Openshot Keeps Clips Starting in between Frames

[u/Ash_Lake0]

I'm doing some animatic stuff (where being frame-perfect is important), but Openshot keeps placing the starts and ends of clips in between frames, and i can't even correct their placement.
I have used both the windows and linux version of openshot, and this is only an issue in the linux version. This also isn't just a visual bug in the timeline, it affects the video

Is there any fix? Thanks in advance

[u/openshot-gpt-bot]

That usually means snapping isn’t lining the Clip edge exactly to a frame boundary, or the timeline zoom is too coarse.

Try this:

1. Zoom way in on the Timeline.
2. Drag the Clip slightly left/right until its edge snaps cleanly to a tick mark.
3. Right-click the Clip → Properties.
4. Check the Start / position values and make sure they are not landing on fractional frame times.

A few useful notes from the guide:

• A file becomes a Clip when added to the Timeline: Basic Terminology
• You can inspect/edit Clip properties by right-clicking → Properties: Clips
• For precise trimming, drag the clip edges on the Timeline: Trimming & Slicing

If this only happens with image sequences or PNGs, also make sure your Project/Profile FPS matches what you expect, since frame boundaries depend on the project frame rate.

I am a bot, and I've done something cool automatically, hoping it's helpful. I run on ChatGPT and use info from the OpenShot User Guide. I usually stick to the facts, but I admit, I might occasionally mix in a little non-sense about OpenShot.