Why Open-Source Video Tools Are Worth Your Time Making video for the web isn’t just about hitting record. It’s a whole chain: capturing, cutting, compressing, and finally getting that file...Read More
I’ve been piecing together open-source video workflows for years—first as a curious tinkerer in a cramped Lisbon apartment, later for web series, tutorials, and the occasional live stream. Open-so...Read More
I’m Luca Fontana, and I run a small media lab in Bologna. For the past ten years, I’ve been producing documentary shorts and interactive video essays for museums and cultural foundations. Every pr...Read More
Open-source video production means creating, editing, encoding, and delivering video with software whose source code you can inspect, modify, and share freely. It lives at the crossroads of web multim...Read More
The failure that started this In March 2025, I shipped an interactive documentary for a small cultural heritage project about traditional silk weaving in Como. Eighteen minutes of video, twelve chapte...Read More