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Greetings everyone! It has been more than a month since my last post, so I thought an update was due. Lots of activity is happening on OpenShot, even though my blog has been relatively quiet.
There are 2 really big features I am working on right now. I don't want to let the cat out of the bag yet, so I'll wait to announce them until a future date (soon... I promise).
But fear not, I will leave everyone with a hint: "no other FOSS video editor has this feature yet." This statement might be misleading, but hey, it's just a hint. =)
The community has been very active, and there have been many contributions and patches! I am still in the process of reviewing the patches, and merging them into the code.
We have recently moved our user interface to GtkBuilder (as opposed to Glade). Basically, Glade is no longer supported. The interface will still look the same (since it's still using GTK), but the XML files that help us create the interface are a bit different.
I have been working part-time on a new Django-based website for OpenShot. I figured Django would be a perfect fit for my Python skills. =) So far, so good. Expect to see the website sometime in the next month.
On a completely unrelated note, my mom has just gone through a serious neck surgery, and I have been spending much of my time with her over the past 2 weeks. I am happy to report she is recovering great.
Well, how is that for an update. Many unrelated snippets and stories. Hopefully I will have a few more updates over the coming weeks.
June 16, 2010 4:56 AM
You are doing a great job, thanks a lot !
Happy that everything went well for your mom and that she is recovering, too :)
June 16, 2010 4:56 AM
You are doing a great job, thanks a lot !
Happy that everything went well for your mom and that she is recovering, too :)
June 16, 2010 6:50 AM
Awesome. I hope you'll fix the segfault that has been stopping me from using openshot for months...
By the way I'm happy for your mum.
June 16, 2010 9:05 AM
Such a tease! I wanna know. :-)
Glad your mom is doing well... best wishes for a speedy recovery.
Looking forward to an information-packed update when it comes!
June 16, 2010 9:05 AM
Such a tease! I wanna know. :-)
Glad your mom is doing well... best wishes for a speedy recovery.
Looking forward to an information-packed update when it comes!
June 16, 2010 11:20 AM
Best wishes for you and your mother, I also wish her a quick healing. You know we all are now anxiously wondering about what is that new mysterious feature.
June 16, 2010 12:28 PM
Great to know some news, we will wait to see what surprise have for us... goods energy for your mom for a nice recovery.
June 17, 2010 6:57 PM
Glad to know everything is OK with your mother.
About OpenShot - does the change to GTK affect the libraries OpenShot will need?
June 17, 2010 11:59 PM
Thanks for the nice comments everyone!
The GTK change will not affect the libraries OpenShot needs. However, OpenShot will now only work on Ubuntu 9.04 and newer.
June 22, 2010 3:25 PM
Thank you for the information.
It would become a bit maladjusted (but nothing out of the ordinary) if I had to install new dependencies just because I use KDE.