EffectsĪpplying effects is less intuitive than in most consumer video editors, but once you discover the process, it's not too bad.
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As with pro video editors, you can use the keyboard shortcuts J, K, and L to control playback, and I and O to set in and out points, however.
You can't drag clips between tracks, which is a bit inconvenient you can only drag them from the source panel. That's not bad, but it's nowhere near the choices available in products like PowerDirector ($4.08 Per Month at CyberLink) (Opens in a new window) or Pinnacle Studio. By default, you get a cross-fade, but there are 24 basic wipe-style transitions built in, and you can also download custom wipes. Instead, you drag adjacent clips in the timeline to overlay, and a transition appears. Īdding transitions isn't as straightforward as in most editors, which let you drag canned transitions from a source panel. There's also a Split at Playhead button, just like those you find in for-pay software like Adobe Premiere Elements ($59.99 at Adobe) (Opens in a new window). You can turn off snapping completely, if you prefer. The timeline entry for a clip shows its audio waveform, and when you drop a new clip onto a track, you can snap it to the left or leave blank space to taste-a good combination of freedom and guidance. Another minor inconvenience is that there's no Open Recent option from the File menu, which most other editors offer. Unfortunately, there's no real help documentation, just a batch of video tutorials. A History panel shows your prior actions in the editor, and you can jump back to any point.
I like that you can shrink or expand the timeline simply by spinning the mouse wheel. You get three interface color themes: dark, light, and system.
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I tested on my trusty Asus Zen AiO Pro Z240IC, with a 4K touch screen and running 64-bit Windows 10 Pro. It's updated with surprising regularity for an open source app, and on first run the app asks to check if you're running the latest version. For a video editor, it's a lightweight download of only 184MB. In addition, your GPU must support OpenGL 2.0 or DirectX 9 or 11. Your CPU should be 2GHz, with 4 cores for 4K video, and you need 4GB RAM for SD video, 8GB for HD video, and 16GB for 4K video. It runs on Windows 7 through Windows 10 for Apple desktops, macOS 10.8 and later is supported Linux machines need at least GLIBC (Opens in a new window) 2.13.
Shotcut is available for Windows (both 32- and 64-bit), Mac, and Linux. It's free, too, so you have nothing to lose by kicking the tires. Shotcut offers many standard video editing features, and after you spend a little time figuring it out, it's not that hard to use.
In some cases, like the GIMP photo app, you take a huge usability hit, but video editing software Shortcut is only moderately less usable than the commercial offerings like PowerDirector and Pinnacle Studio.
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