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    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by FarmersDaughter, Apr 5, 2010.

  1. FarmersDaughter

    FarmersDaughter Notebook Consultant

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    My laptop runs #! Linux 9.04. I am looking for a couple of open source programs to help me with some projects.

    I need something that functions sort of like Windows Movie Maker. It needs to support using still images and adding audio and text to the background. I only use some actual video footage but so far I have not discovered a program that can take handle stills.

    Something to do large posters with. I am currently combining GIMP and OpenOffice Draw but it is not working the way I would like it to. I have yet to figure out how to use Inkscape which is also installed. Anybody know of a how to for that?

    Thanks for any help. Linux/GNU has been serving me wonderfully up to now. Other than a few issues here and there (like failing to figure out how to get Firefox 3.6) I am so much happier than when I used Vista.
     
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    Thanks. Kino comes with my OS but no support for stills. I am going to try Avidemux. Cinelerra scares me a bit. Thanks for the guide.
     
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    Your computer has enough power, why not use Ubuntu? There's also OpenShot, Kdenlive, and lots of others. Wikipedia is your friend, and so is Google.
     
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    You could try Ubuntu Studio, I hear that is great for the sort of thing you are doing, or just find the add-on programs for it.
     
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    Try source forge, I just installed 9.10 so i have no security and what not.
     
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    Hey good to see you again FarmersDaughter, glad to see you've stuck with Linux! :)

    There's a bunch of good tutorials for Inkscape linked here under 'other inkscape resources':
    http://inkscapetutorials.wordpress.com/

    Check out this guide for stills in Kino:
    http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/114240

    You could also make a few images into vids with command line tools, join them, and put audio on top of it with either kino or avidemux or something else.

    http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/136606
    http://electron.mit.edu/~gsteele/ffmpeg/
     
    ALLurGroceries, Apr 6, 2010
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    I agree with Calvin. Openshot or PiTiVi, if you're using Gnome, Kdenlive, if you're using KDE. Avidemux is more of a Virtualdub like application for Linux, (video toolbox), and Cinelerra is definitely a pro type tool with a large learning curve.

    Good Luck..
     
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    Thanks. Ubuntu and my laptop don't like each other. I tried it. :) I will look at all those guides.
     
    FarmersDaughter, Apr 7, 2010
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