The features, the manual, the tutorials

Cinelerra's features

English: HTML (A large page) | HTML (One page per chapter) | PDF (6 Mb) | TXT (500 Kb)
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Spanish: HTML (A large page) | HTML (One page per chapter) | PDF (6 Mb) | TXT (500 Kb)
Basque: HTML (A large page) | HTML (One page per chapter) | TXT (500 Kb)

Improve the Cinelerra CV manual by editing its pages in the Cinelerra CV Wiki

Cinelerra Tutorial - Getting Started, by Rob Fisher.
Cinelerra video tutorials, by The Source - tutorials (talk and screencast) inside The Source Show.
#1 is in Episode 6 "The Return Of The Pixel" from min 45 to min 60
(Introduction to Cinelerra and non linear editing, the 4 windows interface, project attributes, loading files).
#2 is in Episode 1 "The Filesystem Menace" from min 32 to min 54
(Arming tracks, sample zoom, selection boxes, two screen editing, cut and paste editing, adding and moving tracks, drag and drop editing, trimming, transitions).
#3 is in Episode 2 "Attack Of The Elephants (Dream)" from min 45 to 1:12
(Keyframes, camera and projector, masks, titles, effects).
#4 is in Episode 3 "Revenge of Cinelerra" from min 10 to min 36
(Rendering for DVD, rendering for the web, transcoding with ffmpeg).
Edición de video bajo GNU/Linux (Cinelerra), in Spanish, by Gustavo Iñiguez Goya
Guide d'utilisation de Cinelerra, in French, by funix.org.
Faire un montage video, French tutorial for beginners on Cinelerra HV, by Laurent Bellegarde.
Capturando e editando video usando Software Livre, in Portuguese, by Rafael Diniz
Tutorial Cinelerra, in Portuguese, by Leo Germani
Cinelerra is very easy - in English and Italian - Introduction to Cinelerra, for beginners, by Paolo Rampino.

Some HOWTOs for specific needs are available on the internet:

Beginner's Guide to Exporting Video from Cinelerra, by Scott Frase
Capturing desktop screens in Cinelerra, screencast by Scott Frase
HOWTO use theChromakey (HSV) plugin, by Jerome Cornet
HOWTO make professional looking Scrolled Credits in Cinelerra, by David McNab
Crear títulos diferentes con Cinelerra, in Spanish, by Gustavo Iñiguez Goya - how to add effects to titles. With downloadable sample projects.
HOWTO make your own video transition with Cinelerra and Inkscape in English and Italian, by Paolo Rampino
SimAV HOWTOs - How to create a picture in picture effect, How to create overlays, How to change theme, by Simeon Volkel
Tips for Transcoding Cinelerra Compatible Video with FFmpeg, MEncoder, by by Alexander Grundner
FFMPEG Compatibility - HOWTO produce videos that can be played in common proprietary multimedia players

Interlacing, an easy introduction to Interlacing for beginners.
What is Deinterlacing? Facts,solutions,examples, in depth description of interlacing.
MPEG-2 FAQ.
Exporting edited HD content back to the camcorder (HDV related).
A Quick Guide to Digital Video Resolution and Aspect Ratio Conversions.
Colour specification and image coding describes luma, chroma, and different colour models in detail.
DVD-VIDEO - about DVD structure.
Creating DVD videos on Linux and Unix - an excellent high level overview of DVD authoring in general on Linux
lprod - Libre Production a French Wiki full of resources for Open Source video editing, especially for Cinelerra HV (among them an Ubuntu package).
Cinelera CV Glossary, for newbies.

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