Openshot Video Editor An apparently promising video editor for Linux

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Anyone heard of OpenShot? It is a video editor for Linux. I'd say it is new if it weren't for the fact that it is said that the project was started back in 2008. There are a lot of video editors for Linux, so what makes this one so special? For me, it is actually the first video editor i've used that can actually be called a video editor that has not crashed on me not even once, allowing me to actually finish any personal video projects. For those of you who have dealt with whatever video editors available for Linux, they've most likely have either crashed on you before even being able to get started, did not have the desired or expected features, or perhaps were not able to import your videos.

OpenShot, by the way it is going, i am willing to say, is better than Windows movie maker. While the interface still requires a little bit of fine tuning, the features and stability are enough to get you to want to use OpenShot above all the other video editors for Linux. It supports a lot of video and audio codecs and allows you to pick whichever one you have installed, not necessarily favoring one above the other. The project appears to be under heavy development, version 1.1 having come out just a few days ago. Aside from some GUI quirks (which don't prevent you from being productive but can be slightly annoying before understanding how to work with them), the only other thing that was a bit off was the audio playback breaking up every now and then—but this does not affect the final product when you export the project to video.

For Linux users who have been desiring for a better video editor that is easy to use, stable, and contains a decent amount of features, i highly recommend this video editor.

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I never heard of this one before but I certainly have been looking for a good video editor for Linux since a long time. I just checked out the site and saw that this will be included as a 1-click-install in Ubuntu 10.04. Since it's only a month away, I guess I'll wait till then to test it out. But it's good to know that there's been progress in this department as well for Linux :angel: Thanks for the info TF!