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How To Edit Videos With Shotcut Video Editing Software

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Overview

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I designed this course to help you start video editing using Shotcut.

This class was updated May 2023.

Shotcut is a free, cross platform video editor. It is easy to learn even if you have little or no experience. The software is powerful enough for intermediate level video creators.

The software runs on PC, Mac and Linux so you don't need to be concern about the computer you use.

These are the topics that in the course:-

  • How to get started quickly so you can start editing in a short time
  • Overview of Shotcut layout, and tools
  • Basic video editing like splitting, joining, transitions
  • Adding titles, annotation, and music,
  • Split screen
  • Exporting your video in high definition, HD
  • Picture-in-picture, 
  • blur faces and details from video
  • Chromakey or greenscreen effect
  • Animated titles, maps, 3D title scroll
  • many other cool things

You will be able to create your first video in approximately 60 minutes. 

Almost 3 hours of lesson designed in a way you can choose the necessary topics to get started. 

Once you know the basics, you can move on to more advanced techniques.

If you are new to video editing or to Shotcut, I suggest you watch the first few lessons. The title of the lesson will help guide you to a specific topic.

Towards the end of this class, I've included minor updates to Shotcut.

Even if you've never created videos before, this course will be able to help you get started fast. 

Get your video clips ready and lets start.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Download Stable Version
  • Overview of Shotcut Layout
  • Managing Files in Shotcut
  • Convert Variable Framerate Video
  • Basic Edits
  • Start Editing on the Timeline
  • Using a playlist
  • Additional Functions on the Timeline
  • Ripple Trim and Drop, Ripple Edit across all tracks
  • Preview scaling and proxy files for smoother editing
  • Creating and adjusting Transitions
  • How to speed up or slow down a clip
  • Create a video using still images
  • Align media clips easily
  • Adding audio track and adjusting volume
  • Detach Audio from video
  • How to fade video and audio
  • Reverse a clip
  • Applying filters to clip, track or project
  • Pan and Zoom Effect
  • Adding titles or text
  • Adding Text using Text:Rich
  • Create titles that fade
  • Add image overlay or watermark
  • Using Timeline Markers
  • How to rotate media and video clips
  • Adjust White Balance
  • Adjust Brightness And Feel With Colour Grading
  • Create And Use Filter Sets
  • Create Picture-in-Picture (PiP) Effect
  • Create Split Screen Effect
  • Mirror Effect
  • Hide or censor items with mask
  • Create a mosaic blur
  • How to create Chromakey or greenscreen videos
  • Adding Text Behind Moving Objects
  • Create Glitch Effects for video and titles
  • Create An Animated Line On A Map
  • 3 Dimension "Star Wars" Style Text Scroll
  • Time Remapping And Speed Ramping
  • Single color effect
  • Create thumbnails from video
  • Create Gradient Effect
  • Stabilize shaky video
  • Animated Cinematic Crop
  • Circle Crop for intro, outtro or even transitions
  • Recording Voiceover with Shotcut
  • Audio Spectrum Visualization Effect
  • Shotcut Update v20.09.13 - Additions To The Interface
  • Setting Theme Color In Shotcut Version 23.05.07
  • Exporting your video
  • Final Message And Review
  • Motion Tracking

Taught by

James Woo

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