DIY Video: 10 User-Generated Content Tools You Can't Live Without

在80年代早期, the desktop publishing revolution democratized the whole process of page layout and book production. Suddenly everyone became a publisher.

The same thing is happening now with the 太ls and processes for working with audio and video. Anyone who wants to edit or convert moving images and sound can do it inexpensively.

The desktop publishing revolution resulted in some amazingly beautiful design ideas being tried out for the first time. The same thing is happening with video. You only have to spend a little while on YouTube to see some very creative ideas. (Of course there’s plenty of bad execution out there, and at least as many nondescript productions, 但我们不会在这里详述这些.) The general public is enthusiastic about producing video now that they can afford the 太ls, and the best way to learn is to experiment with your ideas and show them to people.

选择你的平台
在本文中, we’ll explore how you can put together a 太lkit to deal with the 10 main areas of video processing that you’ll need to cover. Rather than recommending one 太l above all others, we’ll present you with a number of options for each part of the process. You may have no money at all and need cheap or even free 太ls. At the other end of the scale are enterprise-level users who can afford anything that is available whatever the price, provided there is a good business case. In the middle are professionals working in small companies who have a limited budget for their 太ls.

Beyond budget, the other main variable is your chosen workstation’s operating system. Creative professionals tend toward the Macintosh platform, although 太ls are widely available for Windows, 太. And, at least as far as open source 太ls are concerned, Linux is also well-supported for this work. You certainly don't need to consider switching platforms just to produce video. You may occasionally find that an important 太l or a direct alternative to it is not supported on your chosen platform, 但通常有一个变通办法. 我指的是Linux吗, the solution is also generally applicable to other UNIX variants such as BSD or Solaris.

获取工具
If you search Google for the keywords "video 太ls," you get a lot of hits. 维基百科也是如此. 是否使用Windows, Linux, 或Mac OS, there is no shortage of 太ls at every price point to solve just about every problem you might encounter.

These 太ls are useful whether you are working for a broadcaster and produce TV programs for a living or are at the other end of the scale, a home video enthusiast building a collection of favorite TV clips and programs that you might want to watch again, perhaps delivered to the lounge from a home media server.

Many of the 太ls are available as shareware or completely free of charge, and a lot of work is being done even by professionals with 太ls that are open source and available to everyone. Even the high-end 太ls such as Final Cut Pro are within the reach of anyone who has some disposable income to spare on their hobby or is planning to make a living working with video content.

There are some important caveats with freeware. Since you aren’t paying the developers, you may not get the same level of support you might expect from a major manufacturer. Test things first before making delivery promises to your customers. Something vital in your workflow may not work quite right, and you may need to track down the reason yourself. 免费的 software is sometimes referred to as user-supported software.

是非曲直
Before we go any further, let’s get something important out of the way. 建筑, 交付, or describing conversion 太ls in an article like this is not an endorsement of copyright infringement. You need to understand what the limits of fair use are in relation to the video you are working on. Be aware of the boundary where redistribution of content becomes a criminal act that infringes a content owner’s copyright.