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Shotcut

Shotcut is a free, open source, cross-platform, non-linear video editor. Created by Meltytech, LLC.

Free Open Source
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Shotcut is a free, open source, cross-platform, non-linear video editor.

Supports hundreds of audio and video formats and codecs thanks to FFmpeg. No import required which means native editing, plus multi-format timelines, resolutions and frame-rates within a project. Frame accurate seeking supported for many video formats.

Blackmagic Design SDI and HDMI for input and preview monitoring. Screen, webcam and audio capture. Network stream playback. Supports resolutions up to 4k and capture from SDI, HDMI, webcam, JACK & Pulse audio, IP stream, X11 screen and Windows DirectShow devices. More Info »

Multiple dockable and undockable panels, including detailed media properties, recent files with search, playlist with thumbnail view, filter panel, history view, encoding panel, jobs queue, and melted server and playlist. Also supports drag-n-drop of assets from file manager.

Shotcut is listed in

Open Source & Free Animation & VFX, Naarcissus i5 Installed, Linux • Graphics, Mattved's Toolkit, and Video Editing

Links to official Shotcut sites

Official Website Facebook Twitter GitHub

Features

Chroma Key / Green Screen Cutting Do not disturb mode Drag n drop HTML5 Support Image Masking Keyframe animation Lightweight Low CPU usage Multitrack editing No Watermark Non linear editor Portable pan–tilt–zoom camera Timeline Video editing Video filters Visual timeline Normalize Volume Add a feature

Categories

Audio & Music Video & Movies

Tags

clip-videos timeline-editor video-editors video-processing

Shotcut was added by wiak in Apr 2013 and the latest update was made in Nov 2019. The list of alternatives was updated Aug 2019. It's possible to update the information on Shotcut or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

Tutorial: Getting Started

Tutorial: Multitrack Timeline Basics

Tutorial: Normalize and Stabilize

Tutorial: Cross-fades and Transitions

Tutorial: Keyframes

Shotcut on Ubuntu

Shotcut on Windows

Text filter settings

MORE APP INFO Official website

Reviews 18

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Shotcut Comments

Comment by Bildawl

about Shotcut · Apr 2017 · Helpful Not helpful 3 Helpful Report as spam

It works fast, hardly ever crashes (If you are using OpenGL instead of DirectX ) and is simply easy to use. Very good

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