APPLICATION: OpenShot Video Editor Document Release Date: 4/14/21 Reviewed Date: February 10, 2021 Approved Date: 4/14/21 Version: 1.0 OpenShot Video Editor 1 Table of Contents Application Overview ...................................................................................................................... 2 Usage ......................................................................................................................................................... 2 Application Details and Ownership ........................................................................................................... 2 Access .............................................................................................................................................. 3 Permissions and Login ............................................................................................................................... 3 Modifications .................................................................................................................................. 3 User Guide ...................................................................................................................................... 4 Overview ................................................................................................................................................... 4 Import Media Files .................................................................................................................................... 5 Arrange Videos and Photos on Timeline ................................................................................................... 7 Add Music to Timeline .............................................................................................................................. 8 Editing Videos ........................................................................................................................................... 8 Preview your Project ............................................................................................................................... 10 Export your Video ................................................................................................................................... 10 Application Known Issues / Limitations ........................................................................................ 11 Version: revised date or 1.0 Sun Health Application Handbook OpenShot Video Editor 2 Application Overview OpenShot video editor is a video editing software that allows for the creation and modification of videos to various video formats. Usage Sun Health uses this software for th ecreation of videos for various promotional efforts including Sun Health Community Education, LiveWell Learning, and Sun Health Foundation content. Application Details and Ownership Application Manager: Alex Stark Vendor: Open Source Vendor POC Name: N/A Vendor POC Contact Information: [email protected]. License Type: GNU General Public License Subject matter expert(S): Alex Stark Current Release of Software: 2.5.1 Application Location: Open Shot can be downloaded from www.openshot.org/ Version: revised date or 1.0 Sun Health Application Handbook OpenShot Video Editor 3 Access Permissions and Login In order to Access OpenShot Video Editor you will need to complete a Computer Access Request (CAR) located at https://employees.sunhealth.org/forms/ Modifications No modifications are required to use OpenShot Video Editor, however opening and closing scenes with Sun Health departmental logos are standard. Version: revised date or 1.0 Sun Health Application Handbook OpenShot Video Editor 4 User Guide Overview OpenShot Video Editor has one main window which contains most of the information, buttons, and menus needed to edit your video project. # Name Description 1 Main Toolbar Contains buttons to open, save, and export your video project. 2 Function Tabs Switch between Project Files, Transitions, and Effects. 3 Project Files All audio, video, and image files that have been imported into your project. 4 Preview Window This is the area that the video will playback on the screen. 5 Edit Toolbar This toolbar contains buttons used for snapping, inserting markers, and jumping between markers. 6 Zoom Slider This slider will adjust the time-scale of your timeline. 7 TimelinePlay-head The ruler shows the time-scale, and the red line is the play-head. The play- / Ruler head represents the current playback position. 8 Timeline The timeline visualizes your video project, and each clip and transition in your project. 9 Filter Filter the list of items shown (project files, transitions, and effects) by using these buttons and filter textbox. Enter a few letters of what you are looking for, and the results will be shown. Version: revised date or 1.0 Sun Health Application Handbook OpenShot Video Editor 5 Import Media Files To import media files into OpenShot, drag and drop any video, image, and/or a audio files from your Desktop or other folder to OpenShot. Most video, image and audio file formats will work. Be sure to drop the files where the arrow in the illustration is pointing to. For best result when creating a new video project, check the quality of your source content by right clicking on the selected file and check the properties Version: revised date or 1.0 Sun Health Application Handbook OpenShot Video Editor 6 From here, select details and review the resolution and frame rate of each file After determining the Framerate of your source video, you can change the project framerate to match for the best quality final project. Version: revised date or 1.0 Sun Health Application Handbook OpenShot Video Editor 7 Arrange Videos and Photos on Timeline Drag each video or photo onto a track in the timeline (as seen in the illustration). The timeline represents your final video, so arrange your photos in whatever sequence you want them to appear in your video. If you overlap two clips, OpenShot will automatically create a smooth fade between them, displayed by blue rounded rectangles between the clips. Remember, you can rearrange the clips as many times as needed by simply dragging and dropping them. Utilizing the Edit Toolbar you can: # Name Description 1 Add Track This will allow you to add additional rows of tracks 2 Enable/Disable Snapping Snapping allows tracks to be automatically pulled together 3 Razor Tool This tool will allow you to cut up tracks 4 Add Marker Add markers for quick reference points while editing 5 Move to next or last marker Allows for moving from marker to marker 6 Center Timeline This will center Version: revised date or 1.0 Sun Health Application Handbook OpenShot Video Editor 8 Add Music to Timeline To make our creation more interesting, we need to add some music. Click on the music file that you imported in step 1 and drag it onto the timeline. If the song is too long, grab the right edge of your music clip and resize it smaller (that will make it end earlier). You could also insert the same file multiple times, if your music is too short. Editing Videos After adding videos, audio, and images to the timeline, each partition can be individually modified via partition properties. The partition properties can be accessed by right clicking on any partition and selecting properties or by pressing Ctrl+I then selecting any partition. Version: revised date or 1.0 Sun Health Application Handbook OpenShot Video Editor 9 After opening properties you will be able to edit idividuals of each partition individually. Please note that, if split, any changes made to any partition will keep the edits made prior to using the Razor tool. # Name Description 1 Alpha Curve representing the alpha (1 to 0) 2 Ch Filter A number representing an audio channel to filter (clears all other channels) 3 Ch Mapping A number representing an audio channel to output (only works when filtering a channel) 4 Crop Height Removes from bottom of partition 5 Crop Width Removes from Right of partition 6 Crop X Removes from Left of partition (changes placement) 7 Crop Y Removes from Top of partition (changes placement) 8 Duration Length of Clip 9 EN Audio Auto by default 10 EN Video Auto by default 11 End End of Clip (use to crop end) 12 Frame # 13 Gravity The gravity of a clip determines where it snaps to its parent 14 ID ID assigned to clip 15 Location X Curve representing the relative X position in percent based on the gravity (-1 to 1) 16 Location Y Curve representing the relative Y position in percent based on the gravity (-1 to 1) 17 Position Start of Clip in Timline 18 Rotation Curve representing the rotation (0 to 360) 19 Scale The scale determines how a clip should be resized to fit its parent 20 Scale X Curve representing the horizontal scaling in percent (0 to 1) 21 Scale Y Curve representing the vertical scaling in percent (0 to 1) 22 Shear X Curve representing X shear angle in degrees (- 45.0=left, 45.0=right) 23 Shear Y Curve representing Y shear angle in degrees (- 45.0=left, 45.0=right) 24 Start Allows to crop beginning of clip file 25 Time Curve representing the frames over time to play (used for speed and direction of video) 26 Track Track clip is located in 27 Volume Curve representing the volume 28 Vol Mixing 29 Wave Color Curve representing the color of the audio wave form 30 WaveForm Should a waveform be used instead of the clip’s image Version: revised date or 1.0 Sun Health Application Handbook OpenShot Video Editor 10 Preview your Project To preview what your video looks & sounds