[NTLUG:Discuss] Issues: Video editing and word processing

[Dan Carlson]

Joe Barr reviews a commercial package, MainActor:

http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=656332

He says he likes it better than Broadcast 2000, and there is a free demo
download version.

Dan Carlson

----- Original Message -----
From: <chris.gamble at CPBINC.com>
To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 10:51 AM
Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Issues: Video editing and word processing


> Hello NTLUG list. I have a few issues with desktop linux I was hoping
> someone could help with. My desktop install words great (just moved from
RH
> 7.1 to Mandrake 8.2), but I am having trouble getting software for video
> editing. Basically, I have film on a sony TRV DCR 720, and would like to
> pull that onto my system and do editing. However, I can not find a decent
> package to assist me with this. I have tried BCast 2000 on RH 7.1, but it
> did not work at all.
>
> Also, my other hobby is writing. I am trying to write a few books just
for
> fun, so I am spending a ton of hours looking at the screen. I have used
open
> Office and Abiword, but over time I find the fonts get hard to stare at.
I
> also have problems with both packages generating an accuaret page count.
>
> So, those are my delimas, and hopedfully someone will have positive
> experience dealing with these topics.
>
> Thanks,
>
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