OpenShot 2.3 released. Install OpenShot video editor on Ubuntu 16.10 and Ubuntu 16.04 Systems. OpenShot 2.3 is released with new Transform & Razor tools. This is one of the biggest updates ever to OpenShot, and is filled with new features, performance improvements, and tons of bug fixes!
Some of the features that comes with OpenShot 2.3 release:
- Transform Tool – A new transform tool, which allows real-time transformations in the video preview window. Right click on any clip, and choose “Transform” to enable the tool. Using your mouse, move and scale the clip as needed.
- Zooming Improvements – Zooming in and out of the timeline, in order to increase precision of your edits, has been greatly improved. When zooming the timeline, it now centers on your mouse position, similar to image editing applications. The zoom scale is also now saved in each project file, hold CTRL+mouse scroll wheel to zoom in and out.
- Razor Tool – Click on the Razor toolbar button to switch to razor mode. Now click on any clip or transition to quickly cut them (holding CTRL and SHIFT modify the razor to only keep the left or right side). Alternatively, you can cut a clip at the Playhead position by right clicking and choosing “Slice”, by using CTRL+K, or by grabbing the edge of the clip and dragging.
- Improved Title Editors – Both editors now display a grid of thumbnails, to make finding the right title easier. Save dialogs are no longer used, and instead title files are saved directly into your project folder. New “Edit Title” and “Duplicate Title” menus have been added, to assist in quickly making changes to titles.
- New Preview Window – Previewing files now has its own dedicated video player, which allows for multiple video preview windows at the same time. Also, audio files render a waveform by default. The speed of previewing files is also improved.
- Huge Performance Improvements for Real-time Previews
Install OpenShot 2.3 On Ubuntu
Run the following commands in terminal to install OpenShot 2.3 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.