Pode iniciar o OpenShot das seguintes formas:
Para iniciar o OpenShot na linha de comandos execute o Terminal, digite o seguinte comando e prima Return:
openshot [filename]
The optional [filename] parameter can be either an audio or video file, or an OpenShot project file (*.osp). Multiple files can also be specified (with spaces between each filename), and all files will be imported into a single instance of OpenShot.