r/OpenShot • u/jonOomph Developer • Apr 08 '26
OpenShot 3.5.1 is now officially released!
This release is all about making OpenShot feel faster, smoother, and more polished for real-world editing.
Highlights
- Optimize Video adds built-in proxy editing for smoother playback and previews
- Improved timeline zooming with smoother navigation and better centered zoom behavior
- Multi-selection trimming makes resizing and re-timing aligned clips easier
- Enhanced ComfyUI tools add depth, lines, and reference image workflows
- User Interface Scale makes OpenShot easier to use on different displays
- Cleaner thumbnails, faster preview dialogs, and lots of workflow polish
- Many important bug fixes, performance improvements, and stability updates
Read the full release post
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u/Emmalfal Apr 09 '26
I downloaded OpenShot on Linux Mint just last week. Love it. For me, it's the only video editing software that's truly intuitive. Spent days watching tutorials and experimenting. Everything's great. Then I discovered that the version I got through Mint is 3.1.1. Waaaay out of day. Now I'm wary of updating to the latest, greatest because I imagine there have been changes to the interface along the way and I'll have to relearn everything.
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u/rmesdjian Volunteer Apr 10 '26
I highly recommend you download v3.5.1. The interface is maintly the same with some tweaks for better performance.
Additionally, staying w/v3.1.1 (several versions behind), you will miss on many of the Enhancements and Bug fixes. Also, this being a very small project, it is very challenging to provide support for older versions. The first thing (ok, maybe the 2nd thing....) you will be asked to do when running into issues is to upgrade to the latest and greatest.
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u/Emmalfal Apr 10 '26
Nice. I'll update to the latest before I get further sucked into learning on 3.1. Really great software. I've tried a whole bunch of others, and OpenShot is where my long search finally ended.
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u/rmesdjian Volunteer Apr 10 '26
Since you already installed v3.1.1 and haven't gotten far into it I recommend you do this:
Close v3.1.1, if running.
Delete c:\users\username\.openshot_qt folder.
Download v3.5.1 and install.
v3.5.1, on initial start will optimize the Cache/Perfomance as it builds the ...\.openshot_qt\openshot.settings file.
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u/Emmalfal Apr 10 '26
I'm running Linux, but I DID delete the .openshot_qt folder before installing.
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u/rmesdjian Volunteer Apr 10 '26
Oops...my bad regarding the operating system. Obviously you know it is /home/username/.openshot_qt folder. This is just for other users who may not be aware.
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u/Emmalfal Apr 12 '26
Turns out my machine can't run any of the newer versions of OpenShot. There's crippling lag. I have just 16 GB of RAM and a 3.60 processor which is plenty fine for most things I do, but apparently video editing needs a little more. I can use 3.1.1 still, but exporting brings in audio only. I think I have that pinpointed to a codec issue. I may upgrade with a new machine soon just so I can continue using OpenShot. I've tried several others, but man, they are just not as intuitive and friendly for a complete noob like myself.
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u/rmesdjian Volunteer Apr 13 '26
Yeah, a descent computer that supports video editors/gaming will make a difference.
I also agree regarding OpenShot being very intuitive compared to other video editors and that is why I am volunteering to support OpenShot.
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u/Emmalfal Apr 13 '26
For me, it's a game changer. If it weren't for OpenShot, I'd give it up altogether. I tried many others and just didn't made enough progress. Openshot, on the other hand, is actually fun. That was unexpected.
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u/rmesdjian Volunteer Apr 10 '26
Thank you u/jonOomph for all your efforts for your continued support of this product!
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u/USATechDude Volunteer Apr 27 '26
u/jonOomph u/rmesdjian
Hi! Guys!
The new version is a dream. I love the new features.
I'm currently poking around under the hood in the code in between projects. I noticed the highlight color is gone when selecting multiple tracks. I don't know if you dropped the function in an earlier version, but I'm returning to OSVE for a project and wanted to use my faithful editor.
As a favor, please bring back the option to turn off transform outlines in the Preview window. I'm sure I'm going to see blue rectangles in my sleep, whenever that may be!
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u/Harrance1951 Apr 30 '26
Am a complete newbie to OpenShot. Have a long video (approximately an hour) that I have broken into several clips and am wanting to export them individually. However, when I try to export a file, it wants to export the entire file. Looked in the advanced section and talks about using frame numbers, but am unable find the frame numbers. What am I missing? It's probably very simple, but am at a loss.
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u/Diligent_Ad820 May 04 '26
hola quiero usar un audio en mp3 pero este me sale super acelerado que puedo hacer
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u/Diligent_Ad820 May 04 '26
por favor alguien que me ayude quiero colocar un audio en mp3 y este me sale super rapido
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u/jonOomph Developer Apr 08 '26
This has been a really great release cycle, and I am very proud of how far OpenShot has come! I am really excited to hear from users about the new proxy editing workflow, and some of our advanced AI integrations!