All the ones that keep getting recommended have a UI like a cockpit of a Boeing 747 (kdenlive, shotcut, openshot, DaVinci resolve) which is so overwhelming, all I want is just make some cuts, blur a face, or something on the screen, and maybe add some subtitles.

I just want something simple, I am not gonna make the next Avatar movie.

I have a feeling there is nothing like this on linux but hey maybe one of you actually knows of one.

  • utopiah@lemmy.ml
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    6 hours ago

    Others mentioned it but I’ll insist on kdenlive.

    Yes it’s intimidating, so much so I initially started it, closed it and went back to ffmpeg, so the CLI.

    What I was lacking wasn’t a good UI or UX but rather the principle of video editing. Once you actually learn the basics :

    • cuts (each file become a track, each file can be sliced in smaller piece and re-arranged)
    • timeline (cuts next to each other or on top of each other, including audio, videos, cards, etc)
    • effects (fade in, fade out, etc)
    • project management (organizing files, designing cards for titles, etc)

    then regardless of which software you use it’s nearly the same.

    So I would actually invest just an hour to try a tutorial, edit a 1min video, get feedback on it from friends then try again. Honestly video as a medium is not going away anytime soon, in fact arguably platform like TikTok (sadly) made it even more popular. Consequently investing a bit of time today would benefit you for decades to come.