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Sourceforge Community Choice Awards Finalists--Who's Missing?

Now that Sourceforge.net has announced the finalists in its Community Choice Awards for best open source applications in various categories, I find a number of my favorite applications missing from the list. Don't get me wrong--this time around, Sourceforge allowed the community to vote, so I don't question how the finalists were arrived at. I just wish a few applications that are near and dear to me got some recognition. Matt Asay already weighed in with his ideas on which applications are missing. Here are a few non-finalists that I wish were finalists.



Kaltura Gets Funding, Expands its Open Source Video Efforts

Kaltura, which is nicely described by CNet as the video company that's considered a blend of YouTube and Wikipedia, has closed a second round of funding.The company has an open source video platform for video creation and collaboration, and is releasing an enhanced version of its video-wiki extension for MediaWiki software. The amount of funding, led by .406 Ventures, isn't disclosed, but is described in the CNet post above as significantly larger than the $2.1 million Kaltura previously secured from Avalon Ventures and angel investors. Here's why this company's focus on allowing videographers around the world to collaborate is promising.


6 Essential Open Source Apps for Mac Videographers

If you do any work with video on a Mac, you probably already have some basic software for video editing and production. Out in the open source fields of dreams, though, there are many excellent utilities, adjunct applications, and just plain novelties that any videographer can benefit from using. These include excellent tools for incorporating animation with your videos, encoding video in multiple formats, producing slick storyboards, and more.? Here are six examples.


Big Buck Bunny: Check This Open Source Movie Out

If you pay any attention at all to the movie industry, you've no doubt noticed the tremendous success that Pixar has had with largely computer-generated animated films. They've got a pretty good track record, singer/songwriter Randy Newman quipped when he accepted a Best Song award at the Oscars for Monsters, Inc. If you take a look at Big Buck Bunny, though, a 3D animated movie created by open source contributors and just released for free online, it looks like Pixar may eventually have some competition. I say eventually because Big Buck Bunny isn't perfect, but it is surprisingly good.


Get Herds of Top OSS Apps in One Free Download--Mac & Windows

If you want to put a boatload of useful open source applications on a computer or, as I do, on a pocket USB drive so that you can have them with you at all times, there are now some very fast ways to do this. MacLibre is a great way to get tons of good free, open source apps in one download for Mac users. For Windows users, as I've written about before PortableApps.com is also a great way to get many free applications in one free download. So what kinds of applications are we talking about?



Free, Open Source Tools for Working with Online Video

If you find yourself increasingly working with video online, you're not alone. It's gotten much easier to add video functionality to applications, blogs, and much more. The open source community has created many excellent applications and utilities for working with video and animation. Over on WebWorkerDaily, I have a post up titled 6 Free Apps and Utilities for Working with Online Video. It covers top-notch, free applications you can look into, including Blender, Xvid, and more. Not all of them are open source, but most of them are. Check it out.

 



Essential Free Online Video and Animation Tools

Original Post authored by Samuel Dean on 1/4/2008 on WebWorkerDaily

Whether you do some blogging, operate an e-commerce site, or simply have moving pictures in the back of your mind to work with, web-based video and animation should probably be on your radar.