The launch of the new version of multitrack non-linear video editing system Flowblade 2.8, which allows you to compose movies and videos from a set of separate videos, sound files, and images.
The editor provides tools to precisely trim clips to individual frames, processing them through filters and multi-level image compositing for embedding in video. You can arbitrarily define the order of use of the tools and adjust the behavior of the timeline.
The project code it is written in python and is distributed under the GPLv3 license, precompiled binary files are prepared in deb formatIn addition to organizing video editing, the MLT framework and library are used FFmpeg is used to process various video, sound and image formats.
The interface is built with PyGTKWhile the NumPy library is used for mathematical calculations, PIL is used for image processing and it is possible to use plug-ins with the implementation of video effects from the Frei0r collection, as well as LADSPA sound plug-ins and filter filters. G'MIC image.
Within Its main characteristics stand out:
- 11 editing tools, 9 of which are included in the basic working set
- 4 methods to insert, replace, and attach clips in a timeline
- Ability to place clips on the timeline in drag and drop mode
- Ability to attach clips and image comps to other master clips
- Possibility of simultaneous work with 9 combined video and sound tracks
- Means for adjusting colors and changing sound parameters
- Support for combining and mixing images and sound
- 10 composition modes. Keyframe animation tools to blend, scale, move and rotate the original video
- 19 blend modes to insert images into a video
- Over 40 Image Replacement Patterns
- More than 50 filters for images that allow you to adjust colors, apply effects, blur, manipulate transparency, freeze the frame, create the illusion of movement, etc.
- Over 30 sound filters, including keyframe mixing, echo addition, reverb, and sound distortion
- Support for all popular video and audio formats supported by MLT and FFmpeg. Support for images in JPEG, PNG, TGA and TIFF, as well as vector graphics in SVG format.
Main new features of Flowblade 2.8
In this new edition of Flowblade 2.8, added the submenu «View-> Panel location» to select the position of the panel location on displays with a resolution of 1680 × 1050 and higher.
Besides that Two new dark themes have been proposed: Flowblade Neutral with a neutral background and Flowblade Gray with a slight bias towards blue. Previously, the default skin was kept as Flowblade Blue.
On the other hand, we can find that the ability to change the order of items in the middle panel was provided, enabled through the menu «View-> Design of central bar-> Free bar” and “View-> Design of central bar-> Configure free bar”.
Of the other changes that stand out from the new version:
- Updated filter panel.
- The filter editing panels are now stacked.
- The filter selection panel has been moved to the right side of the timeline and allows the user to add filters by double-clicking a filter item or dragging filters onto a clip with the mouse.
- Added support for changing hotkeys.
- Added a Tool Dock widget to select editing tools along the timeline, which can be used in place of the center panel drop-down menu.
- An additional set of colored icons is provided for the center panel.
- Updated translations
How to install Flowblade on Ubuntu and derivatives?
For those who are interested in being able to install this new version, just download it. For this we are going to open a terminal and in it we are going to type the following command:
wget https://github.com/jliljebl/flowblade/releases/download/v2.8/flowblade-2.8.0-1_all.deb
And then we install with:
sudo apt install ./flowblade-2.8.0-1_all.deb