Software Update: OpenShot Video Editor 2.5.1

Version 2.5.1 of OpenShot Video Editor has become available. OpenShot Video Editor is an open source video editor for Linux and is also available for Windows and macOS since version 2.0. The program is made with Python, GTK and the MLT Framework, and is comparable to Windows Movie Maker or Apple’s iMovie. The main improvements made in this release are listed below.

Highlights (TL;DR)

• UTF-8 Project Encoding Bug Fix (for non-ASCII characters)
• Auto-Repair UTF-8 Corrupted Projects
• Thumbnail Server UTF-8 Encoding
• Updated Documentation (with Auto-Update)
• Updated Translations / Supporters
• Fixed Broken Color-Shift and Shift Effects
• Updated Documentation and Examples (C++)
• Saturation Effect: Optimize and Parallelize
• Hue Effect: Optimize and Parallelize
• Blur Effect: Optimize and Parallelize
• Wave Effect: Optimize and Parallelize
• Brightness Effect: Optimize and Parallelize
• Pixelate Effect: Rewrite effect to use QPainter/QRect
• Frame: Fix interlaced AddImage
• Raise Preview Cache to CPUs X 8 Frames (max 64)
• FindRESVG CMake: Modernize with Targets
• Enhance Json Data Handling
• Improve Travis Speed ​​(remove homebrew from Mac builds)
• Auto-Update HEX Version (for older CMake versions)
• Misc Bug Fixes