{"id":7890,"date":"2018-07-01T15:28:34","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T15:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=7890"},"modified":"2018-07-01T15:28:34","modified_gmt":"2018-07-01T15:28:34","slug":"install-openshot-2-4-2-ubuntu-18-04-16-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2018\/07\/install-openshot-2-4-2-ubuntu-18-04-16-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install OpenShot 2.4.2 in Ubuntu 18.04, 16.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/openshot_logo245.png\" alt=\"OpenShot Video Editor\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6182\" \/><\/p>\n<p>OpenShot video editor 2.4.2 was released a day ago with exciting new effects, tons of bug fixes, and performance improvements.<\/p>\n<p>OpenShot 2.4.2 release highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>7 New Effects (Crop, Hue, Color Shift, Pixelate, Bars, Wave, Shift)<\/li>\n<li>Auto audio mixing strategy per clip (average, reduce, or none)<\/li>\n<li>Auto-Rotates any Clip with Reader metadata &#8216;rotate&#8217; attribute.<\/li>\n<li>Experimental codecs now supported in FFmpeg\/LibAV<\/li>\n<li>Many improvements for Audio playback, stability, export dialog, etc.<\/li>\n<li>And numerous bug-fixes. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openshot.org\/blog\/2018\/06\/30\/openshot-242-released-more-effects-more-stable-more-fun\/\" target=\"_blank\">release note<\/a> for details.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Openshot 2.4.2 Released | Quick Look at New Effects!\" width=\"610\" height=\"343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WBnJ07iVfW4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install OpenShot 2.4.2 in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~openshot.developers\/+archive\/ubuntu\/ppa\" target=\"_blank\">OpenShot&#8217;s official PPA<\/a> now contains the 2.4.2 release packages for Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, and Ubuntu 17.10, and Ubuntu 18.04.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal (either via <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> or by searching for &#8216;terminal&#8217; from app launcher) and run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:None;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openshot.developers\/ppa<\/pre>\n<p><i>Input your password (no visual asterisks feedback while typing) when it prompts and hit Enter.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/openshot-stable-ppa-600x99.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"99\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/openshot-stable-ppa-600x99.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/openshot-stable-ppa-450x74.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/openshot-stable-ppa.jpg 740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Then upgrade the editor via &#8220;Software Updater&#8221;, if you have a previous <code>openshot-qt<\/code> package installed.<\/p>\n<p>Or run commands to check updates and install \/ upgrade OpenShot:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get update\r\n\r\nsudo apt-get install openshot-qt libopenshot*<\/pre>\n<p><b>Uninstall:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>To uninstall openshot video editor, run following command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:None;\">sudo apt-get remove --autoremove openshot-qt<\/pre>\n<p>And remove the PPA by launching &#8220;Software &#038; Updates&#8221; and navigating to Other Software tab.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OpenShot video editor 2.4.2 was released a day ago with exciting new effects, tons of bug fixes, and performance improvements. OpenShot 2.4.2 release highlights: 7 New Effects (Crop, Hue, Color Shift, Pixelate, Bars, Wave, Shift) Auto audio mixing strategy per clip (average, reduce, or none) Auto-Rotates any Clip with Reader metadata &#8216;rotate&#8217; attribute. Experimental codecs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[1372],"class_list":["post-7890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","category-news","tag-openshot-video-editor"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7890\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}