How to Use Shotcut Video Editor - Free Video Editor

Shotcut is a free, open-source, cross-platform video editor.
It's available for Mac, Windows, and Linux.
Shotcut
https://shotcut.org/

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Here is the step-by-step guide on creating and editing your first project with Shotcut.

Step 1: Start a new project
After launching Shotcut for the first time, you’ll see a new project and a recent project panel in the center of the page.
You can create a project here or choose the one you’ve already created previously.

Step 2: Import Media
You can simply drag and drop video files, images, or music files into the clip preview panel on the left.

Step 3: Understand the interface
It’s always a good idea to understand the interface of any software you are learning. Shotcut is pretty straightforward with a media panel, viewer, and timeline taking up nearly all the space on the page.

Step 4: Assemble your video
The best way to assemble an edit is to watch your clips, use I for in point and O for outpoint to select the best parts of the clip, and drag it down to the timeline.

Step 5: Edit video clips
You can easily change the duration, order, and timing of any clip in the timeline. You can do this by grabbing and moving the clip or splitting the clip into two clips.

Step 6: Adding music
Before adding music, make sure you add an audio track to your timeline dedicated to music.

Step 7: creating transitions/effect
If you overlap two clips, it automatically creates a transition. You can change the transition type by choosing the properties panel.

Step 8: Color Correction
You can add color correction by using the color filter.

Step 9: Adding text
Text is also a filter. You can choose between simple text or rich text filters.

Step 10: Exporting
The best general export setting is the YouTube preset or any of the H264 compression presets. Choose a final destination for your edit and press export.

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