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15 Jul

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Have you ever wanted to separate the audio from a video clip, chop it up, move it around the timeline as just an audio clip?

This is actually quite easy in OpenShot. It's accomplished by duplicating a clip, and then clicking the 'Hide Video' toggle button. So long as the video is hidden, it ...

13 Jul

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Ladies & Gentlemen, I have so many new & exciting feature announcements, that I have decided to do another feature marathon!!! Starting tonight at 12:00 AM (CST / GMT-6), I will be revealing the first of 4 new features! These are big-time features that OpenShot was missing... until now. Oh yeah, I will also be ...

7 Jul

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We have added a new menu item for clips (video, image, audio, and image sequence) called "Duplicate". It makes an identical clip on the timeline (every property is preserved, including IN and OUT settings).

Here is the new clip menu:


Transitions have also received the "Duplicate" menu item. It creates an identical transition (or mask ...

6 Jul

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I am very excited to announce our new advanced mask feature, as well as some new advanced transition options! OpenShot already has a powerful grey-scale based transition system, but now you have even more control over how it wipes across the transition.

This is the new transition properties window:


New Transition Properties:
  • Direction: Track A ...

5 Jul

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Although this sounds like a fairly basic feature, we have just added the ability to preview media files and clips. There are many ways to preview a clip, including:

  • Right click on a media file, choose "Preview"
  • Double-click on a media file
  • Double-click on a clip on the timeline
  • Trim the edge of a clip ...

4 Jul

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We have enhanced our Export Video screen to include the following features:

  • Progress bar to show the progress of the export
  • Message box confirmation when the export is done
  • The export screen no longer auto-closes. It stays open, so you don't loose your settings. It lets the user double check the exported video... tweak ...

3 Jul

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Someone pointed out to me that trimming a clip on the timeline in OpenShot is like being blind-folded with a pair of scissors in one hand. That sounds dangerous doesn't it! So, we have improved the trim / resize feature in OpenShot to work like this:

  1. User switches to 'Resize' / 'Trim' mode (i.e. which ...

2 Jul

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We have added a few new features to our great title editor. Before, we were limited to 2 lines of text (Title & Sub-Title). We have improved it to now introspect the SVG title and allow the user to edit all text elements. Also, it now defaults the values of these text-boxes to the text ...