Shotcut is an open-source, free and cross-platform video editing software for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows. Dan Dennedy, started Shotcut project in 2011 and it is developed on the MLT Multimedia Framework. Video editing has been never easy but Shotcut is an user-friendly and simple video editor that gives you tons of functions and features to edit/manage your videos with just mouse clicks, but do not under estimate this product because it has complex functions too that many paid product offers.

Features of Shotcut:

Support for 4K resolutions
Supports oodles of audio and video formats and codecs thanks to FFmpeg
Supports many image formats such as BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, SVG, TGA, TIFF as well as image sequences
Frame-accurate seeking for many formatsmulti-format timeline: mix and match resolutions and frame rates within a project
Webcam and screen capture including background capture to capture a Shotcut session
Audio capture
Network stream playback (HTTP, HLS, RTMP, RTSP, MMS, UDP)
Blackmagic Design SDI and HDMI for input and preview monitoring
Drag-n-drop files from file manager
Audio scopes: peak meter, waveform, spectrum analyzer
Flexible UI through dock-able panels
Capture (record) SDI, HDMI, webcam (V4L2), JACK audio, PulseAudio, IP stream, X11 screen.
Stream (encode to IP) files and any capture source
Batch encoding with job control
Unlimited undo and redo for playlist edits including a history view
OpenGL GPU-based image processing with 16-bit floating point linear per color component
Multi-core parallel image processing (when not using GPU and frame-dropping is disabled)
Eye dropper tool to pick neutral color for white balancing
HTML5 (sans audio and video) as video source and filters
Complete list of features are available here.

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The new Linux Mint 17.3 “ROSA” is ready to use. Upgrading is relatively easy.
In the Update Manager, click on the Refresh button to check for any new version of mintupdate and mint-upgrade-info.
If there are updates for these packages, apply them.

1.) Launch the System Upgrade by clicking on “Edit->Upgrade to Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa”.

2.) Follow the instructions on the screen.

3.) Once the upgrade is finished, reboot your computer.

4.) Update the Kernel..

5.) Update the Grub : with the following command: “sudo update-grub”.

More infos at:
http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2955
https://mintguide.org/system/548-official-update-linux-mint-from-17-2-to-17-3-rosa.html

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http://forums.linuxmint.com/

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Wallch (ver. 4.5) is a handy wallpaper changer that rotates your wallpapers. Here’s how you can install it in Linux Mint 17.

1. Open a terminal window.

2. Type in the following commands then hit Enter after each:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wallch/wallch-4.0

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install wallch

3. Use this command to remove Wallch:

sudo apt-get remove wallch

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To install “IRFANVIEW” in your linux / Mint you should have installed “wine” on your system.

Get the file “mfc42.dll” from the folder “C:\windows\system32” of a running Windows system.

Copy this file to the analogous wine folder “/home/username/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32”. (If not showing use Cntl + h Key to show hidden files)

Download the setup file (e.g. iview400_setup.exe) for IrfanView (www.irfanview.com This website is available in english and german). Click with the right mouse button on the downloaded file and choose the option “Open with ‘wine'”

When the installation is completed you can start Irfanview by using the following commandline:
wine “C:/Program Files/IrfanView4/i_view32.exe”

To create a starter for IrfanView on your Desktop choose the option “Create Launcher” in the context menue and use the commandline from above as the command:

Create Launcher

Name = Irfanview
command = wine “C:/Program Files/IrfanView4/i_view32.exe”
Comment = Start IrfanView

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Do you want to Auto Mount the different Partitions in Linux / Mint when the system is started?
the do the following:

Open Terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T)
and type following commands:

1.) ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid

2.) get the IDS of the partitions to auto Mount (eg.: “48E24944E2493788” )

3.) open startup applications (from Software manager)

4.) add the partitions.

eg: to add sd2 with the ID “48E24944E2493788”

Name= automount sd2

Command= /usr/bin/udisks –mount /dev/disk/by-uuid/48E24944E2493788

comment =

press OK

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Open Terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T)
and type following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install wine1.7

You need to add the i386 architecture.
You can add it and then install wine like so:

sudo dpkg –add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wine1.6

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Open Terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T)
and type following commands:

sudo apt-get install font-manager

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Open Terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T)
and type following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install gimp

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