OpenShot 2.2 Released with 4K video editing feature. Install OpenShot video editor on Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 14.04 and Derivatives. OpenShot’s features: 3D animation, curve-based camera motion, compositing, transitions, audio mixing, and vector titles.
With the release of OpenShot 2.2, many critical bugs have been fixed related to seeking, missing frame detection, and AVPacket scope, which results in a much more stable engine, especially on slower systems. Also, compatibility has been improved for Linux AppImage and OS X (10.9+) App Bundles. The library (libopenshot) and Python UI (openshot-qt) have improved error handling, and can now detect stack-traces for crashes and exceptions (on Linux, Mac, and Windows).
The announcement reads “Over the past few months, improvements to performance have been my top priority. In some cases, performance is improved more than 10x compared to OpenShot 2.1. Adding huge images to your timeline is now fully optimized, and won’t slow you down. Editing HD videos (5K, 4K, 2.5K, and 1080p) is vastly improved. A new caching engine was built from the ground up, and supports both memory and disk back-ends, depending on the user’s needs. This can be configured in the Preferences, under “Cache”. Also, opening huge projects (with hundreds of files / clips) has been optimized and is up to 10x faster.”
Install OpenShot 2.2 On Ubuntu
Run the following commands in terminal to install OpenShot 2.2 on Ubuntu via PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openshot.developers/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install openshot-qt
Once installed, open OpenShot video editor from Ubuntu Dash or Terminal.