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OpenShot video editor and Blender

Asked by Parker Grytdal

I installed OpenShot Video Editor and Blender for the 3D titles, and whenever I go to use it, it says this and won't let me add the title.

"Blender, the free open source 3D content creation suite is required for this action (http://www.blender.org).

Please check the preferences in OpenShot and be sure the Blender executable is correct. This setting should be the path of the 'blender' executable on your computer. Also, please be sure that it is pointing to Blender version 2.5 or greater.

Blender Path:"

How do I fix this? I have searched online, and can't find anything. please help!

Thanks!

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mycae (mycae) said : 		#1

did you install blender?

either install it from the software repository (graphical interface), or from a console:

sudo aptitude install blender

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Parker Grytdal (thekoolman3) said : 		#2

yes, I have already installed blender.

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mycae (mycae) said : 		#3

Can you run blender from a terminal with the "blender" command?

Do you have the following file?:
/usr/share/pyshared/openshot/blender/blend/blinds.blend

Can you run it in blender by hand?

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Parker Grytdal (thekoolman3) said : 		#4

Hey everyone! I wanted to tell you I figured it out! Thanks anyways!

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mycae (mycae) said : 		#5

you should post your solution, in case someone else has a similar problem

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Parker Grytdal (thekoolman3) said : 		#6

Here is how I did it

Step 1) Download Blender 2.54 beta (http://www.blender.org/download/get-254-beta/)
Step 2) Extract the archive file to the following folder: /home/YOURUSER/blender25/ (you can name this folder however you like)

And... that's it. Not very hard is it. We don't need to "install" blender, but rather just extract the files to a folder. Well, there is actually 1 more step. We must tell OpenShot where this folder is on our computer:

Step 3) Launch OpenShot, and click on the following menu: Edit > Preferences. Change the "Blender Executable" to the path of your new blender folder, for example: /home/YOURUSER/blender25/blender. Note: Be sure to add the word "/blender" to the end of the path. That is the name of the blender executable, which we need to know about.