OpenShot

OpenShot Video Editor

OpenShot main window
Original author(s) Jonathan Thomas
Developer(s) Jonathan Thomas
Andy Finch
Helen McCall
Olivier Girard
Karlinux
TJ
Initial release August 2008 (2008-08)[1]
Stable release 1.4.3 / October 1, 2012 (2012-10-01)[2]
Preview release 2.0.6 beta 3 / February 9, 2016 (2016-02-09)
Written in C++
Operating system Linux, OS X, Windows
Type Video editing software
License GNU GPL v3[3]
Website openshot.org

OpenShot Video Editor is a free and open-source video editing software for Linux, OS X, and Windows. The project was started in August 2008 by Jonathan Thomas, with the objective to provide a stable, free, and friendly to use video editor.[1][4][5][6][7][8]

Since version 2.0, OpenShot is written in C++, uses the Qt toolkit and offers a Python api.[9]

Video formats and codecs supported

Openshot supports commonly used codecs that are supported by FFmpeg like WebM (VP9), AVCHD (libx264), HEVC (libx265) and audio codecs like mp3 (libmp3lame) and aac (libfaac). The program can render blu-ray and DVD video, and Full HD videos for uploading to internet video websites.


See also

References

  1. 1 2 Marius Nestor (1 October 2015). "OpenShot 2.0 Video Editor to Be Released Soon for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows 10". softpedia.
  2. ↑ "OpenShot Video Editor | Download". Openshot.org. Retrieved 2012-10-08.
  3. ↑ "OpenShot Video Editor | Simple, powerful, and free video editor for Linux!". Openshot.org. 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2012-10-08.
  4. ↑ Silviu Stahie (1 June 2015). "OpenShot Video Editor to Get a Ten-Fold Increase in Performance Speed". softpedia.
  5. ↑ "Free OpenShot Video Editor is Tremendous". PCWorld. 17 June 2011.
  6. ↑ "OpenShop video editor big in 2014". opensource.com.
  7. ↑ Brady Dale. "These Free Video Editors Can Match the Pricey Ones’ Features". Observer.
  8. ↑ Carla Schroder. "How To Make Movies in Linux With OpenShot - Linux.com". Linux.com - The source for Linux Information.
  9. ↑ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/421164014/openshot-video-editor-for-windows-mac-and-linux/description

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