Adobe and Linux??

Adam J McKay

Adam J McKay

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So whilst doing questionable things on the internet, karma came back to haunt me and she had her way with my computer. Needless to say I lost everything and had to reformat. So after searching for an xp disk for a while, I decided to say screw it and downloaded me the newest release of Ubuntu. All I can say is I am loving it. So much faster, not as user friendly, but I can manage. The only thing that would keep me from using this full time is that their is no support for serious video editing. They have a few open source programs that do the job but arnt nearly as powerful as adobe, avid FCP etc. However, this may be changing.

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Adobe-Eyes-Linux-Desktop-Strategy/

I stumbled upon this article hinting that adobe is seriously looking into releasing their products for linux as well. And if this is something that actually happens, boy my windows days will be long gone.

Just thought id share with anyone interested,
 
I think Sony Vegas is written in the .net framework, in which case I know Mono allows (in theory) to compile .net programs in Linux, so *if* one could get hold of the Sony Vegas source file ( :D no chance in h*ll) you could run Sony Vegas in Linux natively (without needing to port it).
 
Tom Marshall said:
Hmm... that article is 4 years old...
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There is still hope...

One can dream can't they?

Dream of a world with a stable, virus free operating system, that performs at blazing speeds, runs all your favorite apps, most of which are free because they were meant for linux in the first place, and costs a fraction of what a mac does. Oh Linux.

But in reality I am going to end up buying a mac and getting me the FCP. I just can't deal with windows any longer. And since there is no real hope of Adobe going linux, I feel I have no other option.
 
Yes, one can... :)

I run Linux myself most of the time. The only problem is my audio interface which cost me 1500 bucks won't work with Linux because there's no driver nor will there probably ever be one. I also don't have anything as good as Photoshop either. Gimp is cool, but it ain't Photoshop!

I don't really do any video editing. I'm an actor / musician so the lack of any really kick ass music software (and the fact that my audio interface doesn't work) keeps me going back to Windozes.
 
lol. Yeah, the 1040ST did, I think. I have all the gear I need though. My MIDI interface that I have cost about 500 bucks and it would probably work with Linux. It's just the audio interface that doesn't' work.

Hell, I could probably buy a MIDI interface for my Amiga and use that for music. :)
 
If you like Ubuntu, I've just finished the first version of a derivative distro called Nexradix. Might want to check it out. It shares a similar base, but runs a bit faster and has more useful default apps installed.

As for video editing, that's been a personal frustration for me for years. My last remaining Windows box exists solely for Sony Vegas (which is actually .Net & regular APIs, apparently, so it won't currently work in Wine or Mono).

The only commercially produced video editing suite for Linux was Mainactor, and that was discontinued last year. Sadly, it was a downloadable purchase only, so you can't find anyone who still has copies in stock to buy. Very frustrating, especially since I didn't find out about it until after it was gone...

Cinelerra & Jashaka are good places to start. Kino is a decent capture program, with some very basic editing if you want something simple.

As for music software, Audacity remains one of the best audio editors out there for most basic work-- and it works in Linux, Windows, and Mac OS.
 
I've never tried Ubuntu. My first distro was Red Hat (like most people). Then I went to Slackware for the longest time. I got sick of hearing Debian fans saying how easy it was to update packages so I switched to Debian about 6 months ago. I like it. :)

If you go the Cinelerra route, make sure you get Cinelerra-CV. It's a better version than the original and a lot of the instability is now gone due to more active development.

Lumiera - http://lumiera.org/ - seems to be the app that will finally bring professional video editing to the Linux desktop, but we'll see how that goes...

I've used Audacity on both Windows and Linux and it's a good waveform editor but it's quite basic. Ardour seems to be the DAW that everyone seems to like... but it doesn't do MIDI...
 
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