CREATOR TOOLBOX

Tool: Kdenlive - How to Make the Floating Text Visual Effect Description: See how to use motion tracking with AI algorithms to creation motion path keyframes in Kdenlive. It becomes very easy to reuse generated keyframes to create complex and realistic overlays, as in the example of floating text. Walk through also how to add perspective, shadow and surface blurring adaption!  Review: https://youtu.be/7PZHOnW9ONM Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 3

   Tool: Glaxnimate - Easy Character Animation Description: How to easily create 2D character animation in Glaxnimate Review: https://youtu.be/REU8Z5j7qlw Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 3

Tool: Image Sequences - Creating Visual Effects Description: How to use Image Sequences in any video creator tool for visual effects Review: https://youtu.be/FXIE0LeneLk Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 3

Tool: Kdenlive vs Shotcut - Side by Side Comparison Description: Comparison of Kdenlive versus Shotcut for strengths and weaknesses as a video creator tool Review: https://youtu.be/ILBZCv4nTCk Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 3

  Tool: KDEnlive - Master Titles Description: A tutorial for working with titles and leveraging powerful features in KDEnlive Review: https://youtu.be/FuvbP4Dm9Sc Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 2

   Tool: Motion Tracking with AI Models in KDEnlive Description: KDEnlive has included newly enhanced motion tracking capabilities, leveraging AI models discriminate distinct visual elements and then translate the tracked movement to reusable keyframes.  Review: https://youtu.be/wJtGULPaTCE Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 3

  Tool: Natron Description: Natron is a powerful Digital Compositor that can handle all of your 2D/2.5D needs. Its robust OIIO file formats and OpenFX architecture is what make Natron the most flexible open source compositor for the visual effects community. Its interface and functionally are the same across all platforms such as MacOS, Linux and Windows. Natron has a powerful keying, roto/rotopaint, 2D tracking tools that are staple for all current film production project that requires visual effects. Platform: Windows, MAC, Linux Download: https://natrongithub.github.io/ Review: https://youtu.be/-KuVznMOSHE Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 4 Costs: Free