Video editing software

[TyIsI]

Continuing the discussion from Piano workbench shelving upgrades:

@lukecyca

I used to do quite a bit of amateurish video (see this one I’m particularly proud of) in Final Cut Pro. But lately I’m trying to ween towards FOSS, so I’ve been bashing my head against Blender. It’s got all the power and usability of KiCad, to give you an idea.

I know that there’s a few people who have access to gooder[TM] video editing software, but I was wondering about the experience of people of video editing software. More specifically, I’ve used Sony Vegas in the past, and I’ve looked into other FOSS software as well, but found nothing really like it.

Then, searching today, I stumbled on these:

• Shotcut
• Openshot which seems to be down.
• Lightworks a freemium solution

I only selected software that’s available for all platforms

Any other suggestions worth checking out in the FOSS field?

[lukecyca]

I did a survey a few weeks ago, and settled on Blender. It’s pretty solid, mature, incredibly functional as a Non-Linear Editor, and has a thriving community so lots of tutorials and resources. There’s even an entire stackexchange site!

I followed this video to help set up Blender NLE to be more like FinalCut Pro, including keybindings. They required some fixes to work with the latest version, in my yet-to-be-merged branch here.

If there’s interest, I can hold some “office hours” at VHS to help anyone who’s trying to learn it.

[Majicj]

@lukecyca

I did a survey a few weeks ago, and settled on Blender. It’s pretty solid, mature, incredibly functional as a Non-Linear Editor, and has a thriving community so lots of tutorials and resources. There’s even an entire stackexchange site!

I followed this video to help set up Blender NLE to be more like FinalCut Pro, including keybindings. They required some fixes to work with the latest version, in my yet-to-be-merged branch here.

If there’s interest, I can hold some “office hours” at VHS to help anyone who’s trying to learn it.

I’d be interested. I’ve used Blender for modelling but have not done any Video Editing with it.

[hectorh]

I use Sony Vegas Pro version 10 … I have a license from a venture several years ago. How does Blender compare with Vegas in terms of features and ease of use?