for Final Cut. ------------------------- Stephen Barncard San Francisco http://houseofcubes.com/disco.irev On 1 March 2010 12:50, Richmond Mathewson <richmondmathew...@gmail.com>wrote: > On 01/03/2010 22:39, stephen barncard wrote: > >> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> DON'T spend money on Mac Software; once you have the machine and the >>>>> operating system >>>>> pretty well everything else should be FREE. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Good advice for some ...That's not a realistic or practical goal for >> those >> who use their computers for more than word processing and web access.. >> >> In many cases the commercial versions are still better, or provide a >> workflow is more efficient. Also many of the open source software >> offerings >> seem to not look or work like real Mac applications. >> >> After working with the Sun Virtualizer, I still prefer the hand-holding >> and >> stuff 'that just works' in VMWare's paid Virtualizer. And there is yet to >> be >> found any open source audio and video editing software that nears the Mac >> experience of Final Cut or Logic. This is the stuff I use every day. >> >> And then there's Cyberduck - open source FTP client - that blows away >> everything I just said. >> >> I just don't think it's good advice to give to anyone - "Don't spend any >> money on software" - especially to a group of programmers!! >> >> >> > For Graphics and Sound I think that Open Source is really good (GIMP, > Inkscape, Audacity, Ardour(linux)), > > But there is no respectable Video Editing suite that is Open Source, yet. > > Ultimately one has to use one's own judegement with regard to these things. > I am perfectly happy developing the sort of software I develop with 100% > Open Source + RunRev. > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution