Shotcut, FREE Video Editing Program
Posted: 11 Dec 2020 18:36
Shotcut, FREE Video Editing Program
To get Shotcut. go to ..
http://shotcut.org/
.. and click on Click to Download at the top.
This will take you to the download page. The program will have already determined what operating system you have on your computer/laptop and will offer you a download. In my case I have two sites I can download it from, so will go with the one on the left (FossHub) and click on that.
Don't click any of the green buttons that say START NOW. These are advertisement downloads and you will get something you don't want. I have downloaded it to my desktop, where I can find and double-click on it to set it up.
At the start of the download I ticked the box for an Icon to be set up on my desktop (for me to double-click on to launch it). This is it.
When you first launch Shotcut this is what you see:
A pause here to read the instructions on how to use this program.
How to use Shotcut Free Video Editor
To be continued.
Before starting to put our project together, there are a few things the program needs to know, so we should put these in.
Projects folder. This is where the pictures, videos and MP3 for this project are stored. I have a dedicated Folder I have created in Explorer, so have made this the Projects Folder.
Project name. This is OverTheRainbow(Shotcut) so I have given it that name.
Video mode. We want the Widescreen 16x9 format, which in this context is the 1920x1080 one, at 25 frames per second. The default is 'Automatic', and this would pick up the first video you put in and use that format for the whole project. This may not be 16x9, so best to click on the word Automatic, when you get the dropdown box below, and then you can choose HD1080p25fps for the whole project.
Now we are ready to import our material onto the timeline.
To get Shotcut. go to ..
http://shotcut.org/
.. and click on Click to Download at the top.
This will take you to the download page. The program will have already determined what operating system you have on your computer/laptop and will offer you a download. In my case I have two sites I can download it from, so will go with the one on the left (FossHub) and click on that.
Don't click any of the green buttons that say START NOW. These are advertisement downloads and you will get something you don't want. I have downloaded it to my desktop, where I can find and double-click on it to set it up.
At the start of the download I ticked the box for an Icon to be set up on my desktop (for me to double-click on to launch it). This is it.
When you first launch Shotcut this is what you see:
A pause here to read the instructions on how to use this program.
How to use Shotcut Free Video Editor
To be continued.
Before starting to put our project together, there are a few things the program needs to know, so we should put these in.
Projects folder. This is where the pictures, videos and MP3 for this project are stored. I have a dedicated Folder I have created in Explorer, so have made this the Projects Folder.
Project name. This is OverTheRainbow(Shotcut) so I have given it that name.
Video mode. We want the Widescreen 16x9 format, which in this context is the 1920x1080 one, at 25 frames per second. The default is 'Automatic', and this would pick up the first video you put in and use that format for the whole project. This may not be 16x9, so best to click on the word Automatic, when you get the dropdown box below, and then you can choose HD1080p25fps for the whole project.
Now we are ready to import our material onto the timeline.