Author archives: Jonathan

15 Jul

Audio Editing with OpenShot!

Written by Jonathan on July 15, 2009 .

Have you ever wanted to separate the audio from a video clip, chop it up, move it around the timeline as just an audio clip?

This is actually quite easy in OpenShot. It's accomplished by duplicating a clip, and then clicking the 'Hide Video' toggle button. So long as the video is hidden, it will ...

14 Jul

Linux Video Editor... Now with Key-Frames!

Written by Jonathan on July 14, 2009 .

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I'm sure you can tell by the title what this feature is all about! Key-Frames! Don't know what a key-frame is? No problem. Check out the definition:

Definition:

A key frame in animation and filmmaking is a drawing that defines the starting and ending points of any ...

13 Jul

Ladies & Gentlemen, I have so many new & exciting feature announcements, that I have decided to do another feature marathon!!! Starting tonight at 12:00 AM (CST / GMT-6), I will be revealing the first of 4 new features! These are big-time features that OpenShot was missing... until now. Oh yeah, I will ...

8 Jul

AVCHD, H.264, AAC, and MTS Supported!

Written by Jonathan on July 8, 2009 .

A new version of the OpenShot Build Wizard is now available that supports AVCHD, H.264, AAC, and MTS. Download the newest version of the build wizard, 1.0.3, and use FFmpeg option 3 (on the step that has three options).

This will download the newest FFmpeg and x264 libraries, and will make ...

7 Jul

Want Seconds? Just Duplicate It!

Written by Jonathan on July 7, 2009 .

We have added a new menu item for clips (video, image, audio, and image sequence) called "Duplicate". It makes an identical clip on the timeline (every property is preserved, including IN and OUT settings).

Here is the new clip menu:

Transitions have also received the "Duplicate" menu item. It creates an identical transition (or mask), ...

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