OpenShot 3.2 open-source video editor was released over the weekend as a major update that introduces a better video editing experience through powerful new features, new themes, and performance enhancements.
Highlights of OpenShot 3.2 include support for Blender 4.1 and improved Blender animations, support for the latest FFmpeg 7.0 multimedia framework, experimental support for Java bindings, a new Remove Gap feature to remove unwanted gaps between video clips, adds Effect Sequencing before or after keyframes are applied, and new Retro and Cosmic Dusk themes.
“One of the most exciting changes in OpenShot 3.2 is our new Cosmic Dusk theme,” said OpenShot developer Jonathan Thomas. “This theme is currently included as a ‘preview’ to collect feedback and share our progress. We have invested a huge amount of time into this UI design and workflow, but still have much work remaining.”
OpenShot 3.2 also introduces new Playhead and Marker icons for all themes, adds support for friendly names on the timeline when splitting a video clip or updating file names, adds a new Not Found thumbnail image placeholder for missing or corrupt files, adds Shear X and Shear Y to the Copy and Copy All Keyframes menus, and adds auto-resize capability to the Crop effect.
This release also improves the Timeline Snapping, Split Clip functionality, Preview dialog, Undo & Redo functionality, HiDPI display support, Tracker and Object Detection effects, Parent property, Property Editor functionality, font handling in the Title editor, and FFmpegReader audio processing performance.
The AppImage bundle has also been improved in OpenShot 3.2 for better compatibility with modern Linux distros and to better handle fonts in the Title editor. It also removes queuing and spooling in FFmpegWriter to reduce complexity, updates the User Guide documentation and translations, and refactors the user experience.
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Among other changes, this release updates the scale x and y limits in the Property dialog to prevent crashes due to large numbers, adds a new Discord option to the Help Menu icons, and moves the Save Current Frame option to the File menu.
As expected, several bugs were addressed to improve keyboard bindings and fix a race condition in clip parenting. Check out the full changelog on the project’s GitHub page for more details about the bug fixes included in OpenShot 3.2, which is available for download from the official website.
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