<s>
Pitivi	B-Application
(	O
originally	O
spelled	O
PiTiVi	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
non-linear	O
video	O
editor	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
developed	O
by	O
various	O
contributors	O
from	O
free	O
software	O
community	O
and	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
project	O
,	O
with	O
support	O
also	O
available	O
from	O
Collabora	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pitivi	B-Application
is	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
default	O
video	O
editing	O
software	O
for	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
desktop	I-Application
environment	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
Lesser	I-Application
General	I-Application
Public	I-Application
License	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Edward	O
Hervey	O
started	O
working	O
on	O
PiTiVi	B-Application
in	O
December	O
2003	O
as	O
an	O
end-of-studies	O
project	O
at	O
the	O
EPITECH	O
engineering	O
school	O
in	O
Paris	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
written	O
in	O
C	B-Language
,	O
the	O
PiTiVi	B-Application
codebase	O
was	O
first	O
checked	O
into	O
version	O
control	O
in	O
May	O
2004	O
and	O
was	O
rewritten	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
a	O
year	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
his	O
graduation	O
,	O
Hervey	O
was	O
hired	O
by	O
Fluendo	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
GStreamer	B-Language
for	O
the	O
following	O
two	O
years	O
,	O
after	O
which	O
Hervey	O
co-founded	O
Collabora	O
's	O
Multimedia	O
division	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
improve	O
Pitivi	B-Application
,	O
GStreamer	B-Language
and	O
the	O
GNonlin	O
plugins	O
from	O
2008	O
to	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
past	O
there	O
have	O
been	O
several	O
video	O
editors	O
available	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
but	O
,	O
they	O
were	O
considered	O
difficult	O
to	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
Community	O
Manager	O
Jono	O
Bacon	O
stated	O
"	O
Back	O
in	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
video	O
editing	O
situation	O
was	O
looking	O
far	O
more	O
exciting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Michael	O
Dominik	O
was	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
hugely	O
exciting	O
Diva	O
project	O
and	O
Edward	O
Hervey	O
was	O
working	O
on	O
PiTiVi	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
combined	O
exciting	O
technologies	O
,	O
being	O
built	O
on	O
the	O
formidable	O
foundations	O
of	O
GTK	B-Application
,	O
GNOME	B-Application
,	O
GStreamer	B-Language
,	O
and	O
Cairo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Diva	O
was	O
developed	O
using	O
Mono	O
,	O
and	O
PiTiVi	B-Application
using	O
Python	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
video	O
buzz	O
in	O
the	O
air	O
,	O
Michael	O
and	O
Edward	O
both	O
demoed	O
their	O
projects	O
at	O
the	O
Villanova	O
GUADEC	B-Application
to	O
rapturous	O
applause	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bacon	O
also	O
noted	O
that	O
Pitivi	B-Application
has	O
taken	O
a	O
long	O
time	O
to	O
mature	O
:	O
"	O
For	O
Edward	O
to	O
have	O
created	O
the	O
first	O
incarnation	O
of	O
PiTiVi	B-Application
he	O
needed	O
to	O
ensure	O
that	O
GStreamer	B-Language
and	O
GNonLin	O
were	O
mature	O
and	O
stable	O
enough	O
to	O
use	O
for	O
his	O
application	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2010	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
10.04	O
Lucid	O
Lynx	O
,	O
PiTiVi	B-Application
version	O
0.13.4	O
became	O
the	O
first	O
default	O
movie	O
editor	O
offered	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
ISO	B-General_Concept
CD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2011	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Pitivi	B-Application
would	O
be	O
no	O
longer	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
ISO	B-General_Concept
,	O
starting	O
with	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
11.10	O
Oneiric	O
Ocelot	O
's	O
release	O
in	O
October	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reasons	O
given	O
for	O
removing	O
it	O
included	O
"	O
poor	O
user	O
reception	O
,	O
lack	O
of	O
fit	O
with	O
the	O
default	O
user-case	O
for	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
,	O
lack	O
of	O
polish	O
and	O
the	O
application	O
's	O
lack	O
of	O
development	O
maturity	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PiTiVi	B-Application
will	O
not	O
be	O
replaced	O
on	O
the	O
ISO	B-General_Concept
with	O
another	O
video	O
editor	O
and	O
will	O
remain	O
available	O
to	O
users	O
for	O
installation	O
from	O
the	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
repositories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
this	O
,	O
Jeff	O
Fortin	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
developers	O
raised	O
concerns	O
regarding	O
the	O
reasons	O
given	O
for	O
removing	O
Pitivi	B-Application
from	O
the	O
set	O
of	O
default	O
applications	O
and	O
voiced	O
disappointment	O
in	O
Canonical/Ubuntu	O
not	O
supporting	O
the	O
application	O
as	O
they	O
would	O
have	O
been	O
expected	O
to	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Edward	O
Hervey	O
announced	O
the	O
availability	O
of	O
GStreamer	B-Language
Editing	O
Services	O
(	O
GES	O
)	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Further	O
confirmations	O
of	O
intentions	O
to	O
migrate	O
Pitivi	B-Application
to	O
GES	O
came	O
at	O
the	O
Meego	O
conference	O
in	O
2011	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
until	O
the	O
0.15	O
release	O
in	O
September	O
2011	O
that	O
Thibault	O
Saunier	O
officially	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
next	O
Pitivi	B-Application
release	O
would	O
be	O
based	O
upon	O
GES	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
new	O
engine	O
,	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
old	O
code	O
could	O
be	O
removed	O
and	O
the	O
Pitivi	B-Application
codebase	O
underwent	O
massive	O
reorganization	O
,	O
cleanup	O
and	O
refactoring	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
final	O
stages	O
of	O
these	O
changes	O
leading	O
to	O
the	O
0.91	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
timeline	O
was	O
also	O
ported	O
from	O
the	O
Canvas	O
(	O
scene	O
graph	O
)	O
"	O
GooCanvas	O
"	O
to	O
Clutter	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
0.91	O
,	O
PiTiVi	B-Application
was	O
renamed	O
Pitivi	B-Application
,	O
without	O
the	O
"	O
T	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
V	O
"	O
capitalized	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phase	O
2	O
-	O
Improving	O
features	O
,	O
€	O
1,925	O
for	O
adding	O
a	O
magnetic	O
time-line	O
,	O
€	O
4,400	O
for	O
interfaces	O
for	O
multi-camera	O
editing	O
,	O
€	O
4,766	O
for	O
porting	O
to	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
fundraising	O
was	O
conducted	O
through	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Language
Foundation	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pitivi	B-Application
inherits	O
its	O
capabilities	O
for	O
importing	O
and	O
exporting	O
(	O
rendering	O
)	O
media	O
from	O
the	O
GStreamer	B-Language
framework	O
,	O
or	O
plugins	O
for	O
the	O
GStreamer	B-Language
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pitivi	B-Application
supports	O
simple	O
media	O
editing	O
capabilities	O
such	O
as	O
trimming	O
,	O
snapping	O
,	O
splitting	O
and	O
cutting	O
of	O
clips	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pitivi	B-Application
has	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
step	O
through	O
a	O
piece	O
of	O
media	O
using	O
scrubbers	O
or	O
keyboard	O
shortcuts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
more	O
exhaustive	O
list	O
of	O
features	O
can	O
be	O
found	O
on	O
the	O
Pitivi	B-Application
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jean-François	O
Fortin	O
Tam	O
gave	O
a	O
talk	O
at	O
Libre	O
Graphics	O
Meeting	O
2009	O
,	O
discussing	O
how	O
usability	O
became	O
a	O
major	O
focus	O
for	O
the	O
Pitivi	B-Application
project	O
,	O
and	O
how	O
design	O
considerations	O
impacted	O
PiTiVi	B-Application
's	O
user-interface	O
,	O
with	O
examples	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
subtle	O
gradients	O
in	O
timeline	O
objects	O
,	O
drag	O
and	O
drop	O
importing	O
and	O
direct	O
manipulation	O
,	O
native	O
theme	O
integration	O
,	O
and	O
reducing	O
complexity	O
by	O
carefully	O
evaluating	O
the	O
need	O
(	O
or	O
lack	O
thereof	O
)	O
to	O
impose	O
preference	O
choices	O
onto	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pitivi	B-Application
project	O
also	O
has	O
a	O
user	O
manual	O
that	O
covers	O
the	O
usage	O
of	O
the	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pitivi	B-Application
has	O
been	O
translated	O
and	O
localized	O
for	O
several	O
languages	O
by	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
i18n	B-General_Concept
teams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
GStreamer	B-Language
,	O
Pitivi	B-Application
is	O
the	O
first	O
open	O
source	O
video	O
editor	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
Material	O
Exchange	O
Format	O
(	O
MXF	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
Google	B-Application
Summer	I-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
project	O
to	O
"	O
Permit	O
Pitivi	B-Application
users	O
to	O
add	O
effects	O
to	O
the	O
videos	O
they	O
are	O
editing	O
"	O
,	O
Thibault	O
Saunier	O
implemented	O
video	O
effects	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
version	O
of	O
Pitivi	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
work	O
was	O
initially	O
anticipated	O
to	O
be	O
included	O
starting	O
with	O
PiTiVi	B-Application
0.13.5	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
announced	O
as	O
being	O
deferred	O
to	O
the	O
0.13.6	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
!	O
</s>
<s>
Throughout	O
the	O
years	O
,	O
development	O
has	O
been	O
funded	O
through	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
Summer	I-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
program	O
,	O
donations	O
and	O
paid	O
developer	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2008	O
,	O
Collabora	O
Multimedia	O
decided	O
to	O
fund	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Pitivi	B-Application
throughout	O
2009	O
by	O
assigning	O
Edward	O
Hervey	O
,	O
Brandon	O
Lewis	O
and	O
Alessandro	O
Decina	O
to	O
improve	O
Pitivi	B-Application
and	O
GNonlin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
this	O
two-year	O
effort	O
,	O
as	O
Collabora	O
's	O
direct	O
involvement	O
gradually	O
came	O
to	O
an	O
end	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
team	O
of	O
contributors	O
from	O
the	O
community	O
took	O
over	O
the	O
maintainership	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
including	O
former	O
GSoC	B-Application
student	O
Thibault	O
Saunier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
a	O
public	O
fundraiser	O
was	O
run	O
through	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Language
Foundation	I-Language
to	O
allow	O
two	O
maintainers	O
,	O
Mathieu	O
Duponchelle	O
and	O
Thibault	O
Saunier	O
,	O
to	O
work	O
for	O
a	O
year	O
on	O
bringing	O
Pitivi	B-Application
to	O
"	O
1.0	O
quality	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
interview	O
with	O
gnomedesktop.org	O
in	O
2009	O
Edward	O
Hervey	O
discussed	O
the	O
state	O
of	O
Pitivi	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
Video	O
editing	O
;	O
at	O
one	O
stage	O
Hervey	O
noted	O
that	O
"	O
there	O
's	O
a	O
total	O
lack	O
of	O
cohesion	O
between	O
all	O
the	O
various	O
multimedia	O
applications/libraries/device	O
-support	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
which	O
is	O
IMHO	O
the	O
reason	O
why	O
we	O
're	O
not	O
yet	O
the	O
reference	O
platform	O
for	O
multimedia	O
creation	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
point	O
of	O
view	O
is	O
further	O
expanded	O
in	O
another	O
article	O
that	O
showed	O
that	O
Hervey	O
believed	O
that	O
"	O
if	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
desktop	O
was	O
going	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
nice	O
and	O
easy	O
to	O
use	O
video	O
editor	O
any	O
time	O
soon	O
,	O
we	O
needed	O
to	O
do	O
something	O
to	O
increase	O
the	O
pace	O
of	O
development	O
significantly	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
review	O
of	O
Pitivi	B-Application
0.94	O
in	O
January	O
2015	O
Red	O
Hat	O
Senior	O
Systems	O
Engineer	O
Chris	O
Long	O
said	O
:	O
"	O
It	O
looked	O
great	O
and	O
professional-esque	O
,	O
almost	O
Avid/premiere	O
like	O
.	O
</s>
