Oct 21

Very briefly

• FinalCut Pro (library media lab)
• http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzqumbhfxRo | Amateur - Lasse Gjertsen (drum and piano)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoLhLn9hVkE | wizard of speed and time (classic stop motion)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_HXUhShhmY | Her morning elegance (stop motion music video)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWXcDZNgOWs | Princess Bride light saber (rotoscoping - can be done in gimp)

• continuity editing

• blech: there isn't an obvious open, clean, stable, cross-platform choice
• http://trac.videolan.org/vlmc/ : maybe eventually (VLC is a great player)
• http://cinelerra.org/ : linux full featured non-linear video editing
• wikipedia: comparison of video editing software

• video notes

• recording (with camcorder, flip, video camera, phone, ...)
• ripping (source DVD, VHS, ... to file *.mov, *.avi, ...)
• format transform (.mov to .avi, windows video to ipod compatible ...)
• playing (various apps, depending on type of source; VLC for files)
• editing (splicing, transitions, sound)
• special effects (titles, adding animations etc)

Last hour or so

• http://www.framethief.com/ (shareware; $35 educational price; 30 days free trial) stop motion animation app