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open source video editing

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Needs:

--plan for adoption (who's the audience)?

--5 main functions to highlight?

--documentation?

--videoblog from Brazil?

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Website:

http://lives.sourceforge.net/

 

Linux editing communities:

linuxmovies-general@lists.sourceforge.net

http://estudiolivre.org/lives

http://www.linuxfund.org/

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Testimonials:

 

Eliete Lima writes:

well, I am Eliete Lima, I am 19 years old, and I am also part of the NGO

Encine, which is also a Ponto de Cultura. At the end of June this year I

took part in the Free Software course organised by the Ministry of

Culture. There I got to know the group, including Salsaman, who is a

programmer, and who showed us "LiVES", which is a program to edit video

clips and for VJing. In particular, I use LiVES to edit clips, and I like

to explore the various effects which the program will let me use. But also

the program can be used for VJing, and the program will allow various

other things, like encoding with the effects I put on my own images. I can

edit all kinds of material, clips, video, etc.

I work with a TV program supported by the NGO, called Megafone. I am part

of the technical team - I work with video editing and I am a camera

operator. I am also a representative for Free Software in the NGO. I work

with various programs: gimp, ardour, audacity, k3b, LiVES and others.

LiVES has many cool effects and this makes a big difference to my work.

 

Jean Habib, estudiolivre.org writes:

Here in Brazil we have some politicians in the government who support the

use of Free Software in order to promote digital inclusion and social

emancipation. As I see it, a big difference in digital inclusion here in

Brazil is the use of tools to produce interactive multimedia using code

which is open - this implicitly gives an experimental character to the

work. This is all happening through groups of artists, programmers and

other interested people who come together to realise a series of workshops

on these issues. LiVES was one of the first tools which was used thanks to

its incredible stability, even at that time (2005).

 

 


 

Request for funding - the LiVES Project

 

Background

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The LiVES project was begun in 2002 by Gabriel "salsaman" Finch. The

project aims to promote free and open standards in multimedia, and as

part of this there is the LiVES software, which can be used both for

real time video performance and non-linear editing, and can also be

run remotely as a video server. The application is unique in providing

all of these features in one package.

 

The program will run on the Linux and BSD operating systems, and is

used by many thousands of people around the world.

 

Salsaman is also involved in developing free standards for video

processing - having attended the last four Piksel meetings of European

free software video developers in Bergen, Norway.

 

Salsaman also uses his own software to produce video art and for VJ

performances.

 

Reason for funding

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After almost five years of development, the software is almost ready

for the 1.0 release. Only some small features remain, mainly:

 

- support for mixing multiple audio tracks

- support for mixing foreground and background generators

  (i.e. non-clip sources)

- support for non-realtime generators

- some enhancements to the encoder plugins to make them more

  intelligent

- some cleanup of the install process

 

after the 1.0 release, it will be possible for other developers to get

involved with maintaining and improving the code. This will in turn

make LiVES a very good tool for creating videoblogs using free

software and free standards.

 

Some of the projected funds will also go towards production of a

manual, creation of a 10 part videoblog, and new graphics and design

for the software.

 

It is hoped that all of this can be done within a timeframe of 3

months.

 

 

 

The amount required

-------------------

Salsaman will try to raise $1000 for the project, through sale of 1.0

DVDs (containing the 1.0 code, a full set of videoblogs, and a pdf of

the manual).

 

havemoneywillvlog can attempt to raise a further $3000.

 

 

The money will be spent as follows:

 

- 3 months development of LiVES : $2500

- production of manual : $750

- production of 10 part videoblog (6 minutes X 10) : $500

- new grpahics and tshirt design : $250

 

Since salsaman is currently touring Brazil and working with various

community groups, the costs are much lower than they would be

otherwise. This should also make for a very interesting videoblog.

 

The LiVES software will be used exclusively to make the vlog, thus any

deficiencies in the featureset can be addressed during this time.

 

 

A further note about Brazil

---------------------------

As mentioned above, this work will be done in Brazil, where salsaman

is currently touring. Free software is very important in developing

countries, because it allows local communities to form around software

projects. There is very little existing computing structure, so there

are no false pre-assumptions about free software. Free software which

is also free in price (like LiVES) is also very important economically

in such countries. Salsaman aims to form a growing community around

LiVES, and this funding will help to initiate that process.

 

The subject of the vlog will be twofold - partly about the LiVES

project and ongoing development, and partly about my travels and

experiences in Brazil (for example, interviewing local musicians and

artists).

I will employ somebody local to work the camera

and edit the footage, I will also employ somebody to produce the

manual (in English !) and somebody else to design graphics. So at

least 4 people will benefit directly from this funding !

 

 

Salsaman says

"> I am from the UK originally, although at present I am in Brazil, working

> with some community groups and promoting free software and free standards

> here. I recently attended and presented my work at the FISL conference

> (http://fisl.softwarelivre.org/8.0/www/), and before that I gave a

> lighting talk at FOSDEM (http://www.fosdem.org/2007/). I have also

> presented at several Linux User Groups.

>

> I am also the main developer currently of videojack (a new framework for

> passing realtime video between different clients), and I am and have been

> involved with the development of common standards for video effects. (You

> can read more about these projects at http://www.piksel.org/)

"

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