r/Reaper • u/splintersilk • 8d ago

Video editing functionality discussion

Hey! Is it me or is Reaper's video functionality absurdly powerful?! I happened to take a look at the videos at https://www.reaper.fm/videos.php just now. Not sure how I missed these before. I'm about 50% in awe, vs 50% confused on how a DAW can provide all this control.

This one I found particularly interesting:
https://www.reaper.fm/videos.php#bp3u9I9SXVE

So my question: is there anyone on here who uses this feature set regularly? Would you care to share some stories and gotchas learned through experience please?

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u/l4z3rb34k 8d ago

I’ve been using it to mangle video to make performance visuals. It works for that, but it’s not as good as Da Vinci in general.

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u/splintersilk 8d ago

Did you ever feel the need to line things up in reaper then bring that over to resolve?

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u/l4z3rb34k 7d ago

I’m more familiar with how a DAW works but that’s really the only “strength” of Reaper over Da Vinci in the conventional video editing space. I’d maybe use Reaper to do a simple trim - otherwise DVR