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I am proud to announce that OpenShot Video Editor now supports video transitions! Thanks to the awesome MLT video framework, it didn't take much time to knock out these features. TIP: Click any screenshot to view a larger version.

For the first time, OpenShot is really showing off the power of MLT. We are not simply blending 2 tracks together (like some other video editors), but rather blending / compositing every track below the clip (including alpha channel), and then blending to the new clip! This is a serious multi-track compositing + video transition system.

Transition Features:

• Drag and drop a transition onto the timeline
• Transition snaps between tracks
  
• Use the resize tool to change the length of the transition
• Switchable direction (i.e. Track A to B, or Track B to A)
• Real-time previews (just hit play, or drag the play-head over it)
• 18 Wipe Transitions
• 1 Dissolve Transition
• Preserves Alpha in Images / Image Sequences
  
• Composites all tracks (stack them as deep as you want)
• Transitions are based on grey-scale images (i.e. SVG, PGM, etc...)
• Easy to add custom transitions (i.e. just drop an image in the /transitions/ folder)

This is the first of 4 new features we are announcing as a part of the OpenShot 4 for 4. Stay tuned for the next 3 features! If you like what you see, please let us know!