OpenShot video editor 2.4.3 was released a few days ago with animated Masks, nudge, zoom fixes, improved stability, and more.
OpenShot 2.4.3 release highlights:
- Masks and transitions can now be modified at any time, and can now use an image or video! This utilizes the grayscale of each frame and converts it into a mask, and can be used to create some really amazing effects.
- Threading improvements help prevent crashing around effects (including masks and transitions), and improve performance on many systems.
- Save frame button for quickly saving the current preview frame
- Huge improvement to language translations (Thanks to Frank Dana – ferdnyc)
- Animated Masks: New “reader” property type, initially used by the Mask effect to change the image/video used by transitions and the Mask effect
- Add Save Current Frame button.
- New translation & language infrastructure and logic.
- And many other changes. See the release note.
How to Install OpenShot 2.4.3 in Ubuntu:
The Ubuntu binary packages now is in testing stage. It will be published in the stable PPA (check the link before getting started) in 2 or 3 days.
At that time, you can install OpenShot 2.4.3 in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 14.04, and Linux Mint 19/18 via following steps:
1. Open terminal from software launcher (or press Ctrl+Alt+T), when it opens, run command to add the PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openshot.developers/ppa
Type your user password (no asterisks feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter.
2. Then run following commands one by one to refresh repository cache and install OpenShot:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install openshot-qt
Uninstall:
To uninstall openshot video editor, run following command in terminal:
sudo apt-get remove --autoremove openshot-qt
And remove the PPA by launching “Software & Updates” and navigating to Other Software tab.