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Jahshaka, realtime open source video editing and effects

jahshakaJahshaka promises to be an all-in-one media toolkit for budding Hollywood mavens. Boasting video editing, compositing, animation, and audio tools, Jahshaka is also free and open source. Oh, did I mention it's available for Macs, PC's, and Linux boxes? Solaris support is coming soon... Jahshaka (please change that name) suffers the same fate of many other OSS multimedia efforts: clunky GUI. It's not that tools are hidden or missing, it's that the workflow isn't as efficient as many other apps. Still, I thought this about Blender until one day, after using it for about a month, it just started "working." I'll always say learn the tool, use the tool. Even if it's clunky, you can learn to fly it and it might work for you. Some technical issues exist, as I was unable to bring in simple QuickTime files on my Mac. Also, the promise of realtime editing and effects work is nice, but it will scale (the quality) according to your systems' abilities. Still, overall an amazing effort, and a promising tool despite some quirks.
 

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