

Choose "yes" to get OpenShot added to the system shortcuts, so you can hit the "window" key and search for OpenShot in the quick finder menu. Then you should get a dialog asking if you want to have a desktop file installed for this OpenShot version. Then, to execute OpenShot in background mode, run. If you choose the AppImage, you need only to download the AppImage file and set it to executable with the following command from your terminal: chmod +x OpenShot-v2.6.1-x86_64.AppImage The downside is that sometimes applications installed with this method are a bit more unstable, and you may experience some interface weirdness such as differences in menu and icon sizes compared to other applications installed on your system. Installing from the AppImage is the easiest way to get started, and you should be able to get the latest OpenShot version this way. Choose only one method to avoid issues where you have multiple OpenShot versions installed on your system. When installing OpenShot on Linux (Ubuntu), you have the choice of using an AppImage package or installing OpenShot through its official PPA with apt. OpenShot v2.6.0 installed from the official PPA.This guide was developed and tested within the following environment: We'll see how to install, how to add media to your project, how to slice videos and change video speed, how to change audio volume and how to export videos for YouTube. In this guide, you'll learn how to use OpenShot to edit videos on Ubuntu Linux.

It has a simple interface that provides all basic features you'll need for basic video editing operations: slicing and mixing videos, changing video speed and audio volume, operating multiple tracks of video and audio, generating titles, exporting projects to several formats, among other things.

How to Edit Videos with OpenShot on Ubuntu LinuxĪpril 06, is a free and open source video editor that is available for all major operating systems, including Linux.
