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In early 2008, I first installed <a href="%(ubuntu_url)s" target="_blank">Ubuntu</a>. I was very impressed, but like many people, I realized immediately the lack of a video editor. For weeks I researched, downloaded, configured, compiled, and installed any Linux video editor I could find. It turns out there are many, but none that met my simple criteria:
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I decided it would be an interesting challenge, and it was worth attempting. I quickly decided on the Python programming language, for it's speed, beauty, and it's rich bindings for many libraries.
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One of my friends suggested that I should track my progress with a blog. Although I had no experience blogging, it turned out to be one of the best decisions I've made. It has allowed me to document my key decisions, meet many interesting people, and most importantly, it gives me a direct feedback loop with the video editing community.
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Once it all started to fit together, I got real excited. Was I actually going to be able to pull this off? Was I actually going to create a video editor? Maybe. But first, it needed a name. A meaningful name. An awesome name. Fast forward 1 month... I still could not think of a name. One day while playing basketball (<a href="%(horse_url)s" target="_blank">PIG</a> to be exact), I missed an open shot. My friends started laughing at me, and then it clicked. "OpenShot"... It's perfect. Sounds cheesy, but that's the true story of how I came up with the name "OpenShot".
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As OpenShot has improved and grown, so has it's popularity and the opportunities for me and other developers that work on OpenShot. I have had the pleasure of watching OpenShot go from nothing (literally nothing), to the highest rated video editor on Ubuntu, and all the way to center stage at the largest Linux conference in the United States!
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How does this story end? Does OpenShot become the single greatest video editor of all time? Who knows... the rest of this story is still being written. If you would like to start from the beginning, here are my first 4 blog entries... back from May 2008:
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