Tutorial for Beginners
Shotcut is a free, open source, cross-platform video editor.
This article consists of a beginner’s notes about some very basic operations of Shotcut.
Open a File
Open and select one video file from your computer, the selected video file would be played in the preview window.
But if your imported videos receive a quality drop, you might want to check Settings >> Video Mode, and make sure it is not on Automatic, but rather on some other HD or UHD setting that matches your original video.
Set your video mode for vertical
Settings >> Video Mode >> Non-Broadcast >> Vertical HD 30 fps` or `Vertical HD 60 fpsRipple
Ripple All Tracks
If you press the Ripple button and move a clip to the left or right the other clips on that same track will follow. If you press the second Ripple button to the right of the first one it will make the clips on tracks above and below follow. So you can use that button to quickly move many clips especially clips on other tracks above and below.
Playlist
When open and select multiple video files from your computer, the selected video files will be placed into Playlist on the left side of preview window.
Trim
Toggle Snapping On / Off
Modulate the Pace
Transition
Transition on the same timeline
Transition between 1st track and 2nd track
Filters, Ctrl + 6
Fade in video
Add audio track
Detach audio
Multitrack
Add Text to a Video
Filters >> Add a filter >> Text:Simple
Default text is #timecode#, which adds the time lapse stamp to the screen.
Text can be customized into subtiles, with begin-to-end durations and font, color, size...
Open Other >> Text
Add a new Video Track
Drag Filter to new Video Track
Add Fade In and Fade Out
If you will need multiple subtitles across the entire timeline, simply Copy and Paste the edited Text Filter alongside the new Video Track, and then change the wording as needed.
How to remove text from an existing video?
Keyframes
for text to move in linear
Keyframe type
- discrete
- linear
- smooth
if the clcok icon is available, that means the keyframe is available otherwise not.
Export the file from
- timeline
- playlist
- each playlist item
- source
Split at Playhead
take out a chunk
Insert an Image
picture duration can be as long as you want
Add a video track
new layer
the layer on the top covers the lower ones
the top layer can be picture or video
Ripple trim and drop (insert)
overlapping in timeline creates transitions
right click and select properties, for many transition effects
Dissolve to Barn Door Horizontal
Remove entire track
right click the track and select remove track
hold shift could do multiple selections
Shift + I
Shift + O