Notes about learning Cinelerra.

This file is about learning Cinelerra. I decided to learn Cinelerra because it seems a capable video editor for many operating systems. The context is the following: international travelling is at a minimum now, because people are afraid of the “Global Coronavirus Pandemic” and the conference have been cancelled.

Old but gold http://www.heroinewarrior.com/cinelerra/cinelerra.html#dir

old but gold

Cinelerra QuickStart

file:///root/books/video-editing/CinelerraGG_Quickstart.pdf

Cinelerra Manual

file:///root/books/video-editing/CinelerraGG_Manual.pdf

Hotkeys

So we need to have a “video presentation”. What does it even mean?

Let’s say, it is going to be a “Video Review” on the subject described in a paper.

A video review should serve the following purposes:

1. Tell the audience what the paper is about, so that they can judge whether to read it.
2. Tell the audience who and what is the author, in order to discount his biases, potentially subconsciously embedded into the article.
3. Include additional visuals that did not fit into the original document.
4. Promote the author as a useful person.
5. Add a “human touch” to the paper.
6. Explain in human words things that are written rigorously into the text of the paper.
7. Anything else?

What do I need then?

What can I start with? Record a video of myself “just talking” about SICP?

In the Cinelerra manual, there is no exercises. It’s a shame! Can I write them?

There are common terms used often. Some of them are listed in the manual, but I will repeat them any way for completeness.

Brightness - Light intensity. Sometimes marked with Y. Hue - colour as in “ratio of pure colours”. Saturation - distance from grey.