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What's the Windows Movie Maker equivalent for Linux? (feddit.org)
submitted 1 day ago by Lemmchen@feddit.org to c/linux@programming.dev
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Back in my teenage years I remember making music videos to my favorite songs in WMM. It didn't require any previous knowledge about cutting or other video editing tools. It was just simple and intuitive.

Is there an equivalent for Linux that's as easy as intuitive as WMM was? Something I could put in front of someone without previous knowlegde in editing and they could still wrap their heads around in just a few minutes?

(And please don't say Kdenlive. Have you ever tried to add a simple effect like blur to a part of a video? It's super cumbersome.)

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[โ€“] woelkchen@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Does it need to be free software or just work on Linux? In recent years several web-based video editors became popular such as CapCut and Microsoft Clipchamp. They come with the usual disclaimers of being by companies that don't have your best interest at heart.

Personally, I try to power through Kdenlive and look up tutorials for the little stuff I do.

Edit: https://opencut.app/ but may require running it inside a local Docker container yourself for most stability.

[โ€“] Lemmchen@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

I'd definitely prefer something FLOSS and local, albeit selfhosted in my network.