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  1. Re:GarageBand by MadChicken · · Score: 1 · on Rumors of iPod mini, 100 Million Songs, Xserve G5 All True

    Check out Ardour for your mixer/recorder, JACK for your input framework, Hydrogen for drum machine (You'll love the samples at ns_kit) JACK-rack to stack your amps & effects, which you can get tons of at LADSPA.

    But even after that you haven't spent your $50 yet!

  2. Re:Okay, give. What are they? by Fastball · · Score: 1 · on Sundance Online Film Fest Call For Entries
    There's several tools related to digital/online filmmaking that are evolving nicely. First, sound tools:

    Ardour is a multichannel hard disk recorder (HDR) and digital audio workstation (DAW).

    Audacity is a free audio editor. You can record sounds, play sounds, import and export WAV, AIFF, and MP3 files, and more.

    JACK Rack is an effects "rack" for the JACK low latency audio API. The rack can be filled with LADSPA effects plugins and can be controlled using the ALSA sequencer. It's phat; it turns your computer into an effects box.

    Second, video capture and editing:

    Kino is a non-linear DV editor for GNU/Linux. It features excellent integration with IEEE 1394 for capture, VTR control, and recording back to the camera. It captures video to disk in AVI format in both type-1 DV and type-2 DV (separate audio stream) encodings.

    Cinerella combines most of the basic functions needed to produce motion pictures with a capable compositing system. Advanced editing, YUV compositing, and realtime effects are some of the things Cinelerra does. Cinelerra's 16 bit YUV compositing engine has been optimized for multiple CPU's, reduces generation loss, and significantly reduces compression time. Capturing from IEEE1394, Video4Linux, Motion JPEG, and screenshots is supported.

    Third, animation:

    Blender is an open source software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback.

    Fourth, post-processing:

    CinePaint(formerly Film Gimp) CinePaint is a free open source painting and image retouching program designed to work best with 35mm film and other high resolution high dynamic range images.

    I have used Kino, Cinerella, and Blender (a little) and was impressed with each of them. The audio tools look promising and CinePaint has some Hollywood titles to its credit. Maybe I'm a fool, but it seems that the "digital revolution" is giving open source, non-proprietary software tools a chance. Moviemaking is requiring more and more geeks. Being free got OSS in the door. Now, they're getting some much deserved polish.
  3. Re:What a Post! by Frank+White · · Score: -1 · on The Evolution Of The Cost-Effective TrainCam

    I wish he'd talk less about his faggoty Vermont trains and more about his girlfriend whom he can't satisfy with his little stub.

    When my faction prevails in Washington, Amtrak is going to shut Vermont's trains the fuck down and this guy will have to go back to installing Debian for the 82389th time even though it doesn't work with his quality Windows-only hardware.

    Frankly, with all the terrorist threats against our railroads, these rail "enthusiasts" need to be under strong surveillance anyway.

    I recommend that the Department of Homeland Security place an X10 camera in this ho's shower.

    The X10 camera, as we learn from Slashdot's banner ads, is an indispensible tool of security against communist Canadian terrorists.

  4. Re:What a Post! by Frank+White · · Score: -1 · on The Evolution Of The Cost-Effective TrainCam

    I wish he'd talk less about his faggoty Vermont trains and more about his girlfriend whom he can't satisfy with his little stub.

    When my faction prevails in Washington, Amtrak is going to shut Vermont's trains the fuck down and this guy will have to go back to installing Debian for the 82389th time even though it doesn't work with his quality Windows-only hardware.

    Frankly, with all the terrorist threats against our railroads, these rail "enthusiasts" need to be under strong surveillance anyway.

    I recommend that the Department of Homeland Security place an X10 camera in this ho's shower.

    The X10 camera, as we learn from Slashdot's banner ads, is an indispensible tool of security against communist Canadian terrorists.

  5. Re:umm pictures? by cdlu · · Score: 5, Informative · on The Evolution Of The Cost-Effective TrainCam

    I selected a couple of the pictures in the interest of bandwidth preservation:
    http://pkl.net/~cdlu/trainpictures/

  6. You don't /really/ want pictures by Symb · · Score: 1 · on The Evolution Of The Cost-Effective TrainCam

    See http://pkl.net/~cdlu/cdlu.jpg

  7. Re:This is a STORY? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on The Evolution Of The Cost-Effective TrainCam

    I dunno about that there's definitely some distinctly non train related action going on in some of the photos..

    http://pkl.net/~cdlu/photos/Laura_David_kissing.jp g

    (all photos availble here)

    http://pkl.net/~cdlu/photos/

  8. Re:This is a STORY? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on The Evolution Of The Cost-Effective TrainCam

    I dunno about that there's definitely some distinctly non train related action going on in some of the photos..

    http://pkl.net/~cdlu/photos/Laura_David_kissing.jp g

    (all photos availble here)

    http://pkl.net/~cdlu/photos/

  9. PIX by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on The Evolution Of The Cost-Effective TrainCam

    just follow the links. here's david smooching his girlfriend for example! no traincam pix though.

  10. Photos by Cave+Dweller · · Score: 5, Informative · on The Evolution Of The Cost-Effective TrainCam

    There are some photos here and here