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I won’t bore you with the details, but after several frustrating sessions of professional video editing, I discovered many of the repetitive tasks a video editor faces can be automated with FFmpeg. I have written a handful of shell scripts which I might share later, but FFmpeg came in clutch once again today for some mindless video processing. The Situation For the second week in a row, I was emailed a list of YouTube URL’s and timestamps of video clips to pull from these hour-long live stream recordings.

Hi friends! It’s Wesley. As you may know, I started Linux-Studio.com over 5 years ago to support my hobby YouTube channel with some more content. Another 5 years prior to that was my foray into using Linux as a desktop operating system. Things have come a long way since both of these major milestones, and as such, it makes sense to rebrand this outlet as LinuxCreative.com Why Change? While my ambitions for Linux-Studio.

If you’re new to graphic design on the Linux operating system, welcome! Some of the first work I did professionally using Linux was designing simple logos for clients online. I have fond memories of the feeling of achievement that came with learning to use these tools and earning money for the work I created. In the decade that has passed since then, Linux graphic design and photography software have matured considerably.

As Linux distributions are increasingly shipping with PipeWire, an alternative to the long-standing JACK Audio Connection Kit, many audio producers wonder whether it’s time to switch. PipeWire claims to be a drop-in replacement for JACK, PulseAudio, ALSA, and GStreamer, promising to simplify audio routing and device control. This could significantly lower the entry barriers for newcomers to Linux-based audio production. But is PipeWire really ready for your studio? I pushed both PipeWire and JACK to their limits on my studio computer to answer this question for myself.

One of my favorite new enhancements included in Blender 2.80 is the ability to pick a custom font for Video Sequence Editor (VSE) text strips. Text positioning has also greatly improved, but one component that still isn’t quite useful for anything more than subtitles yet is the “Shadow” property. We’re only provided with a checkbox and a color picker for now. Playing with the alpha value in the color picker can enhance the drop shadow effect slightly, but without spread or offset values, the drop shadow still looks less than professional for larger titles.