Video Editing Reviews

Kino

Kino is a video editing application targeted to the same audience as iMovie, the home user who would like to edit their home movies. It is meant to be as simple as possible to use, using a vertical storyboard layout approach. Video is imported as clips, in the form of tiles or frames of a storyboard, that are then arranged into the desired order and then trimmed. Effects such as transitions and video overlay effects and filters can be easily.

Benefits

• Can do all basic editing functions.
  • Trim video
  • Can select instances of clips ans insert them
  • Can do effects and transitions
• Kino has a very clean, simple to use interface.
  • All main functions of program are listed on right-hand side.
• Can export an EDL (editing decision list) for on-line editing.
• Can handle many video formats (must be converted to DV first)
• Supports the ability capture and encode video from Firewire enabled cameras
• Is a a single window program, easier for newbies.

Limitations

• Is a single track editing program
• Not a very powerful platform for larger productions
  • Does not use OpenGL for rendering, puts increased load on CPU
• Lacks an effective way to organize large amounts of video files
• Lacks effective project management functions.

Conclusion

Kino addresses it's target audience, the home user, very well but is not suitable for a professional production environment. As such, it would be unlikely to include Kino in Ubuntu Studio by default.