Re: using kdenlive for title

On 01/21/2011 04:45 PM, jdd wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I began a serie of openSUSE marketting video clips (there is a
> discussion on the marketting list that should may be switch here).
>
> Problem is Linux/openSUSE is well fitted for basic video/audio
> manipulation, but advanced ones are more a problem. I use dayly
> "Magix", but it's a Windows application I don't want to use here :-(
>
> the only non olinear editors that works at least a bit on mpy openSUSE
> 11.3 are kdenlive and openshot
>
> I made some rushes here
>
> http://dodin.org/wiki/index.php?n=Photo.OpenSUSEVideos
>
> (only demos)
>
> I try by now to make some opening clip, from the ones used for the
> "I'm a geeko" clip;
>
> My need is to make title. I want to have some sort of text ("openSUSE
> Video Team", for example) written on an existing clip (not a fixed image).
>
> In kdenlive (just installed), I can create the title, but I can't see
> it, neither by itself nor on the previous intro clip. tutorials found
> on the net don't work (not the same kdenlive version)
>
> any clue?
>
> thanks
> jdd
>   
Have you tried Cinelerra it's very similar to the ulead professional
editing suite. I've tried the other editors and they seemed a bit weak
to me. You can achieve what you want with blender as well but it not the
easiest thing to use, being primarily an animation creator.
Regards
Dave P