GETTING STARTED WITH SHOTCUT Video editing program for Win, Mac, Linux - based on version 18.08.14 Shotcut is free software. You can find the latest version at: www.shotcut.org CONTENTS 1 Shotcut 2 features Get started with Shotcut 3 Using transitions and filters 4 Advanced export 5 Keyboard shortcut for Shotcut 6 Hints First steps with Shotcut - Version 8/2018 © Daniel Schär ( sc [email protected] ) 1/17 1 SHOTCUT PROPERTIES: IMPORT 1. Support for countless audio, video and image formats 2. Direct editing of the video clips - no import necessary 3. Tracks on the timeline can contain different formats (you can mix formats and resolutions) 4. Video recording with webcam, screen recording (including audio) EDITING 5. Multi-track view with preview for video and audio 6. Easily trim, lengthen, split, insert an area of ​​a video clip 7. Drag-n-drop concept 8. Playback control 9. Unlimited undo / redo 10. Possibility to mute or hide each track 11. 3-point machining 12. Show / hide with one click 13. Numerous video fades 14. Audio and video filters for individual clips or entire tracks POST PROCESSING 15. Transitions and filters for video and audio 16. Support for keyframes 17. Simple 3D text and HTML 18. Control over speed and playback 19. Export in various formats and profiles (based on Ffmpeg) VIEW 20. Undockable windows 21. Different color scheme selectable (skins): native-OS, custom dark and light 22. Translated into German, Chinese, Danish, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Gaelic, Greek, Dutch, Italian, Japanese, Catalan, Norwegian, Nepali, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Turkish, Czech and Hungarian. First steps with Shotcut - Version 8/2018 © Daniel Schär ( sc [email protected] ) 2/17 2 GETTING STARTED WITH SHOTCUT 2.0 introduction It doesn't matter whether you have already worked with a video editing program or not: Shotcut is an easy-to-use program and you will quickly find your way around. If you already have experience with other programs, here are some advantages of Shotcut: It is not as limited as that Windows Movie Maker, it is also not as complex and difficult to use as, for example Lightworks or Davinci Resolve. It doesn't crash as easily as e.g. OpenShot on Linux (Debian derivatives) and finally it is not limited to a single platform such as Final Cut Pro. There are of course some disadvantages compared to other advanced programs such as full-screen playback, among others. However, these and other features are being planned and will be incorporated in future versions of Shotcut. See roadmap: https://www.shotcut.org/roadmap/ 2.1 Download 1) Open a browser (Chrome, Firefox, etc.) and enter the following address: www.shotcut.org 2) Click on the word on the left Download or on the area Click to download. 3) Now click on the version of your operating system Windows, Linux or macOS below. After the download, the downloaded file is usually in your folder Downloads). (Attention: Shotcut is available in 64bit and 32-bit versions for Windows, for Linux and macOSX there is only a 64-bit version.) 2.2 installation Open the download folder where the downloaded file is located. Open it with a double click. Follow that following steps according to your operating system. Windows 7, 8, 10 LinuxMint, Ubuntu, Debian, etc. Mac OSX (10.8 +) Click the following buttons: For a snap / app image you have to make the file The program is not signed. This means executable. To do this, right-click on the file (or Ctrl + that when you open it, you double-click I agree, I) and select the file properties Run the file as a the next, program. Command- Button must be held down. install There you choose To open. 2.3 Open Windows 7, 8, 10 LinuxMint, Ubuntu, Debian, etc. Mac OSX (10.8 +) Press the Windows key and Press the Windows key and write Press the Command + Spacebar. write Shotcut. Shotcut. Confirm with the Enter key. Or open Then write Shotcut. Confirm with the Confirm with the Enter key. the folder where you extracted the file. Double Enter key click on Shotcut.app First steps with Shotcut - Version 8/2018 © Daniel Schär ( sc [email protected] ) 3/17 2.4 Get to know the program window Before we get started, you need a video clip. Better to copy it to your hard drive, if it is on an external memory card (SD card, USB, etc.). When you open the program for the first time, the program may come in English. We can change the language to German. Click in the menu Settings on Preferences and choose there German out. Shotcut is now restarting in German. Now the window still looks pretty empty. We will now fade in the individual modules step by step and get to know their function. First of all, we get to know the timeline. Click on the top bar where the various buttons are arranged Timeline. Now a new area appears: The timeline will be used to store the clips and to arrange them in chronological order. So far we don't have a clip on our timeline. Now let's add one: 1) Select the clip in Explorer (where you copied it). Now drag this into the Shotcut preview window and release the mouse button there. Shotcut will automatically play the clip. 2) Press the spacebar to stop playback. Note: The spacebar is used to play and stop! 3) Now drag the clip from the preview window down to your timeline or use the button A or press the button with the + symbol on the timeline. Your clip is now inserted in the project and appears with a blue rectangle on the timeline. If it contains a soundtrack, you TIMELINE can now see it with one SHOW 3rd 1 Drag and drop Pull the clip or on the button and in the with the preview window press + lay down. Silhouette. 4) Look at where it starts. Usually the clip is inserted at the beginning. The timeline shows you the seconds and minutes. Move it once to the right by clicking and holding the button and dragging to the right. Now drag it back to the beginning of the timeline. First steps with Shotcut - Version 8/2018 © Daniel Schär ( sc [email protected] ) 4/17 Zoom out - enlarge 5) The zoom control allows you to enlarge or reduce the view in the timeline. Use the mouse to drag the small dot to the right Enlarge timeline. Drag it to the left to zoom out of the timeline. So you will see the entire clip and you don't always have to scroll back and forth. Before we start editing the video: Let it be said that you can undo any changes with the button Undone in the main bar or the key combination Ctrl + Z. 2.5 Easy editing Note: In order for the editing to succeed, you should always keep an eye on which clip you are editing. The currently selected clip is framed with a fine red line. This can be a clip in the timeline or in the playlist. The playlist allows easy editing, unlike the timeline. However, it can be useful if, for example, you want to edit clips before inserting them into the timeline. 2.5.1. Delete clips from the timeline To delete a clip from the timeline, you have the following options: First and probably the easiest is to select the clip with the left mouse button and the button Delete to press. Or you can right-click on the respective clip and then Clear choose. Note: Even if you delete your clip from the timeline, it does not mean that it is deleted from your hard drive, but only from the timeline. In any case, it can still be found in your folder on the hard drive. 2.5.2. Split clips in the timeline Video editing primarily involves cutting clips. Maybe you just want to delete a part or maybe you want to divide it into small pieces that you can then rearrange. In both cases this means sharing the clip. First you have to place the cursor in the timeline on the place where the division should take place. Now the easiest way to split the clip is by pressing the button S to press. The other way is by right clicking the option to choose: Split at the cursor. The third way is to press the button on the timeline where two squares are next to each other. You can now delete the first part, for example. In this case there is a “gap” in the time axis. You can also delete them by right-clicking on them and then on Clear click. 2.5.3. Cut away the beginning or the end If we want to shorten the beginning or the end, we can simply click on the beginning of the clip (a green line appears) and drag it to the right. Or go to the end of the clip (a red line appears), press and drag to the left. First steps with Shotcut - Version 8/2018 © Daniel Schär ( sc [email protected] ) 5/17 You get the same result if you position the cursor on the position in the clip and then the button I. press to cut the beginning to there, or the button O, to cut off the end of the clip there While dragging, you can watch the still image on the clip so that you know where to drag. 2.5.4.