I was wondering for quite sometime now how I will introduce my father
to free and opensource software. Linux was fine, he might complain at
first but he would probably get used to linux apps such as openoffice.
The problem was, I didn't know anything that would help him in his
video editing business. I don't think GIMP would be a suitable tool for
me, it wasn't for me neither... I liked photoshop much better. Still,
I'm sure he could live with that because he never used photoshop. What
he needed was a video editing software aka adobe premiere or windows
moviemaker. Thanks to google and wikipedia, I found a list of free and
opensource software and a free and opensource video editing tool!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open_source_software_packages#Video_editing
Introducing Jahshaka
Well,
I haven't used it yet. I'm still browsing through their website as I am
writing this blog post. But imagine that, even a video editing software
has a free and opensource counterpart now! :
Here are some
features quoted from their website
- Edit with flexibility and speed
- Create Effects in real time
- Animate with unlimited features
- Paint and design on moving video
- Create music with all the tools the pros use
- Work in any format at any resolution
I'm so excited to try this. Release 2.0 is just a 15 MB download.
Visit their website at
http://www.jahshaka.org/