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Free Software for Movie Production?

Posted by Cliff on from the amateur-actors-and-aspiring-directors dept.

Ploum asks: " Like some folks, I like to take my mini-dv camera to make films. First, I was using Premiere, then Avid Xpress on Windows. But now I want to make [a movie] on my Debian box. Everybody says that video under Linux is not possible but I want to do it! I want to write the scenario on Linux (maybe with a set of Latex commands or SGML?). When all is in the box, I want to put it on my computer. Dvgrab does a perfect job! Now I'm looking for a video editor. Cinelerra is nice but it doesn't read files from dvgrab. When it's time to have fun with FX, I was using Adobe After Effect, but [are there similar programs for Linux]? Film Gimp? Jahshaka?"

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  1. What I found... by GreyWolf3000 · · Score: 3, Interesting
    FilmGimp appears only for image processing and effects on movies, not the software for "glueing" and cutting scenes together.

    Kino is a program designed to work with dvgrab and also aims to be easier to use than Cinerella.

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