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18 Mar


Following in the footsteps of other successfully funded open-source projects, such as VLC, Kdenlive, and Novacut, OpenShot Video Editor has just launched it's first ever Kickstarter campaign, focused on raising funds to develop a cross-platform version (Windows, Linux, and Mac), integrate our new & powerful video editing engine, and improve our user interface & ...





16 Jan

Have you noticed how more and more people are using open-source software to produce music videos? It's always encouraging to see videos on YouTube tagged with various Linux and open-source applications, especially youth produced videos.  Recently, Phil Shapiro gave me a tip about another great Emily Fox music video, produced with OpenShot.  If ...


6 Dec

Have you ever wanted to slow down or speed up a video including the audio?  How about change the speed or direction of a video over time, for example, start at normal speed, and then slowly speed up or slow down the video?  What about reverse the direction of a video over time (forwards, backwards ...


4 Dec

Twas the night before Christmas, four years ago, I released the first screenshots of OpenShot Video Editor on this very blog.  Over the years, many improvements have been made to OpenShot since those first screenshots were taken, however, none quite so dramatic or important as the new video editing library I am currently developing.

Waveform visualizations can be composited over video, with animated colors.
Waveform ...


1 Oct

After many months of hard work and dedication from many great people, I am proud to announce the official release of OpenShot 1.4.3!  This release has more bug fixes, enhancements, and new features than any other release of OpenShot to date!  Please watch our release video and check out the new ...


29 Sep

Take a look at the new OpenShot dark theme called "holo", clearly influenced and named after the Android 4.0 default theme.  Many users prefer dark themes, and previous versions of OpenShot were not specifically designed for dark themes... which resulted in a less than ideal appearance.

But, with OpenShot 1.4.3 (coming very ...