Looking to produce a video of your adventures this weekend? There are many different options for editing videos out there. However, if you are looking for a video editor that is simple to pick up, and also available in the official Fedora Repositories, give Pitivi a go.
Pitivi is an open source, non-linear video editor that uses the GStreamer framework. Out of the box on Fedora, Pitivi supports OGG Video, WebM, and a range of other formats. Additionally, more support for for video formats is available via gstreamer plugins. Pitivi is also tightly integrated with the GNOME Desktop, so the UI will feel at home among the other newer applications on Fedora Workstation.
Installing Pitivi on Fedora
Pitivi is available in the Fedora Repositories. On Fedora Workstation, simply search and install Pitivi from the Software application.
Alternatively, install Pitivi using the following command in the Terminal:
sudo dnf install pitivi
Basic Editing
Pitivi has a wide range of tools built-in to allow quick and effective editing of your clips. Simply import videos, audio, and images into the Pitivi media library, then drag them onto the timeline. Additionally, pitivi allows you to easily split, trim, and group parts of clips together, in addition to simple fade transitions on the timeline.
Transitions and Effects
In addition to a basic fade between two clips, Pitivi also features a range of different transitions and wipes. Additionally, there are over a hundred effects that can be applied to either videos or audio to change how the media elements are played or displayed in your final presentation
Pitivi also features a range of other great features, so be sure to check out the tour on their website for a full description of the features of the awesome Pitivi.
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Delhi: 24 held for impersonating Microsoft tech experts
NEW DELHI: Twenty-four persons were arrested for allegedly duping customers of Microsoft by impersonating the company’s tech support experts, police said Friday.
Based on a complaint filed by a representative of Microsoft India, Nripendra Kashyap, a case was registered in the Cyber Crime Cell, they said.
In his complaint, Kashyap alleged that numerous illegal Delhi-based call centres were targeting their customers by fraudulently circulating pop-up messages that their systems were affected by malware and are compromised, police said.
He also alleged the accused charged somewhere between $100 and $500 from their customers.
Acting on his complaint, 10 such call centres were identified and subsequently, raids were conducted on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday at locations across Delhi, including Rohini, Janakpuri, Dwarka Mod, Kirti Nagar, Moti Nagar, Hari Nagar, Mahipalpur, Shahdara and Okhla Phase-II, police said.
Cheques from customers in the name of Microsoft Tech support, call recordings, virtual dialers, Microsoft Tech support training material, call log transcripts detailing the conversation with victims of fraud, payment gateway records, servers were seized from these centres, they said.
Subsequently, 24 persons, including the owners and team leaders, were arrested, Anyesh Roy, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Cyber Crime), said.
The companies- ABS World Pro Click, Rise Solutions, Pegasus, Printer Tech, Instant PC Care, Pc Patchers technology Pvt. Ltd. , ABS World, Pro Click services, ACS (Electronics & telecom e service), PAG Service Private Ltd, Star Enterprises, Tech Heracles, C-Zone were found to be running the call centres at their premises during the raid, he said.
They created fake websites and designed advertisements to confuse customers into believing they will reach the official support service, he added.
Microsoft said they have received several complaints from customers, who thought that they were calling Microsoft, and ended up speaking with a tech support scammer, the senior official said.
The accused even used web browser pop-up messages which appear while a consumer is using a web browser, the officer added.
Once the accused established contact with the customer, he persuaded the victim to allow him to remote access his computer to diagnose the alleged problem on the system, he said.
The accused then tricked the victim into believing the system has a serious virus threat and tried to sell a service, often a costly long-term subscription agreement with an assurance to fix their problem, the DCP said.
The accused sometimes even accessed financial and identity data from the victim’s computer while fixing the issue and even installed malware onto their systems, the police said, adding that the arrested persons were taken into police custody and further investigation is underway.
Welcome to the Weekender, your weekly look at the best new games, sales, and updates. We’ve got a ton of great sales this week as well as a couple nice new gaming options.
Odds are good this game needs little introduction. Reigns invented a genre with its clever swipe to choose mechanics and compelling gameplay that has you play a monarch and balance the needs of four different groups under your rule. Piss any one of them off too much and it could all come toppling down. Much like HBO’s epic series Game of Thrones, based on George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Fire and Ice series, where more than one ruler has made choices that led to an unfortunate and untimely end.
The two are now combined with Reigns: Game of Thrones, where you can rule the uncomfortable Iron Throne as Cersei Lannister, Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen, Sansa Start, and others. You’ll need brains, wit, and cunning to be a player and not a piece in this game as you seek to balance complex relationships and get your way. The game explores all kinds of new scenarios by using Melisandre’s visions as the narrative device. Reigns: Game of Thrones also features a soundtrack by Ramin Djawadi, who does the music for the show as well. Check out our review for more on this one.
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A particularly warm fall sounds good right about now. If your fall is anything but warm as well you can at least pretend with Digidice’s latest game Indian Summer. It’s a follow up to Uwe Rosenberg’s Cottage Garden and the second game in the trilogy. This one is for more experienced players but still presents a calm and colorful experience where players help do fall’s work by filling the forest floor with colorful piles of leaves and earn points in so doing. You earn extra points for discovering animals and collecting berries, nuts, mushrooms, and feathers. The game offers single-player and online, asynchronous multiplayer.
Real-time-strategy game Bardbarian features Brad the Bardbarian who gathers warriors to lead around defending his village from waves of tower-defense-like attacks.
Overhaul games is moving it’s games through the sale cycle, this week it’s super old-school RPG Baldur’s Gate Enhanced Edition‘s turn, down from $9.99 to just two bucks.
Also $1.99 this week is classic strategy wargame Talisman: Horus Heresy. It’s on sale now and again but this is the lowest it’s been since early this year.
Tsuro – The Game of the Path is a great tabletop to digital conversion. Your goal is to lay tiles to create as long of an unending path as possible across the game board and as measured in actual centimeters. You can play solo against the AI or online with up to 8 players.
If you’re ready to make some tough choices in a grim, dystopian future, now’s your chance. Beholder, a game where you run an apartment building and must spy on and rat out your unpatriotic neighbors or face the consequences of disloyalty, is also on sale.
The Quest Games
Classic role-playing game The Quest and the Islands of Ice and Fire expansion are both on sale. Check out our five-star review of The Quest and then get going with some old-school adventuring.
Seen anything else you liked? Played any of the above? Let us know in the comments!
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Video: Creating the flooding effects in Uncharted 3
In this GDC 2012 talk, Naughty Dog’s Eben Cook breaks down one of the flood effects used in Uncharted 3, discussing how a fluid simulation was used to inspire the final look.
Cook goes on to explain how the fluid simulation was used to create an animated surface mesh that made it into the engine, going over the particle techniques used to complete the look of the flood in Uncharted 3.
He also covers shader features for both the surface and the particles before closing off the talk by explaining the technique used to light the particles.
In addition to this presentation, the GDC Vault and its accompanying YouTube channel offers numerous other free videos, audio recordings, and slides from many of the recent Game Developers Conference events, and the service offers even more members-only content for GDC Vault subscribers.
Those who purchased All Access passes to recent events like GDC or VRDC already have full access to GDC Vault, and interested parties can apply for the individual subscription via a GDC Vault subscription page. Group subscriptions are also available: game-related schools and development studios who sign up for GDC Vault Studio Subscriptions can receive access for their entire office or company by contacting staff via the GDC Vault group subscription page. Finally, current subscribers with access issues can contact GDC Vault technical support.
Gamasutra and GDC are sibling organizations under parent UBM Americas.
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Inspired by Dwarf Fortress and Firefly. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Great news! Warface is available for free on Xbox One! Gather your friends and set off together on exciting raids and PvE missions. Take the pedestal of honor in ranked matches and fight together in fast-paced PvP modes!
Exclusively on Xbox
The Cyber Horde raid – In a Blackwood laboratory, where experiments were being performed on people, the test subjects got out of control, killing the guards and breaking free. At this moment, vast hordes of enemies have filled the entire region, and if they are not stopped, the consequences will be unpredictable. A great job for a Warface squad!
PvP Bag and Tag mode – Are you the lone wolf type? Then you’re sure to like this mode! Your task is not only to survive, but also to collect the enemy’s dog tags, which remain on the ground after they die. But be careful and keep your eyes open while you’re picking up your trophies: your dog tags are tasty prey for others.
PvP Maps – Apart from everything else, seven exclusive PvP maps await you. There’s lots of fun to be had in the new area! Team battles on a farm, a battle against everyone in an abandoned motel, disarming explosives on the edge of the city, capturing an important case from an enemy engineering facility and surviving on three maps that differ not only in their terrain but also the scenery and even time of day!
Varied PvP
A whole seven PvP modes and two dozen maps for any taste: from simple and fast-paced team battles to complex tactical tasks to capture rocket launch codes. Play with friends or on your own, survive, capture, defend, explode and destroy—there’s a mission to suit every taste!
Exciting PvE
Want to go on a quick mission or a full-scale raid? The decision is yours! Dozens of exciting missions are available all over the world: an assault on the enemy head office in China, a special operation at the Pyramids of Giza, a dangerous assignment right in the heart of an active volcano, the destruction of a factory in Europe and a multitude of other exciting missions already await you in the game!
Play Diablo III In Style With This Nintendo Switch Wireless Controller
With Diablo III Eternal Collection just around the corner, it’s almost time to get stuck into all of the lovely content the game has to offer. If you’re wanting to play the game in style, though, you might just want to get yourself one of these Diablo III-themed controllers from accessory maker PowerA.
Of course, it was only recently that we saw an official Diablo III Nintendo Switch console be announced, complete with Diablo III artwork, a download code for the game, and a themed carrying case. We can’t decide whether this new controller would be best as a cheaper alternative to the bundle, or as something to support the bundle when you want to play on the TV. Either way, we’re sure it’d come in handy.
The controller is officially licensed and uses Bluetooth to connect to your Switch wirelessly. It features motion controls, comes with two AA batteries for up to 30 hours of use, and has PowerA’s standard button mapping options, complete with the customisable buttons on the back of the controller.
If you’re interested in getting one, you can find it directly from the PowerA store for $49.99, or from GameStop, which has exclusive rights to the design amongst external retailers. At present, the controller doesn’t appear to be available in Europe.
Are you tempted to get one of these to play the game with when it launches on 2nd November? Let us know if you’ll be grabbing one with a comment below.
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This Week At Bungie – 10/18/2018
This Week at Bungie, we got spooky.
The Tower is full this week. Festival of the Lost has begun! The engram lanterns have been hung, and purple candles lit. Players are confronting their Nightmares in the Haunted Forest and earning some sweet loot in the process. We’re just getting started.
The festival isn’t the only reason to visit the Tower. Lord Saladin is currently overseeing the Iron Banner, Valor gains are increased in the Crucible, and the Dreaming City has been overrun with Taken. With so much to do, you have some choices to make about where to commit yourself to the action. Visit the Blind Well, hammer out some Iron Banner bounties, or see how far you can dive into the Haunted Forest? No matter what you choose, there’s something to earn or a goal to achieve.
Jackolytes
Festival of the Lost is in full swing. Last week we showed off some papercraft masks you can download and put together to bring the spirit of the festival to life. The three-pack bundle of masks is still available on the Bungie Store, and the chicken mask is free to everyone who has the patience. If you want to see how to put it together, Graphic Designer Zoë Brookes can show you how it’s done.
Masks are not the only Festival of the Lost arts and crafts activity we have to offer. We just uploaded 14 Destiny 2–themed pumpkin stencils for you to use to create some spooky decorations. You do have to supply your own pumpkins.
If you want to collect them all, you can get the full set here. Take a stab at carving your pumpkins and then share your results with us @Bungie on Twitter and Instagram. We will share a few of our favorites. Don’t feel tethered to the stencils above. If you have the talent, feel free to carve outside the lines.
It’s Got What Plants Crave
If you’re the competitive type, this may be right up your alley. Live through November 7, the Rockstar Energy Riots In-game Competition offers weekly challenges in the Crucible, Gambit, and strikes. Earn points by completing matches, defeating Guardians, or getting precision kills. The top four players from the Qualifier Round will be challenged in the ways of old, squaring off here at Bungie for more than just bragging rights.
Competing can lead to some real-life rewards. Top players will earn weekly prizes, including Bungie Store gift cards, headsets, gaming chairs. The grand prize is a Destiny 2: Forsaken-inspired Slingshot Roadster.
For full information, head over to destiny2.rockstarenergy.com, where you can sign up for the competition and learn how to receive this exclusive emblem.
Running the Schedule
This is the player support report. Listen up.
Spooks and Thrills
Festival of the Lost is now live for all Destiny 2 players and will be available until the weekly reset on November 6, 2018.
To participate in the event and earn Festival of the Lost rewards, characters must have completed the Red War campaign and unlocked the Tower.
To unlock the Haunted Forest, players must first complete the introductory quest offered by Amanda Holliday.
The Festival of the Lost bounties offered by Amanda Holliday refresh daily around 5 PM PDT instead of at the normal daily reset.
For more information on event activities and the Haunted Forest, please see our Festival of the Lost guide.
In the #Help forums, players can read our list of known issues with Festival of the Lost content, as well as report any new issues they may encounter.
Bugs Fixed and Found
With the deployment of Update 2.0.4 this week, several of the known issues Destiny Player Support was tracking were fixed. Below are some of the highlights. To see the full list of changes, please read the Update 2.0.4 patch notes.
Fixed an issue where Gambit clan engrams were not functioning properly
Fixed an issue where powerful gear could sometimes drop at the same Power level as a character or below
Fixed an issue where bounties could expire in a player’s postmaster and cause WEASEL errors
Fixed an issue where some players were unable to access the Strike playlist
Fixed an issue where Prime Engrams were going straight to the postmaster at the end of Crucible matches; they will now show alongside other end-of-match rewards
As always, Destiny Player Support is on the lookout for new issues being reported by players. Here are a few of the ones we’ve seen emerge this week.
Opaque Scopes when Aiming Down Sights: We are investigating a fix for an issue that is causing some scopes to display as opaque when aiming down sights. We are aware that this is impacting the Suros Regime Exotic Auto Rifle and some other weapons that have a similar scope.
Polaris Lance Exotic Perk: We are investigating a fix for an issue that is causing the Perfect Fifth Exotic perk to no longer trigger correctly. This issue will also impact the ability to make progress on the Exotic catalyst for this weapon.
Incorrect Loading Scene on Titan: We are investigating an issue in which players loading into Heroic adventures on Titan may incorrectly see a loading scene for the Dreadnaught. This loading scene is a leftover and is not a part of future content.
Players encountering issues in the game can report them to the #Help forums. For the full list of known issues impacting Destiny 2: Forsaken, please see our thread in the #Help forums.
Edge Transit
Welcome to Edge Transit of the Week. This is where we pick our favorite Edge Transits from the Edge Transit community. Here are this week’s Edge Transits.
Edge Transit of the Week: Edge Transit
Honorable Edge Transit: Not Edge Transit
If you’d like a shot at the Edge Transit emblem, make sure to submit your Edge Transit to the Edge Transit page on EdgeTransit.net.
It’s a crowded week with a lot of avenues for both increasing your Power and having a good time with funny masks. Make sure you check out the DCP podcast later today. Our very own Dmg04 will be their guest. This is your opportunity to get to know one of your community managers a little better. Maybe I’ll throw something at him during the show. You never know.
