We have added a few new features to our great title editor. Before, we were limited to 2 lines of text (Title & Sub-Title). We have improved it to now introspect the SVG title and allow the user to edit all text elements. Also, it now defaults the values of these text-boxes to the text in the SVG.
For example, this title has 7 lines of text:
Also, once a title has been added to OpenShot, you can now easily launch Inkscape for additional editing. Just right click on any SVG title, and you will see a new menu item:
If you select multiple files, it will open Inkscape for each title. It even waits for you to finish your edits on each title, before launching Inkscape for the next title. Once you save your changes in Inkscape, the changes are immediately reflected in OpenShot.
Lastly, we have added a new title template for Creative Commons content. The idea is, anytime you use some creative commons licensed content, you can now easily fill out the text in the CC template, and boom... you have attributed the work in your video.
July 2, 2009 12:53 AM
It's like you're reading end-users' minds. That's probably because of your style of developing OpenShot - "eating your own dog food".
Addition of CC-template is nice - it lowers the barrier to properly attribute copyright/left owner (and to license video work under CC). Excellent.
Inkscape "integration" makes title editor even more flexible. I love when software doesn't try to reinvent wheel. Is this integration written so that it would be possible to add choice of SVG editor? Question I'm trying to ask is: how tightly it has to be Inkscape and is it seen that there could be alternative SVG editors?
I'm also very much pro simplicity and don't want to see too much clutter when sensible defaults work best. So what I write above isn't my feature request. ;) It's something I think could become FAQ.
I'm going to update to latest Openshot and try these new features on Ubuntu 9.10. I'm getting video editing fever because of OpenShot.
July 2, 2009 2:04 AM
I actually am reading everyone's mind. You are on to me. Seriously though, I appreciate your comment!
Inkscape is loosely integrated. It's hard-coded into OpenShot right now, but it would be easy to let the user configure that. Thanks!
July 2, 2009 3:10 AM
Great new features! Thanks for your work.
July 2, 2009 5:52 AM
I made a test with the titler, and the title made 30 secondes. Can we change this value ?
July 2, 2009 6:22 AM
fromlugdunum: If I understand your question - you can change the time how long title is shown by resizing it on a timeline. Just like you would resize video clip.
Check this screencast from 1 minute 20 seconds. Just do the same for title. (I hope my advice is correct, I don't have OpenShot available right now).
July 2, 2009 8:45 AM
Everything is out of sync in the video editor. What could be the reason?
July 2, 2009 12:48 PM
Hohoo,
It might be related to the format of videos you are using. Try just using some JPEGs on the timeline, and see if everything stays in sync. Feel free to file a bug if you can figure out how to reproduce this behavior. Thanks!
July 2, 2009 1:19 PM
I'm using MP4 videos ripped from Youtube with Keepvid.
July 5, 2009 11:36 PM
Hohoo, can you do me a favor and .zip up a small mp4 video that doesn't work with OpenShot, and email it me at Jonathan.Oomph@gmail.com? I'll take a look and see what is going on. Thanks!