OpenShot Video Editor

OpenShot Video Editor

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Free and open-source video editing software!

About OpenShot Video Editor

OpenShot Video Editor is open-source software designed to help businesses trim, slice, edit, and mix audios and videos in various formats on a drag-and-drop interface. It provides 3D animation capabilities, which let administrators utilize effects to adjust colors, sizes, length, and text across video projects.

It includes an audio editing module, which enables businesses to visualize audio files and render waveforms as part of videos. Professionals can use a special effects engine to modify, reverse, slow down, or speed up motion in videos.

Other features include real-time preview, compositing, title templates, clip resizing, video transitions, desktop integration, keyframe animations, and more. Users can create personalized SVG vector titles or choose from predefined templates to adjust the titles' color, font, and text in the editing panel.


Key benefits of OpenShot Video Editor

» Cross-Platform
OpenShot is a cross-platform video editor supporting Windows, macOS, Linux, and Chrome OS. Get started and download our installer today at https://www.openshot.org/download.

» Trim & Slice
Quickly trim your videos and find those perfect moments.

» Animation & Keyframes
Using our robust animation framework, you can fade, slide, bounce, and animate anything in your video project.

» Unlimited Tracks
Add layers as you need them for watermarks, background videos, audio tracks, and more.

» Video Effects
Using our video effects engine, remove the background from your video, invert the colors, adjust brightness, and more.

» Audio Waveforms
Visualize your audio files as waveforms, and even output the waveforms as part of your video.

» Title Editor
Adding titles to your video has never been easier. Use one of our templates or make your own.

» 3D Animations
Render beautiful 3D animated titles and effects, such as snow, lens flares, or flying text.

» Slow Motion & Time Effects
Control the power of time, reversing, slowing down, and speeding up video. Use a preset or animate the playback speed and direction.

» Edit Video
Drag and drop video, audio, or images from your file manager into OpenShot. It is that easy for anyone to get started with video editing.

» 70+ Languages
OpenShot is available in many languages and can be translated online with LaunchPad.

» Simple User Interface
We have designed OpenShot to be the easiest and friendliest video editing software! Try it and see for yourself.


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Overall rating

4.3 /5
(173)
Value for Money
4.5/5
Features
4.1/5
Ease of Use
4.3/5
Customer Support
4.1/5

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Gabriella
Gabriella
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  • Industry: Mining & Metals
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

A great video editor that needs a 'splash'

Reviewed on 18/01/2021

I enjoy using OpenShot, but it would be great if they added a splash screen and a notification...

I enjoy using OpenShot, but it would be great if they added a splash screen and a notification window?
It works well and competes favorably with similar programs, even with paid programs, given that it is free.
Its performance is good overall but I have found that the processor you use plays a role.

Pros

OpenShot is a great video editor, I have been using it for over two years now. Its option to separate sound from video in an imported and loaded clip is very good. I use this feature quite a bit and I have not experienced any errors or problems with it. I also like how after separating out the sound I can either remove it or edit it.
Another feature that stands out is the razor tool, it makes removing unwanted sections easy. Bringing the remaining clips together is even easier, you just drag and drop, this is something I have found to be a bit messy with other programs.

I like how it's not too heavy, I have successfully ran it on an entry-level processor. It would occasionally slow down to load, but the plus here was that it would not crash and I wouldn't lose my work. However, I would be amiss if I did not mention that the processor you use makes a difference!

Cons

The issue that I have or perhaps an ask to OpenShot is that they add a splash screen to show that the editor is starting as well as a notification window that asks you to confirm if you want to open more than one instance.
When starting OpenShot it's often not clear whether it's opening or not. I tend to end up with several windows open. Then it becomes a mission to close the extra windows and then wait a bit before starting work to see if there will be more windows opening up.

Adding a splash screen and a notification window would be quite helpful, it would save time & effort and eliminate any frustrations!

Jamie
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Monthly for Free Trial
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Generally good and multi featured video Editing Software

Reviewed on 25/10/2023

Pros

Dragging and dropping is good and intuitive as mentioned, colour coding makes things easy to distinguish video and audio tracks.

Cons

I felt the production or final producing of the product was slower than some rivals,

Cristhian Josue
Cristhian Josue
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  • Industry: Design
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Openshot, the free video editor that everyone should try

Reviewed on 06/09/2021

Openshot is a fantastic tool, I like it very much, it fulfills very well the function of being a...

Openshot is a fantastic tool, I like it very much, it fulfills very well the function of being a free and competitive video editor, it allows us to do almost everything related to post-production, to a greater or lesser extent, but we can do it.

If you want to create simple videos, this is a good option

Pros

One point I really like about Openshot is that it's free... just kidding.

This video editor allows us to create infinite layers, something that I personally like a lot because I usually used multiple layers, sometimes by the need of the project or simply to have a working order in my timeline.

In my opinion, this video editor is a good tool for those who like me some time ago, only want to create simple montages with good quality, "Openshot" satisfies me, it's light and any PC can run it, even the editing in this video editor is done nicely, I like it.

Cons

Openshot looks very antiquated in some aspects, it has 3D animations but they look like they come out of PowerPoint or some version of windows 2000.

This video editor can't compete in the graphical aspect with other free editors, let alone paid software or software focused on 3D designs. Simply Openshot isn't an option if you want to use or create animations in your video editor.

Nicholas
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  • Industry: Consumer Goods
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

OpenShot Video Editor Great Aid to Business For Creating YouTube Videos

Reviewed on 03/06/2020

We got OpenShot because we were so frustrated with the cost of Camtasia. We may add that program...

We got OpenShot because we were so frustrated with the cost of Camtasia. We may add that program back to our software arsenal, but for now are very happy with OpenShot.
As a company, we created a YouTube video channel and we are creating content for that channel. OpenShot is very easy to use to create those videos. Our goal is 2 per day for the first 60 days. We would do more, but we run 4 or more tracks per video and the save process for export is time-consuming.

Pros

It shows the whole functioning video creation process on one screen and has very easy access for multiple tracks. For me, this is a must. I want to see all of my tracks or at least have easy access to preview them. OpenShot has a little preview screen so you can preview what you are making as you go, frame by frame if necessary.
At first, I had my doubts about this software as a video editor because I had trouble figuring out how to do certain tasks. I quickly found YouTube video tutorials by the program creator that make it so easy. I'm still experimenting and look for video tutorials to learn to do things right when I want to try new things. My newest endeavor is exploring the many transitions offered.
The program allows us to align frames on each track to make seamless videos.
I'm sure we have not even hit the halfway point of learning other benefits we will eventually use.

Cons

Easy to set up video tracks, frames, etc, but this program takes a long time to Export videos so we can then upload them to YouTube. We actually have learned to open other windows to work with while it is exporting video. Otherwise, we cannot minimize during this process and it impedes us from other work.

Alternatives Considered

Camtasia

Reasons for Switching to OpenShot Video Editor

Price and ease of use. The learning curve is much easier
Fernando
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

excellent free video editor

Reviewed on 04/03/2022

Overall I am very satisfied with the software. I'm making my edits in a simple way and with an...

Overall I am very satisfied with the software. I'm making my edits in a simple way and with an almost professional result.

Pros

This software offers all the basic features for professional video editing.
While simple, most of the features are pretty powerful.

Cons

The operational layout functionality can still be improved and the action response can be a little faster still.

Alternatives Considered

VEGAS Pro and Pinnacle Studio

Reasons for Choosing OpenShot Video Editor

The software became too cumbersome to run on low-end computers and the paid version was expensive.

Switched From

Pinnacle Studio

Reasons for Switching to OpenShot Video Editor

Lighter and simpler software. It requires less computer resources to perform operations, especially exporting and compiling videos.
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OpenShot Video Editor FAQs

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OpenShot Video Editor offers the following pricing plans:

  • Pricing model: Free Version
  • Free Trial: Not Available

OpenShot Video Editor is free and open-source software.

OpenShot Video Editor has the following typical customers:

Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000

OpenShot Video Editor supports the following languages:

Arabic, Basque, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

OpenShot Video Editor supports the following devices:

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OpenShot Video Editor offers the following support options:

Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Phone Support

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