Made a TikTok SL video using free OpenShot video editor

[Kayla Woodrunner]

Hi,

Using free OpenShot video editor:

I made a TikTok SL video using the free opensource OpenShot video editor (https://www.openshot.org/) because it can output to the vertical format HD 1920 height x 1080 length which anyone that wants to do TikTok or Instagram may want.

It's a little glitchy.  The longer I worked in it (and this is for a one minute short), the more staticy the sound was and the more  it seemed to be laggy or stuttery on viewing the video.  However when I output it, the sound and video was fine.  If you see my video, there are a couple places when the video jumps a little but that is my filming and editing and not the editor as I am still learning to do machinima and editing. OpenShot also seemed to save which was lucky because when it crashed I thought I lost everything but I didn't.  It allows a lot of layers which is great if you are layering sounds. 

I had tried HitFilm Express free version but it won't output to a vertical format. HitFilm let me work in a vertical format because it lets me create a custom size but when it came to exporting that didn't work out as well.  It kept defaulting to one of the parameters HitFilm had which are all horizontal.  And when I uploaded to TikTok, it got shrunk into the vertical size so became tiny.  I'm going to redo that first one in OneShot.

I couldn't find anything else free that would export to a vertical format.  Don't expect support on OpenShot but there is a forum I think.  I really liked how much bigger my video seemed on TikTok when I can work in a vertical format and output to the HD 1920x1080 so while there are issues with OpenShot, I like it better than a couple of the other free ones I tried as they only output to horizontal.

My video is one minute.  If you have the time, go check it out and let me know what you think. I would appreciate it.  Music is by Winter Phoenix, another SL resident. There are a few people doing sl tiktok videos but I think it would be great if there were more of us:

https://www.tiktok.com/@kaylakatzz.woodrunner/video/6937317829838408966

[Kayla Woodrunner]

1 minute ago, Kayla Woodrunner said:

Hi,

Using free OpenShot video editor:

I made a TikTok SL video using the free opensource OpenShot video editor (https://www.openshot.org/) because it can output to the vertical format HD 1920 height x 1080 length which anyone that wants to do TikTok or Instagram may want.

It's a little glitchy.  The longer I worked in it (and this is for a one minute short), the more staticy the sound was and the more  it seemed to be laggy or stuttery on viewing the video.  However when I output it, the sound and video was fine.  If you see my video, there are a couple places when the video jumps a little but that is my filming and editing and not the editor as I am still learning to do machinima and editing. OpenShot also seemed to save which was lucky because when it crashed I thought I lost everything but I didn't.  It allows a lot of layers which is great if you are layering sounds. 

I had tried HitFilm Express free version but it won't output to a vertical format. HitFilm let me work in a vertical format because it lets me create a custom size but when it came to exporting that didn't work out as well.  It kept defaulting to one of the parameters HitFilm had which are all horizontal.  And when I uploaded to TikTok, it got shrunk into the vertical size so became tiny.  I'm going to redo that first one in OneShot.

I couldn't find anything else free that would export to a vertical format.  Don't expect support on OpenShot but there is a forum I think.  I really liked how much bigger my video seemed on TikTok when I can work in a vertical format and output to the HD 1920x1080 so while there are issues with OpenShot, I like it better than a couple of the other free ones I tried as they only output to horizontal.

My video is one minute.  If you have the time, go check it out and let me know what you think. I would appreciate it.  Music is by Winter Phoenix, another SL resident. There are a few people doing sl tiktok videos but I think it would be great if there were more of us:

https://www.tiktok.com/@kaylakatzz.woodrunner/video/6937317829838408966

Curiousity killed the cat; Satisfaction brought him back.

[Jackson Redstar]

you upload to tiktot via desktop?

[Kayla Woodrunner]

Yes, I did upload to TikTok from my desktop using my web browser -- Firefox and my TikTok account. 

I should add a caveat though.  TikTok has a huge library of music you can use.  The only way I could add music to my video from TikTok's library was to to upload through my phone. There is a step in the phone upload where you can choose and add music.  That step is missing in the desktop upload.   In my first dragon video, I had original music given to me by Winter Phoenix so I was able to add the music during video editing.  When you use your own music, voice or sound in the editing, you can upload directly from your desktop through a web browser on TikTok.   When you do this, TikTok will footnote that this sound is originally by you.

The web browser upload does not have some features that the phone upload does like adding the music or adding many of the filters.

My first dragon video I uploaded through the browser because I used Winter Phoenix's original song.

My second dragon video I had to upload through the phone as I wanted to add music from TikTok (lovely - Billie Eilish & Khalid).

If you are curious, this is my second dragon video uploaded by phone

 

[Kayla Woodrunner]

Huh, when I put up my first TikTok link, it only showed the link. This time it showed the video.  I wonder what I did different.