I’m keeping it broad by not specifying a distro. I’m just curious is this a real option for actual editing professionals? As far as I understand you can make it work by running under Wine, but I’m guessing this comes with significant drawbacks. I’m having trouble finding any information on both the current state of things with running Premiere under linux (most info seems to be from 2018 for some reason), and the extent of the drawbacks in a quantifiable way.

I’m generally a pretty happy Mac OS user, but I always want to keep options open. I haven’t really tried to use Linux on desktop since the late 00s.

  • @Vittelius@feddit.de
    32•2 years ago

    The reason, you aren’t finding anything, is that nobody really attempts to install premiere or after effects anymore on Linux. The alternatives have cought up and they are available for Linux.

    • DaVinci Resolve provides the complete package. Video editor and (node based) compositor in one. Even outside of the Linux world there is a lot of momentum behind this tool, as I probably don’t have to tell you. Keep in mind, that the free version on Linux has some limitations, that the free versions on the other OS’s don’t have (missing h264 support for example)
    • Left angle Autograph (https://www.left-angle.com/#page=95) is a young product, having seen its first release earlier this year. It’s a direct competitor to After Effects. A timeline based VFX tool. Unfortunately fairly expensive as well.

    Back to your question: making things work with wine has a significant drawback. Your system can break with every update. So you’re not making it work just once but over and over again.

    • FOSS Is FunEnglish
      8•2 years ago

      Someone should tell Left Angle that Ubuntu 22 is not a valid Ubuntu release.

      It always infuriates me a bit whenever I see that and it immediately tells me that Linux doesn’t seem to be a priority for them. For some reason they get the macOS version numbers right …

  • arthurpizzaEnglish
    23•2 years ago

    Better off using native Linux applications. We have DaVinci Resolve, Lightworks, Blender, and Kdenlive. All are fantastic video editors that can give you very professional results.

    Personally I use Kdenlive:

    • Doesn’t require GPU
    • Automatic subtitles
    • Support for LUTs
    • Nested timelines
    • Proxy/Offline editing
    • Warp stabilizer
    • Free and Open Source

    It’s probably the most feature complete FOSS editor.

  • @merthyr1831@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10•2 years ago

    VM is your best bet for adobe stuff. You’d need GPU passthrough for proper hardware acceleration annoyingly.

    Maybe dualbooting from Windows for those might be better until Proton and WINE can get resources to support Adobe stuff again!

  • @_s10e@feddit.de
    9•2 years ago

    Forget wine. Virtual Machines or Remote Desktop work very well for generic Windows software. For graphics-heavy stuff, you need to learn whether this works for you.

  • @TCB13@lemmy.world
    9•2 years ago

    If you’ve to work with other people and/or you really need the Adobe tools my best advice if to forget it. Emulation and stuff like Wine, Bottles, Crossover is all cool until you try to install MS Office and it doesn’t work properly or Photoshop doesn’t work because it fails to identify the screen size. You can’t simply run those programs for everyday usage under Linux with good results.