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How to edit video on a Linux Desktop system

Posted by Vivek Gite [Last updated: March 20, 2007]

Alex Roitman has published a small but useful tutorial on editing video on a Linux system.

Shooting, editing, and producing video clips has been my passion for about 10 years. As a free software adept, I always tried to perform this process on Linux. This year I have finally found a set of tools that work for me. This article provides a brief tutorial on home video production.

The process consists of several steps. First, you transfer the video source material to your Linux machine (video grabbing). Next, you edit the video, possibly mixing it with other video and audio material, and then render it into an output video file.
How to edit video on a Linux Desktop system

If your goal is to upload a file to the Web or share it with your computer-savvy friends, then this is the end. Sometimes, however, you want to create a DVD suitable for conventional DVD players. In those cases the final step is authoring the DVD.

=> Become a digital video editing guru using Linux tools

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