Editing Videos

Video editing in Kubuntu can be done with an application called Kino — a non-linear video editor. Kino is not installed by default. It can be installed using Muon by going to Kickoff Application LauncherComputerMuon Software Center.

Here's how to open and edit video files in Kino:

Procedure 3. Importing Files in Kino

  1. Open Kino by going to Kickoff Application LauncherApplicationsMultimediaKino

  2. Open the video file to be edited by clicking FileOpen. (Press OK if a message appears to import file.). It may take some time to import, depending on the size of the file.

  3. After the importing is done, the video can be played. Also, it can be trimmed, visual effects added, etc.

To trim a video to shorten it or to export different sections:

Procedure 4. Trimming Videos

  1. Once a video file has been imported into Kino, click on the Trim button.

  2. A slider below the video preview can be used to specify the starting (In Point) and the ending (Out Point) points of the trimmed video.

  3. Specify the starting and ending points by dragging each end of the slider.

  4. After the sliders have been positioned, press the Apply button at the bottom. This will trim the file to the 'In Point' and 'Out Point' specified in the previous step.

Procedure 5. Exporting videos

  1. When the editing, trimming, etc., are complete, the video is ready to be exported. To do this, click on the Export button on the right side of the window or go to ViewExport.

  2. In the Export mode, the output mode can be specified for saving the edited video. Exporting to a 'DV' file maintains the quality of the video (this generally results in a large file).

  3. To export the video to a common format such as AVI, select the 'Other' tab and specify the type of video to export, the quality of the output video and the location the video should be saved to.

  4. When the settings have been customized, click on the Export button to export the file. This may take some time depending on the size of file, the format, the quality selected, and other customization choices.