![]() However, the documentation says that Ripple trim and drop has to be toggled on to use this one. Ripple edits across all tracks - You might have to experiment with this a bit, because I'm not sure I used it. Ripple trim and drop is actually trim & drop which has a "ripple effect" - this means that you can drop a clip in anywhere, but it will move every clip after it over to the right, and if there's a space between them, the space will stay. Scrub while dragging lets you drag the playhead across your clip and it will play at whatever speed you are dragging (instead of normal speed which may be too fast for you) in order for you to be more precise on your split. It shoves one clip up against the end of the clip before it without any effort on your part. Toggle snapping is one of the tools that works automatically when it's toggled on. The playhead is a vertical line that travels through the clip while it's playing to show you where you are. Split at playhead allows you to choose a spot in your clip and cut it into two pieces. Overwrite clip onto the current track lets you place a clip in the place of another one. If you have 3 clips in a row and you lift the center one, the space will remain. Lift removes a clip without moving any of the other clips. Remove can remove a clip or part of a clip. Let's look at each briefly.Ĭut, Copy and Paste are just what they are everywhere else.Īppend can insert a clip into your timeline, either at the beginning (if you're just starting) or after a track that is selected. If you hover your mouse over each, you will get these descriptions. ![]() After that from left to right: Cut, Copy, Paste, Append, Remove, Lift (remove clip without affecting the position of the other clips), Overwrite clip onto the current track, Split at playhead, Toggle snapping, Scrub while dragging, Ripple trim and drop, Ripple edits across all tracks, Zoom in and out, and Zoom timeline to fit. The hamburger at the left has another menu of additional tools that might be used, such as adding another track or removing one. These are the tools you'll use to edit the clip. It will show handy things like speed, duration, codec, resolution and aspect ratio.Ībove the Timeline, you'll see another toolbar. When you have a video selected, the Properties tab shows the properties of that particular clip. With video clips in your playlist, you can start by choosing the clip you want to use first, and dragging it down to the bottom of the window into the Timeline. If you started off clicking and dragging, be sure to click on File > Save As… and save your project. These are the tools you'll be using most of the time (however, I haven't used Properties much). You'll most likely see Playlist, Filters, Properties and Export. Notice that at the bottom of the Playlist window, there are some tabs. You can choose Open, or you can position your file manager near Shotcut, highlight the clips you want to use, and then click and drag them over to the Playlist window on the left. Or, you can start by adding some files to your Playlist. You can start off by entering a name for your project, and designating the folder you're saving it to using the New Project window. Once you have a file to play, the New and Recent sections will be replaced by the screen for the video player. ![]() Below the New and Recent windows you will see the controls for the player. Across the top of the window are several tools you will use (Open, Save, Undo, Redo) plus buttons for something you may have closed (Peak Meter, Playlist, Timeline or Filters).Īcross the middle of the window is the Playlist, the New Project window, the Recent Projects window, the Peak Meter (that's the vertical line of numbers) and the Jobs window. Wow! There's a lot of stuff there! Some of it you can close, but it's actually arranged pretty well, with some of the important items in tabs. When you open it, you get the following window: Installing Shotcut is very quick and easy. I won't pretend I know everything about it, but this article might get you started if you're interested. While working on my project, I have gotten started learning Shotcut. I also frequently take my work laptop to another office, and wanted to be able to work there as well. I chose Shotcut, knowing I could use it on my work computer (Windows) and my home computer (PCLinuxOS, of course!). Both have Windows versions as well, and both are in our repo. I wasn't sure how to do that, or even what editor to use, but Shotcut and Avidemux were recommended to me as good programs. ![]() I recently took on a project at work which involved editing videos. ![]()
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