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19 Jun

Lightworks vs OpenShot! A Fight to the Death?

Written by Jonathan on June 19, 2010 .

Academy® and Emmy® award winning video editor Lightworks has recently announced an open-source version. Lightworks is rumored to be available on all platforms, including Linux (although I have yet to see an official statement from EditShare on which platforms will be supported). Many people have contacted me for my reaction, so here I go. By ...

16 Jun

Status Update: June 2010

Written by Jonathan on June 16, 2010 .

Greetings everyone! It has been more than a month since my last post, so I thought an update was due. Lots of activity is happening on OpenShot, even though my blog has been relatively quiet.

There are 2 really big features I am working on right now. I don't want to let the cat ...

10 May

The Results Are In! The Most Requested Feature Is...

Written by Jonathan on May 10, 2010 .

The first ever survey of OpenShot users has come to an end, and I have all sorts of fun data to share with everyone! If you want to skip the analysis and just download the results, here are the direct links:

Download PDF | Download ODP

We have collected a total of 1,241 completed ...

1 May

Survey Says... Make OpenShot Better!

Written by Jonathan on May 1, 2010 .

What features do you want to see in OpenShot? What things would you like to see improved?

Take the OpenShot Survey Now
(Please only take the survey once)

Please help us shape the future of OpenShot by participating in this brief survey. We will be using the results of this survey to decide what ...

28 Apr

OpenShot 1.1.3 Released on Lucid Lynx!

Written by Jonathan on April 28, 2010 .

With the impending release of Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) just around the corner, I am proud to announce that OpenShot 1.1.3 has been accepted by Ubuntu and is ready to install from the Software Center! Also, the MLT framework (the video editing library used by OpenShot and Kdenlive) has been updated to it's newest version ...

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30 Aug

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