frdbr 🎥🌳

How about we start something called *Workflow Wednesdays* where one would post a screenshot of the software they are working on and share a brief description/experience. So here it is:

Kdenlive-git using footage from 3 cameras (5DmkII and t4i) shooting a music show. Probably will do render 3 short videos from about 30 hours of footage.

Interesting or meh?

#workflowwednesdays #ww

https://mastodon.social/media/sPt8lvd8XuVbPqPqSQo

#artwithopensource #videoediting #kdenlive #flossart

Jul 19, 2017 at 4:07amWeb
Show threadlynXJul 19, 2017
@frd What's the purpose of git in this case? Just to archive versions of the kdenlive file elegantly, unlike kdenlive does natively? :)
Show threadfrdbr 🎥🌳Jul 19, 2017
@lynX no no, what i mean is the git version of kdenlive as opossed to the latest stable release. Although saving your project in git versions is great to recover if a corruption happens.
Show threadKyle R. ConwayJul 19, 2017
@frd interesting. Though i feel it's often difficult to capture the most interesting parts of a workflow in a screenshot. Perhaps I'd the accompanying toot talked about the depicted stage within the workflow. (And project)? Love the concept! Workflows area always interesting, and i just *know* i have things to learn from others!
Show threadBlort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️Jul 21, 2017

@frd I'd be most interested in the "experience" part of that toot, ie what was it *like* using Kdenlive to edit the music show?

Personally I'm keenly interested in Kdenlive, but got burnt a few too many times trying to use much older versions for real projects and having things go wrong. I love the interface though and so am keenly interested in hearing if things like rendering bugs, workflow and stability have progressed since my experiences, esp with the refactoring.

Show threadfrdbr 🎥🌳Jul 21, 2017

@Blort Older versions of Kdenlive were very problematic indeed, in part because it was very buggy but also because of distro packaging issues like using incompatile versions of MLT...

Currently things have gotten better, my problem aren't crashes anymore but buggy features and tools. The refactoring will definitely solve most of this issues. It is due in December for the 17.12 version.

Show threadBlort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️Jul 29, 2017
@frd Very glad to hear it! Honestly, if not one single new feature was added, but it just became roughly as stable as video editors on other platforms (eg Vegas / Premier etc), I would be utterly thrilled. Kdenlive already has all of the critical features I need. I just need to be able to rely on them. Looking forward to December. Let me know if there's any substantial way a non coder (designer / animator / marketer) can help! :D
Show threadfrdbr 🎥🌳Jul 29, 2017

@Blort There are many many many ways to help. I am not a dev (yet) so I help with design, sysadmin, communications, etc... You can contact the mailing list and/or join us at the next Kdenlive Café.

Cheers :)

https://kdenlive.org/2017/07/kdenlive-cafe-19-and-20/

Show threadAurélio A. HeckertJul 19, 2017
@frd Interesting! :-)