Open Source Video Production

2016

• Kdenlive
• Natron
• Blender renders and animations
• Audacity for sound
• FreeCAD - exploded part animations, fabrication drawings
• Vokoscreen 2.4.0 for screen capture of window with magnification
• SimpleScreenRecorder for pointer-following video
• Cursor Highlight in Ubuntu - care of DMZyb cursor theme for X11
• GIMP for raster drawing
• Inkscape for vector drawing
• Sweet Home 3D walkthrough animations

Introduction, 2016

This page considers the entire framework for how to produce videos within an open source framework. Such as: best open source animation programs; how to use MMORPG 3D engines to create simulation; how to do Sweet Home 3D Animations; how to edit in OpenShot or what is the best stable libre movie editor; how to transcode and compress/decompress files; Open Source Soundtracks; Open Source Sountrack Synthesizers/Music Synthesizers; and ultimately - Natron - the open source compositing software.

Downloading Video - Source Files

• Between http://savevideo.me/ and http://en.savefrom.net/ , almost any video source file can be downloaded.

File Conversion

• Zamzar - converts 1,200 different file types

Editing

• OpenShot appears to be robust on Ubuntu.

Links

• 2015 review of the state of art in open source - Blender actually comes out on top for video editing - [1]
• 2015 top 10, many ones I haven't seen yet; article appears to have no depth - [2]
• 2014 article, insightful - [3]