For ages, ubuntu has been hurt by the lack of video editors.  Several years back, when cranky Ubuntu Forum goers were complaining about the lack of video editing software, I was always quick to point out Blender.  However, it had several problems.  First, it couldn’t capture film from a camcorder, meaning that you had to use a separate program to get the film off, I would recommend Kino.  While it worked, it still was a clunky solution, getting video in one editor, exporting it, and then importing it into blender.  The second problem was the raw power of Blender.  You would start it up, and see a 3d modelling program, not knowing that it was a 3d modelling, animation, movie sequencer, UV editor, physics simulation for particles, cloth, other soft bodies, audio editor (albeit a really bad one), game engine, and more.  Even those that stuck around long enough to get to the video sequencer, generally saw all the buttons, nobs, and switches, and ran.  And to be honest, I don’t blame them.  If I didn’t spend the time to learn blender several years back, because I wanted to do 3d modelling and animation, I would have run too. Read the rest of this entry »

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