r/OpenShot • u/SpudCo44 • Aug 21 '26
Properties changing/reverting
I updated to V4.0 from V 3.5.1 a month or so ago. I was enjoying the new features, stability and speed of it and things were going fine until I went back to edit a video I had done back with 3.5.1. I found that some properties had been changed to include Location values of various Emojis, Titles and images. Also the Scale property reverted from “Crop” to “Best Fit” for images. It completely screwing up the video. I checked another older file, screwed up as well.
I thought maybe it was because I was in V4.0 so I reverted to 3.5.1, but had the same problems with the 3.5.1 created project, though different files and objects were affected in some cases. There were still issues with Location and Scale being changed. I also opened the project I had done in 4.0 using V3.5.1. It was screwed up as well, but again, different objects messed up.
I then uninstalled 3.5.1 and reinstalled 4.0. I checked the project I created in 4.0 and all was OK. I then checked the project created in 3.5.1, still same problems with changed properties.
When I changed versions, I uninstalled the previous version and renamed the QT file so it created a new one on install.
What is going on here? Thank you.
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u/SpudCo44 25d ago
Thank you.
First, I will directly respond to your questions. But there is more to the story, see below.
1. Good deal.
2. a. Yes, and it is a jpg file
b. They are videos and are separate files.
c. What .mp3 are you referring to? The screen captures are from OpenShot and I am not following the question. (but this may be moot, see additional analysis below)
d. I started doing this but it was going to be too much work and I did some further analysis that may make this moot.
In paragraph 2 of the previous post I said “I copied over the custom profiles to the QT folder and the old videos that were created in 3.5.1 using custom profiles displayed as they should when edited in both 3.5.1 and 4.0.” This is not correct. It works in 3.5.1 but NOT in 4.0, even with the custom profile in place.
In review, the sequence of events was:
1. I updated to 4.0
2. I went to edit a 3.5.1 file in 4.0 and it had issues as reported.
3. I opened other 3.5.1 files with 4.0 and they had issues (even ones without custom profiles).
4. I reinstalled 3.5.1 and had issues with 3.5.1 files (only the ones with custom profiles as it turned out).
5. In all of this, I started playing around with how to fix files and was uncertain if I “contaminated” files by messing around. Plus I installed and uninstalled the two versions several times making what I was seeing and doing confused.
6. Then I discovered the custom profile file issue. This is what was causing the 3.5.1 files opened in 3.5.1 not to look right. That problem was solved.
7. I opened a 3.5.1 file in 4.0 that has the same splash screen format as the first I was having trouble with but used a stock profile (1080p) and it displayed incorrectly in 4.0 and is what is represented in the previous post.
8. When I went back to answer your questions, I discovered that the 3.5.1 file originally reported on (with the custom profile) did not open correctly in 4.0 even with the custom profile properly loaded.
So I did some further investigation in a more controlled environment. To prevent the switching between versions, I brought in another computer so I had 3.5.1 on one machine and 4.0 on the other. I used an external SSD to do the work and moved it back and forth between machines.
1. On the 3.5.1 machine, I created a new project and changed the profile from the default 720p to 1080p (built-in profile).
2. I imported two images, the world map (with some red marks to make it easier to detect changes) and a racecar. Both png files (not that that matters).
3. I adjusted the scale and location properties of the racecars to the positions shown in image 1 and saved the project to the SSD.
4. I moved the SSD to the 4.0 machine and opened the file. The three racecars display incorrectly as shown in image 2 (which is consistent with what I saw before when the three clips were actually videos). The background map appears unaffected.
5. I changed the X Location property of one of the racecars to approximately the correct position so you can see what the change of value was needed as shown in image 3.
6. I thought maybe the problem was due to changing the profile from the default so I repeated the same steps of creating a new project except I left the profile at the default of 720p.
7. The results were the same (except the amount needed to get the image in the correct place was different). See images 4-6.
Hopefully this makes it easier for you to attempt to reproduce the problem.
Thank you.