Yes KDEnlive has been around for a good while and is up there with the best of them in the proprietary world, even if it is a little buggy, but it is simply too complex for a lot of people to use. Listen to what video producer Neil Chappell has to say about OpenShot: “Before OpenShot burst onto the scene, video editing in Linux was really missing an easy to use, full-featured editor that could save and convert to nearly any format and had a decent set of transitions. When you use open-source software, you’re not a cog in someone else’s wheel.

The forward momentum of a software program is unconnected from any corporate goals. OpenShot is under active development, and while strong already, will become even stronger in the coming months. (iMovie 08 completely redesigned the earlier iMovie interface, removing many features in the process.) OpenShot is what iMovie 08 should have been. I formerly used Apple’s iMovie HD video editor, but felt betrayed when iMovie 08 came out. To my mind, OpenShot strikes just the right balance between features and complexity.

Openshot review