OpenShot 3.0: The free video editor has many new features

The free video editor open shot for non-linear video editing and video editing under Windows, macOS and Linux has many new features and improvements with the update to the latest version 3.0. A total of over 1000 changes have been incorporated into the release, which is now also compatible with Blender 3.3 LTS.

The free video editor gets more powerful

As the developers at OpenShot Studios have announced regarding the latest version, after more than a year of development, the open source video editor now offers optimized support for 4K displays and HiDPI display devices, video playback performance in greatly improved real time. and the ability to export multiple clips and videos at once.

New codecs and support for Blender 3.3 LTS

Added to this is extended compatibility with even more video formats and codecs and initial support for the free Blender 3.3 LTS graphics suite, just like the official ones. release notes can be read.

• Free and open source video editor
• Improved stability and memory usage
• Over 1000 improvements and fixes
• Improved streaming video playback performance
• Timeline and usability improvements (snap, keyframes, waveforms, default folders and more)
• Ability to export multiple clips and videos at the same time
• Improved User Guide / Documentation / Help Manual
• Updated language translations and translation system
• 4K display | monitor support (high DPI)
• Supported Expanded Video Formats
• Blender 3.3 support

In particular, the developers have worked on the real-time editing features and the timeline, making the open source application more flexible and versatile. OpenShot uses a cache back thread that prepares the next frames before they are needed.

The caching algorithm has been improved so that it can now work at different speeds (1×, 2×, 4×) and in both forward and backward directions.

Important product maintenance for OpenShot

The many tools, such as the zoom slider and the transform tool, have also been revised and are compatible with MPEG further improved. As with OpenShot 2.6, new AI effects and additional audio features are included in the release.

In addition, there are the mandatory bug fixes and optimizations that come with every new version and this time they are extremely extensive.

Download on ComputerBase

As usual, OpenShot 3.0 can be downloaded from the ComputerBase download area directly below this message. The free graphics suite Blender, which is also highly recommended, is also linked, as is the open source image processing software GIMP.

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