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OpenShot was recently featured on an episode of Category5 Technology TV, which teaches users how to obtain, install, and use OpenShot! Robbie Ferguson and Christa Wells have done a great job introducing OpenShot, and I hope everyone will enjoy the high production values and enthusiasm as much as I did! Check out the video below:
Outline of Episode:
- Feature: Video editing in Linux using the free OpenShot video editor.
- Robbie's quick thoughts about Jonathan Thomas, and his dedication to creating a fantastic video editor for Linux.
- Installing the OpenShot video editor from the provided PPA rather than the Ubuntu repositories.
- Setting up the OpenShot PPA.
- Viewer Question: Why not get OpenShot from the repositories?
- Updating your apt sources list.
- Installing OpenShot using Synaptic Package Manager on Ubuntu Linux after setting up the PPA.
- Installing Inkscape using Synaptic Package Manager to add vector graphics support to OpenShot video editor.
- Obtaining and configuring Blender to be used by OpenShot video editor to add 3D titles to your video productions.
- Adding media files to OpenShot.
- Creating 3D / animated title sequences to your video production in OpenShot video editor.
- A brief rundown of the main tools used when working in OpenShot video editor.
- Adding segments to your video production in OpenShot video editor.
- Adding photos to OpenShot video editor.
- Creating a closing credits roll-up for your OpenShot video editor production.
- Using Inkscape to create more substantial text for your OpenShot video editor production in Linux.
- Animating your show's end credits in OpenShot video editor, moving it from the bottom to top of the screen.
- Top-secret Information: ??? You will have to watch the video to hear this!
Soon we will release more information about version 1.4 and our top-secret project. So, stay tuned!
June 13, 2011 2:21 AM
TLDW: OpenShot's engine is being ported to C++. Windows users, rejoice.
June 13, 2011 4:13 AM
Good presentation.
The secret : The team is working on a C++ version of Openshot. SO it will be portable on other OS ;-)
June 13, 2011 5:38 AM
Nice secret project... ;)
June 13, 2011 7:54 AM
What's the purpose of a woman standing mute for 20 minutes? Looks quite offensive.
BTW the video is very nice, maybe I would have suggested to install Blender with a PPA too, but it's a minor thing.
No news for the logo contest?
June 13, 2011 9:54 AM
Plain C++? Not for e.g. Qt?
Is there a particular reason for cross platform? Is MLT Win version good enough?
Is there a time line for the project?
If you need some alpha/beta, whatever tester count me in.
June 13, 2011 10:36 AM
The words "C++" and "cross-platform" are part of our secret project, but it's not even the most exciting part. Sorry to leave everyone hanging. More details will be posted soon. =)
June 13, 2011 10:38 AM
@Lazza,
I will be posting an update on the OpenShot logo soon, including more details about a logo contest. What's interesting is many people have told me to leave the logo alone and don't change it, as they really like it. So, I guess we'll have to have a vote. =)
Thanks!
-Jonathan
June 13, 2011 10:46 AM
Ι also believe that the logo is great. Maybe there could be a "splash screen" contest for the new version.
June 14, 2011 7:28 AM
Hi all,
Nice to see this posted on the OpenShot page. Hopefully it will help new users and users who are looking for a good solution for Linux feel interested in OpenShot.
Just to touch on Lazza's question, Category5 TV is actually a 1 hour long, weekly live show. The "woman" in this segment is one of my co-hosts, Christa Wells. Yes, in the edited down version of this clip, it appears she's mute because it's a tutorial segment. 20 minutes of each show is dedicated to a tutorial, and quite often it happens where I just go at it in full force and she is actually following along on her Mac, or in this case, watching my screen to see what I'm doing.
It's the same reason at the end of the lesson I expressed apology to her for having steamrolled the feature :) We just had so much to cover in 20 minutes that she couldn't get a word in (probably my fault - haha).
The other 40 minutes of our show is dedicated to viewer questions, tech news, and heavy interaction with the viewing audience. So, if you'd like to see Christa speak, by all means, please visit our site and catch any of our full-length episodes :)
Cheers,
Robbie
June 14, 2011 11:00 AM
New animation framework ? Do you plan
to replace MLT or is this related to another openshot component ?
June 17, 2011 5:56 AM
@ Jonathan Thomas, yes I understand that point, that's why I proposed a logo which resembles the main aspects of the old one. :)
@ Robbie Ferguson, oh sorry, I didn't get it was a trimmed down version. Thanks for pointing this out. ;)
June 23, 2011 4:15 PM
excited, excited, excited ... yeah, I really didn't have anything practical to say other than I'm ready to see whats next.
June 26, 2011 4:42 AM
Is there any way to access the new sources?
July 5, 2011 3:01 AM
Excited that I may use it even on Windows, I already love to work on it when I'm using Linux, so yeah :P
July 14, 2011 10:25 AM
The current Ubuntu stable version for OpenShot is 1.3.0 which is not horribly obsolete...
Using the PPA should be advise when wanting a cutting-edge, recent version. Release cycles "freeze" versions at the moment of the release, which means judging by the version the host mentions, this review was done on an Ubuntu 10.04LTS system (which IS including an older OpenShot version).
July 16, 2011 12:46 PM
Thanks for the cat5 vid! Good to see OpenShot get more publicity since it's a good program.
I'm interested in helping with the coding. C++ are good news to be able to speed up the program. Are there a place to download the C++ sources yet?
August 12, 2011 10:28 PM
Openshot is really great and I love it. And also thanks to Category5.TV which helped me a lot to understand its functionality. Here's the video I've created with Openshot. http://beyondrakesh.blogspot.com/2011/08/ubuntu-unity-and-compiz-in-action.html
August 29, 2011 11:47 AM
Not to nag, but any updates? I've been lovin' me som OpenShot, but there are a few things I'd love to see updated.
I'm just chomping at the bit for some more news!
Thanks!
September 1, 2011 12:11 AM
OpenShot deserves to be a major open source success story and going cross-platform will really help with that. Keep up the good work.
September 13, 2011 10:17 PM
Any updates? It's almost mid-September and I like to stay informed about this project!