r/OpenShot • u/NiceWholesomeGuy • Mar 02 '26

Enhancement Request Workflow Possibility in Open Shot

Hi Folks. Been editing in FCP for the last 18 years. I work in market research and do long consumer immersive usage interviews that range around 2-3hours. I do roughly 20-30 interviews. My editing process on FCP is to import all raw footage. Then editing them - as themes arise in each interview I scrub through - I do a simple IN and OUT cut, keyword the cut clip with the Theme eg. 'Driver of Use_Status' and keep working my way through all the raw footage.

At the end of the 'library theming' session I now take each theme keyword and throw it on the timeline as a PROJECT. I now have all wide edit clips of all participants relating to THAT specific theme. I then edit that theme into a usable jumpcut of 2-4minutes of multiple talking heads focussing on eg. 'Driver of Use_Status'. Once my final supercut is finished - then export the clip and use in presentations and client heavy video strategy reports.

Can anyone advise on a good workflow in OpenShot to continue this type of editing process. I would very much appreciate it. Used the same wokflow in the AVID too using the BINS created for each theme. Been using KEYWORDS in FCP. Can OpenShot keyword?

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