Video editing is extremely normal in a world where everyone has a 4K camera in their pockets and every single person under the age of 20 wants to be the next big YouTube star
Yes, because you're using proprietary Apple software that's designed to work together with Apple's range of products.
Most people aren't doing that stuff, not even most 20 somethings and teens. They use apps for that which is part of why Tiktok took off, look up how they "edit" those videos.
DaVinci Resolve works but sort of like OS's most people get into their editor of choice and lock themselves in because it's a pain to learn another. Plus Adobe has sort of an editing "ecosystem" now for better or worse.
And no one is claiming Windows is Just as Good(TM) and can do everything Macs can do. There are absolutely things you can do on OS X (mostly related to Apple's mobile stuff) that you can't do on Windows, full stop. No excuses, no rationalizations, no bullshit.
I don't disagree, but I also don't think it's any different than arguing you need a propitiatory piece of software that only works with Windows which was kind of the point. I was replying to a comment that implied there was not one common computer use case that you can't use Windows for. I don't see how suggesting that someone who uses and likes IMessage and FaceTime should move over to Windows and use Teams or Skype or something is any different than someone who suggests someone who uses Photoshop should try Gimp.
I was replying to something literally like six posts ago, dude:
Anyone who's serious about it will eventually have to graduate from baby's first video editor on their phones. Have you ever tried using iMovie on an iPhone? You can't do much beyond splitting clips and adding stock elements. I don't even think you can slow down footage. Yeah, TikTok I'm sure has a simple built-in editor for making TikTok-style videos, which is great for doing exactly that and not much else. Anything of any kind of bigger caliber, including even something as simple as game streaming, needs a proper video editing package.
The average Tiktok/'gram zoomies aren't going to graduate to full blown editors. Video editing is not something normal people do on their computers, I don't get why that's contentious.
It wasn't when you and I were young, but it is now! Not every kid needs to learn Photoshop in order to make shitposts, but videos are king in the land of normie internet. Shit, man, even learning how to set up proper lighting in your filming space will help a kid down the line when they have to do job interviews over a video conference. Film stuff isn't just a thing that's of interest to normies, it's getting to be something important enough to help you get a leg up in life.
Blender is starting to become a really good video editor now and that's linux native. Not studio grade but more than sufficient for hobbyists. I figure if one can sit through hours to learn premier, one can do the same to learn how to use blender video editor.
I'm a photographer, an engineer, and a gamer. I've been told at least three times in this thread that I literally don't exist.
Awesome. I don't like Windows or Mac so I use Linux, but reading this thread can get annoying regardless of my choices.
I dunno man, wouldn't that also make using Windows because you want Office without considering Libre Office or Microsoft 365 online just specifically not using Linux? I feel like you can't really have it both ways. We've established in this thread that little incompatibilities between different programs that do the same thing on the surface can end up being a huge pain in the ass to deal with. If you're in the Apple ecosystem, I think that it's a bit more complex than someone just not using Windows out of spite. If my mom has an iPhone and I want to talk to her a lot, I'm going to be better off going with an idevice, just like if my client uses Office, I'm much better off going with something that can run Office.
I don't really care. I'm not console warring here. I use a Windows machine at work and have a couple of laptops with Linux and dual boot on my desktop at home. I literally use both Windows and Linux every day. I do have a personal preference toward Linux, but I'm not anti-windows so much as I'm anti-being forced to log onto an online account to even use my machine which is what Google, Microsoft and Apple are all pushing toward.
"Pushing toward" meaning initially requesting that you do it when you reformat and there being absolutely zero functional repercussions for creating a local account instead.
When Windows 11 Home requires a Microsoft account for the inital setup unless you use an elaborate workaround, "pushing toward" is exactly the right phrase to use.
Listen, I understand that Sega does what Nintendont, but when that's what you come back with, I assume you got nothing.
Totally. Requesting the user sign into a Microsoft account = real, serious issue. Not working with Nvidia GPUs and now the "wrong" type of AMD GPUs = quirky, irrelevant edge case.
Why do you assume me going, "Hey, I don't like how big tech companies are trying to force everyone to do this," is me telling you to switch to Linux?
I don't know about PTSD, but it absolutely has reaffirmed that every single negative stereotype about Linux users is 100% true and then some.
