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Someone pointed out to me that trimming a clip on the timeline in OpenShot is like being blind-folded with a pair of scissors in one hand. That sounds dangerous doesn't it! So, we have improved the trim / resize feature in OpenShot to work like this:
- User switches to 'Resize' / 'Trim' mode (i.e. which you can now do with the TAB key)
- As the user starts to trim the edge of the clip, the video window switches to 'Preview' mode for that clip
- As the user drags the edge of the clip back and forth, the preview window automatically seeks to the trimmed frame. In other words, it shows you a live preview of exactly where you are trimming.
- When you user stops trimming (i.e. they stop clicking their mouse button), the video window returns to it's original preview of the timeline
July 3, 2009 12:02 AM
Sounds awesome!
July 3, 2009 12:56 AM
Excellent! My layman opinion is that trimming is one of the key features in video editing. Optimizing UI for key tasks is the Right Thing to do. I very much like intuitive interfaces where I can immediately start working efficiently, without going through 500 page manual.
As a contrast, I _DO_ like blender, but learning curve is just too deep for me (also it's very powerful and targeted at pros).
If any one can make a software that is both powerful, flexible and easy to use... that's just genius.
Thanks again for your ongoing work on OpenShot. I believe this project will get lots of attention in the near future (next 1-2 years). I hope to see it included in major distributions as a default video editor. Even if it doesn't, I love that it's easy to install - it's not always the case with video editors (which are nor pre-packaged).
July 3, 2009 11:03 AM
I hope you will continue with this project! It sounds promising, and a good free video-editor is exactly what the open-source world needs :)
Have you thought about getting a twitter-account? Might be good for PR.
July 5, 2009 11:34 PM
Thanks for the nice comments! I have thought about using twitter, but I can barely keep up with this blog... much less twitter. Maybe in the future.
August 1, 2009 10:43 PM
ImportError: No module named mlt
thats what i get when i try to run it
9.04 32bit
September 11, 2009 2:55 AM
After installing with the wizard on Ubuntu 8.1 if got the same error:
ImportError: No module named mlt
..this is a python binding error.
So I copy the mlt.py and the _mlt.so to my site-packages.
sudo cp ~/mlt/src/swig/python/mlt.py /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages
and
sudo cp ~/mlt/src/swig/python/_mlt.so /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages
...everything is fine.
Thanks for openshot...i hope i got enough time for testing it.