{"id":875,"date":"2024-06-26T00:09:12","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T00:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serverhost.com\/blog\/open-source-video-editor-launches-revolutionary-new-update\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T05:58:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T05:58:17","slug":"open-source-video-editor-launches-revolutionary-new-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serverhost.com\/blog\/open-source-video-editor-launches-revolutionary-new-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Open-Source Video Editor Launches Revolutionary New Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p><strong>A new version of open-source video editor <em>OpenShot<\/em> is available to download.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>OpenShot 3.2 is the first update to the app since early last year, and the editor\u2019s chief developer, Jonathan Thomas, describes this release as a <em>\u201cgame-changer with new themes, improved features, and enhanced performance.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Among the change and new features in OpenShot 3.2:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>New Retro and Cosmic Dusk themes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Improved default theme and icons<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>New Retro &amp; Cosmic Dusk themes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Improved timeline snapping<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>New &#8216;Remove Gap&#8217; feature (removes gaps between clips)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Improved <em>Split Clip<\/em> and <em>Preview<\/em> dialogs<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Crop<\/em> effect gains auto-resize option<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Effect Sequencing<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Blender 4.1 support<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Compatibility with FFMPEG 7.0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><p>A slew of more generalized improvements, ranging from a \u2018stable\u2019 undo\/redo experience and UI tweaks to support high-dpi displays to a more reliable tracker\/object detection effect (a really compelling feature) are present.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Naturally, lots of bug fixes are included too for all supported platforms, Windows, macOS, and Linux (including ChromeOS).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Of note, the official OpenShot AppImage picks up improvements to provide \u201cbetter compatibility with modern distros\u201d, while the macOS installer resolves (server-related) issues with notarization.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><h2>Is this a \u201cgame-changer\u201d?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>OpenShot 3.2\u2019s new themes (<em>Cosmic Dusk<\/em> pictured at the top of this article) help lend the app a more polished and professional look (and in an era of mobile-first editing apps like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capcut.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Capcut<\/em><\/a> raising the bar in what casual users expect from a UI, important).<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019ll be the performance tweaks, crash fixes, and feature enhancements that matter most to video editors, both novice and proficient. From personal experience with older builds, <em>OpenShot<\/em> is too unstable, buggy, and prone to freezing to be reliable for my video edits.<\/p>\n<p>If the \u2018enhanced performance\u2019 in those areas is as pronounced in practice as it is in the release announcement, I\u2019ll be pretty excited as it\u2019s nice to have choices.<\/p>\n<p>Not that we\u2019re entirely short of Linux video editing software these days.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Alongside <em>OpenShot<\/em>, there\u2019s <em>Kdenlive<\/em>, <em>Flowblade<\/em>, <em>Shotcut<\/em>, <em>Blender<\/em> (yes, it has a built-in video editor), plus industry-grade software like <em>DaVinci Resolve<\/em> and <em>Lightworks<\/em>. Cloud-based video editing software exists too, but usually requires subscriptions.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>More details on this update to OpenShot can be found (where else) on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openshot.org\/blog\/2024\/06\/24\/new_openshot_release_320\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">OpenShot blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><h2>Getting OpenShot 3.2<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><p><em>OpenShot<\/em> 3.2 is free, open source software available to download on Windows, macOS, and Linux from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openshot.org\/download\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">OpenShot website.<\/a> Linux users can download OpenShot from the website as an AppImage, which will run on most Linux distributions.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Those using Ubuntu (or an Ubuntu-based Linux distro, such as Linux Mint) may prefer to install it from the <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~openshot.developers\/+archive\/ubuntu\/ppa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">official OpenShot PPA<\/a> (note: v3.2 has <strong>not<\/strong> been added to the PPA at the time of writing):<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><pre>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openshot.developers\/ppa<\/pre>\n<\/p>\n<p><pre>sudo apt update &amp;&amp; sudo apt install openshot-qt python3-openshot<\/pre>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Once install is complete, launch <em>OpenShot<\/em> to use it.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p><em>h\/t Marco<\/em><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new version of open-source video editor OpenShot is available to download. 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