If needed, you can also customize the interface. Although you will be shown more tools, the ‘Advanced’ view does not have additional features, it just shows the user extra tools that are already available. The software allows you to toggle between a Simple and Advanced view depending on how much information you want to see at any given time. Below is the Timeline where you will arrange your media clips to put together your videos.

To the right-hand side is the Video Preview pane that shows you what your videos will look like while you’re creating them. On the left-hand side of the interface is the Project Files pane where all your media files will be loaded. If it’s your first time using the editor you will see a welcome message in the center of the screen giving you a breakdown of all the major areas of the interface. OpenShot’s startup interface is smooth and easy to navigate, it provides all the basics you would expect from a video editing software geared towards beginners.

Once that’s done you can launch OpenShot and start working. To start the download click on the ‘download’ button and run through the installation process. It will also give you other options to download the software for a different OS. On the download page, it will automatically identify what operating system (OS) you’re using. To start, go to their homepage and click the download button in the header or at the center of the page. OpenShot makes downloading the software a simple 5 minutes process. It has a limited amount of video effects.

It has a simple and easy-to-understand interface.

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