(They would be at no disadvantage to their peers who have high-cost MacBook Airs). Also, every Windows Vista laptop has built in WiFi, and could easily serve the needs of a college student for all four years of their studies. What's great about Windows Vista laptops is that they have a strong GPU (graphic processing unit) which make them ideal for video editing. At the public library where I work people donate laptops, and though the ones with Windows Vista installed are sluggish, this can be remedied by installing Linux. In the United States, donated computers are quite readily available for free. The possibilities are endless for new authors of documentaries, narrative films, and personal video projects. This success also meant that OpenShot 2.0 will become available on Windows and Macintosh.Ĭonsidering that video consumers constitute more than 50% of all Internet traffic and that every passing year this figure continues to rise, a free, high-quality video editing program for Linux, Macintosh and Windows is sure to cause quite a stir. By the deadline, their intended fund raising goal was more than doubled at $45,000+. When I heard about the OpenShot Kickstarter campaign earlier this year, I was one of the first to contribute. I think it achieves just the right balance between ease-of-use and a rich feature set.

I've been following the progress of OpenShot, an open source video editor, for the past few years.

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