One of the best assets of this product is definitely its interface. It is nicely crafted with elegant dark colors, which gives it the professional look you might be looking for. It is good that there are two views: Simple and Advanced. The interface is composed of various panels and you have total freedom to dock them wherever you want or even use them in separate windows.
As you create your video, you can preview what it will look like after the final rendering. There is also the Properties panel in which you can change the properties of the selected clips and effects.
If you right-click on a clip, you will see that various operations, like rotating and separating audio are allowed. It is also great that it allows transforming the items by dragging the handles or changing the parameters on the Properties panel. Likewise, you can add adjust such video parameters as color, saturation and contrast as well as add special effects. I really appreciate the program lets me use the Chroma Key effect to remove a green background. Finally, the tool lets you use titles, including those with animation.
Finally, when you are done editing your video and the preview looks as expected, you can proceed to export your movie. At this point, you can choose one of the multiple video formats available, select a video profile and set the desired quality. However, if you want more control over the results, you can click on the advanced tab to pick, for example, the desired audio codec or enter an exact sample rate.
It was a shame that the app repeatedly crashed when I tried to import certain video files. I would have preferred it told me that the format or the size was not supported; instead, it just disappeared without notice.
All in all, I am sure OpenShot Video Editor would be an excellent choice for anyone needing to create a movie. However, I am afraid that its developers would need to solve whatever bug is causing it to crash. I will not discourage you from giving it a try, perhaps, you get luckier than me.
