Cinelerra is a she.

"As with many women, learn Cinelerra’s quirks carefully and you will have a good relationship." (Sean M. Pappalardo aka Pegasus_RPG)

If you can knit with Inkscape, would you please mind creating a new logo for me based on a ball of film instead of a ball of wool?

This tutorial assumes Grandma uses Ubuntu.

This tutorial is based on CinelerraCV. If you are using CinelerraHV you may find better help in the Secrets of Cinelerra.

This tutorial is split into many howtos. It’s meant to be modular, to allow Grandma to try many different approaches. It teaches the easiest way to do things, but not necessarily the way that produces the best results. For the best results always consult the Manual.

All the technical terms and odd words used here are explained in the glossary.

Those howtos are in fact my teaching notes. They are tested on 10-year old kids and on adults new to Linux.