Just providing some unrequested feedback: The bottom of the sidebar text about the mod's familiar tools and descriptions should be a post! Maybe stickied so that there's quick access to good tools for people who are just looking to get started.
I can do that later today. I'm not really in a good position to post right now as I am awa from my PC.
As I was posting this, I managed to slightly bump the HDMI cable that has been hooked up to my main monitor for 4 years or so. RIP my main display for a while.
Sorry to hear! Thanks for creating this community though. Do you think you mention mention all the other Linux video editors in the description here, including Resolve, so that people find this community if they search for an editor name?
I mentioned them for the sake of awareness. These are the ones that I have used and can personally attest to the quality and performance. And it turns out the cable was not the problem - I hit the power button on my monitor. It took am embarrassing amount of time to realize that.
As far as making editing programs available via searching for them, I am not sure that is possible here.
No problem, sounds good. Yeah, I don't know if the Lemmy search inculdes text in the community descriptions. I would hope it would, but I don't know for sure. Thanks anyway. I'm glad that your issue didn't end up being the monitor.
Welcome! This community is focused on sharing video editing tips, tricks, best practices, and software
Some quick rules:
No trolling/grieving/being a jerk (This is subjective, but we should all be adults here)
Don't simply state that something is better in one way or another. Back it up, ideally with sources and video
Don't make a post in an attempt to make a particular program seem superior. Most of the time it's very application specific use case that makes things faster/better
Upload a text tutorial along with a video explanation if that is possible. Some videos are great, but text can be followed simply.
Do not attempt to shame someone for using other software (see rule 1)
Do not bring up how Resolve is better in a lot of aspects. We know that, and understand that. However, in many use cases Resolve simply will not run or compile.
With all of that being said - welcome to the Linux Video Editing community! The goal here is to help each other with tips, tricks, suggestions, and advice.
In my (limited) experience, different software works better for different styles of projects. Here's my personal list of software that I use for various projects which can all be easily installed from most (all?) package managers:
Kdenlive
ShotCut
Olive
Kdenlive is fantastic for quick edits, though it can do a lot more (beyond the quick edits it is clunky imo). ShotCut can do cool things like motion tractking easily. Olive is fantastic for subtitles, but I absolutely would not recommend it for anything with audio.