Author archives: Jonathan

6 Mar

Import Kdenlive and Kino Projects!

Written by Jonathan on March 6, 2010 .

In the world of Linux video editing, there are two very well known video editors: Kdenlive and Kino. I know there are a few others, but let's focus on these two for the sake of this article.

I'm sure many of you have .kdenlive and .kino project files lying around your hard drive. How ...

6 Mar

Fade In... and Out... and then back in.

Written by Jonathan on March 6, 2010 .

OpenShot has two methods for fading a clip in and out. You can drag and drop a transition onto the timeline, overlapping the edge of a clip. Or you can open the clip properties dialog, and set the video fade in / out.

The benefit of using transitions is the flexibility to use different wipe ...

19 Feb

Time for Translations!

Written by Jonathan on Feb. 19, 2010 .

We are quickly approaching version 1.1, and need to finalize our translations as soon as possible. If you would like to help translate OpenShot, now is your chance! All you need is a web browser and a LaunchPad account:

Translate OpenShot Now

Update: We have many languages that are almost done! Just a few more ...

16 Feb

OpenShot Now Included in Ubuntu 10.04!

Written by Jonathan on Feb. 16, 2010 .

I have some great news for everyone today. As you can see by the title of this article, OpenShot is now officially included in the Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) repository. If you have an alpha version of Lucid, you can already find it in the Software Center. Just search for "openshot".

A big thanks to ...

6 Feb

Interview with the GNOME Journal!

Written by Jonathan on Feb. 6, 2010 .

The GNOME Journal has just published an interview with me about OpenShot Video Editor! I am excited to be included in their newest issue, which is all about multimedia on Linux.