@kdenlive

As discussed on the Matrix Chat
I do professional and collaborative video editing using a suite of FLOSS software, including Kdenlive.
I ofthen offload the rendering part to my Steam Deck while I keep working on other projects on the computer. (Files are stored on a NAS)

@kdenlive

I am teaching kids to begin in video editing with Kdenlive and they love it. It frees them from the sponsored content labs at school using only proprietary stuff.
We even hired 2 teenagers part-time to edit videos for our company and they are so good, and happy! Kdenlive, in collaboration with a self hosted nextcloud, enables us to collaborate on videos and assets like in real studios!

You are changing the world for younger generation, and I am here to spread the word!

@Normand_Nadon @kdenlive That sounds super interesting. I'm not super technical, but do I understand correctly that you have a Nextcloud instance and, somehow, kdenlive is running on it ? And different users can use it collaboratively ? They can't work simultaneously on the same project, right ? ... Can you describe a bit more what's the software stack ? I'd love to hear about the potential of this :).

@Fteacher @kdenlive
I do have a remotely accessible VM for emergency remote editing, but that is not how we use it..
The local files are synced to my Nextcloud instance. People do collaborate on the same files, but not at the same instant.
I create a template (a Kdenlive file with all the assets, animations, branding, etc.) It automatically syncs to the editor's stations through Nextcloud. They make a copy, and do their editing on a perticular video.

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@Fteacher @kdenlive
Then, when they are done, their kdenlive file is automatically synced with my server and me via Nextcloud. I review the editing, and render the file on a dedicated render machine, also synced with Nextcloud.
We configured all Kdenlive paths to be included in the sync (proxies, cache files, etc), this way, when whoever opens the file, there might be some warning to search for the assets, but we all have them!

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@Fteacher @kdenlive
Do note that at my place, the sync happens on a home server I use as a NAS so I don't have to sync files to every stations... I just mount the drive as an NFS drive on thoe Linux stations.
@Normand_Nadon @kdenlive That's a pretty cool setup ! Thanks for the explanations. It may or may not be useful in my future. I'll remember you if I need to do that :).