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10.23.2016

10.16.2016

Effects Broken in Kdenlive 16.08

I've been a user of Kdenlive 09.10 since either 2010 or 2013. The software has an easy learning curve and works on regular hardware (non-high-end).

So recently I upgraded from Fedora 22 to 23 and Kdenlive stopped working properly. It crashed and froze continually just by playing clips. Not good.

OK, so then I said, I'll have to go from Fedora 23 to 24, which I did, and now I can Play video clips just fine, but getting Video Effects like Pan & Zoom, which worked effortlessly in 09.10 do not work now.

So to Review, Kdenlive:

09.10 - Works great. Issues with HiDPI displays like my 1680 res. Lenovo T61.

16.04 - Issues with freezing just by playing a video. To its credit, this version introduced Proxy clips, which helps in Playback of HD video in the Clips or Project window.

16.08 - Issues with Video Effects not working, such as Pan & Zoom, despite setting Keyfames.

Maybe to get twirlin pan and zoom effect I need to use Affine Transition...

https://userbase.kde.org/Kdenlive/Manual/Transitions/Affine

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10.12.2016

More Than One Keyboard At Once In Bristol Synth.

While playing around in Bristol Synth. programme today, I discovered that you can load more than one keyboard at once and both can play at once, creating a fuller sound.

Also discovered that computer keyboard maps to the music keyboard and that pressing the [Spacebar] over a music key makes that key constant. To unpress the key, just hover over it again and press [Spacebar] on computer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwHtUr-eMRg

10.02.2016