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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by mfat@lemdro.id to c/linux@lemmy.ml

And why do you use them?

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[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 6 months ago

KDEndlive is pretty solid, imho

[-] joojmachine@lemmy.ml 10 points 6 months ago

It is, but when it comes to more complex needs, it falls short. It is really good for simpler editing needs and it is getting better fast.

[-] utopiah@lemmy.ml 20 points 6 months ago

If you haven't done it yet, please consider contributing by writing down what you believe is currently missing, either as your own blogpost or via https://community.kde.org/Kdenlive#Contact

[-] refalo@programming.dev 8 points 6 months ago

Honestly IMO it's not even a comparison whatsoever. Kdenlive cannot be used professionally for any real work, it will just crash on you before you even find out it can't even do what you want. I've tried it off and on for many years and it's always a massive disappointment compared to pro solutions.

[-] nik282000@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 months ago

In the past 5 years stability has improved significantly, like I haven't had a crash in the past year of casual use. ymmv but I would recommend it to new users at this point.

[-] way_of_UwU@programming.dev 6 points 6 months ago

I had to switch from kdenlive to DaVinci Resolve recently and it breaks my heart. I'm by no means a professional, but I am a heavy user who is frequently sifting throughout footage. Unfortunately, crashes are still very common for a power user. After encountering a memory corruption bug for the second time that resulted in lost project work (despite saving to disk!!!), I had to switch to something better.

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

it will just crash on you before you even find out

Older versions may have had issues with that, but I haven't encountered any crashing in over 2 years. (And I i do 6 youtube videos per month with it)

[-] refalo@programming.dev 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I just tried to make some subtitles with the most recent version and it still crashes on me.

Still a complete nonstarter for me, sorry

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online -3 points 6 months ago
[-] the16bitgamer@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

I see it has two different products for two different use cases. Kdenlive is for those who missed Windows Movie maker or iMovie. Something to stitch together videos, or split apart videos.

DaVinci Resolve is for those who need stable professional software like adobe.

Not saying that kdenlive can’t be used professionally but I found its stability lacking, its tools unpolished and its functionality limited. The only benefit is that it can handle aac audio, and export it too thanks to ffmpeg.

[-] eugenia@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

KDEnLive is a good "editor" for simpler projects, but not a good video editing "suite". It comes nowhere near Resolve's color grading ability, or even audio editing ability these days. And it has no compositing ability at all. In fact, except Natron on Linux (that gets updated once every 2-3 years with just bug fixes and not many features), there's nothing about compositing. Blender's compositing is unusable btw.

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Is it really too hard to import audio tracks after editing in audacity. I'm glad kdenlive doesn't waste time trying to be an audio editor.

[-] eugenia@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

You misunderstand the word "editing" in this case. It's not a matter of adding a few plugins and cutting audio. It's a matter of having the tools to normalize human voice in a way that it's expected in a movie, or to have automation about it, or envelopes that tracks the volume and fixes it for you. That's the stuff that neither audacity nor kdenlive has, because they're very specific to the movie industry. They have more generic plugins instead.

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Where can I learn more about how human voice is normalized for movies? I've noticed a big difference in the audio of old movies and some shows, and modern high-budget movies. But I can never pinpoint the difference

[-] eugenia@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

That's mostly due to the difference in recording equipment rather than editing.

[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

Solid? I'm a casual user for occasionally editing video and it crashes all the time. It's easily the least stable Linux application I ever use.

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