.. Copyright (c) 2008-2016 OpenShot Studios, LLC (http://www.openshotstudios.com). This file is part of OpenShot Video Editor (http://www.openshot.org), an open-source project dedicated to delivering high quality video editing and animation solutions to the world. .. OpenShot Video Editor is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. .. OpenShot Video Editor is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. .. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with OpenShot Library. If not, see . Getting Started =============== OpenShot Video Editor is available on most operating systems (including Linux, Mac, and Windows). Visit the official download page and grab the latest and greatest version: http://www.openshot.org/download/. Linux ----- Depending on which Linux distribution you use, there are likely many ways to install OpenShot. The easiest way to ensure you have the very latest version, is to download an AppImage from the project website (listed above). Once downloaded, right click on the AppImage file, choose Properties, and mark the file as **Executable**. Now, go ahead and double click the AppImage to launch it. Mac --- Download the DMG file from the project website (listed above), double click it, and then drag the OpenShot application icon into your **Applications** shortcut. This is very similar to how most other Mac applications are installed. Now launch OpenShot from Launchpad. Windows ------- Download the Windows installer executable from the project website (listed above), double click it, and follow the directions on screen. Once completed, OpenShot will be installed and available in your Start menu.