Splice and edit videos with Flowblade

Conclusion

Although Flowblade's cutting functions are easy to learn, applying effects requires a bit more practice and experimentation. In return, the software pays you back with the compositor and its complex collages.

If you want to delve deeper into the software, check out the wiki, which provides a comprehensive, albeit rather terse, set of instructions [2]. Additionally, Vimeo shows three video tutorials on how to create a simple project, make cuts, and make best use of the compositor. The links to the tutorials are on the project homepage.

Developer Janne Liljeblad plans to add more professional features in upcoming versions. Among these features are rotoscoping [3], a VU meter [4] for sound recordings, and the ability to save in the EDL exchange format.

Table 1

Dependencies

Table 1: Dependencies
Archive	Description
python	Python as of version 2.5
gtk2-engines-pixbuf , librsvg2-common	GTK2
libcairo2	Cairo
melt	MLT-Framework; Flowblade primarily uses the Melt utility that Ubuntu 12.10 has in a package of the same name
fontconfig	Fontconfig
python-gtk2 , python-cairo and python-mlt5	Python bindings for GTK, Cairo, and MLT
python-numpy	Python Numpy
Optional
swh-plugins	LADSPA audio plugins
sox , libsox2	Sox audio library
frei0r-plugins	Frei0r video effects library
ffmpeg	Ffmpeg