Can anyone recommend a native Linux app similar to Premiere Pro?
I’ve used random Linux based video editors in the past, like 15-17 years ago. They were… Not great.
Later, I did a handful of projects with premier pro CS6, really liked it.
It’s been almost a decade since I’ve done any video editing, until literally a few hours ago when I needed to make a simple wedding video for my friend. Cut together a couple camera angles, some PiP, do some color correction, a couple fades and one linear swipe transition.
I’m running Bluefin, so I went the path of least resistance, and just checked the flatpack catalog for the highest rated and most downloaded video editor.
That was kdenlive. I found it to be fairly user friendly, and powerful enough for my needs. The GUI reminds me of CS6, though it’s been awhile since I used it, so that may be less true than I’m remembering.
Hardware acceleration for encoding didn’t work on my AMD 7840U, but… I didn’t try very hard. Maybe there’s a workaround, and it may not even be the programs fault.
Take my recommendation with a grain of salt, because again, this isn’t my world, and I did zero research haha. Kind of funny that this post is the first one I stumble across after finishing that project.
I’ve used random Linux based video editors in the past, like 15-17 years ago. They were… Not great.
Would you mind rereading your first sentence?
Random? 17 years ago?
Random? 17 years ago?
What’s the issue here?
17 years is prehistory in IT years. Basing your comments on experiences from nearly 2 decades ago is just plain useless
That was just giving context to my limited experience with video editors.
If you read further you’ll see I talk about using CS6, and finally, most recently, kdenlive.
You were perfectly clear
That means people need to have another excuse for not using GNU/Linux even though they complain 24/7/365 about Windows.
No, it means I can install Photoshop and InDesign for the couple times a year I need to edit a file in my line of work, and I no longer need to boot into Windows twice a year just to use them.
This is amazing news!
