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Blender and Inkscape Guide

Jonathan Thomas edited this page Dec 2, 2022 · 13 revisions

Blender & Inkscape Integration Guide

OpenShot uses both Inkscape and Blender for advanced features, by executing those programs in the background while OpenShot is running. Each Operating System has different ways of installing these 2 programs, and this guide is designed to provide notes and best practices.

Ubuntu 22.04 (and other Debian-based distros)

For reasons outside the scope of this guide, Ubuntu installs snap packages of many programs installed from the Ubuntu Software store. This is not currently supported by OpenShot, due to different working/home directories and various snap-related quirks. If you are not able to launch the Advanced Editor (i.e. Inkscape) or use the Animated Titles feature, please uninstall the Ubuntu Software versions (i.e. snap packages), and use the following command to install the pre-packaged versions:

sudo apt install blender inkscape

Windows 10+

Both Blender and Inkscape can be installed on Windows by downloading installers:

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