Openshot 1.4 Released with New features, Effects, Transitions

OpenShot, one of the most popular video editors for Linux has reached version 1.4, getting a many improvements and bug fixes:

• New video and audio effects
• New 3D animations
• New transitions
• Timeline improvements
• Powerful color correction and adjustments
• New keyboard shortcuts
• 15 new video profiles
• more stable video & audio effect engine

OpenShot 1.4 still uses GTK2 but GTK3 is planned for the next OpenShot Video Editor version.

Install OpenShot Video Editor 1.4 in Ubuntu

Add the stable PPA (available for Ubuntu Oneiric, Natty, Maverick and Lucid) and install the latest OpenShot using the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openshot.developers/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install openshot frei0r-plugins 

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To get the animated 3D titles to work, you need to install the latest Blender by using the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cheleb/blender-svn sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install blender

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