Jonathan documented the whole process on his blog, which is still online for anyone to read. On the OpenShot website, he tells the story of how OpenShot came to be, which is quite a nice touch, to be honest.

OpenShot was created by Jonathan Thomas back in 2008 when he couldn’t find the perfect video editor for his new Ubuntu set up.

Either way, keep reading to see what OpenShot has to offer and some suggested tutorials at the end to get you started. Or perhaps regular users have experienced issues I didn’t run into while testing. Looking at comments on their YouTube channel I found that sometimes the program was slow or crashed regularly but I was lucky enough to not have that happen to me so maybe the newest update fixed those bugs. For a free video editor, it seems pretty complete, but you’ll only know if it suits your needs if you try it out first. After taking OpenShotThe open-source video editor for a spin, I bring you an overview and review of its interface, tools, and possibilities.

Openshot video editor free review