Now click the timeline to place the playhead. To set the playhead to the beginning of the video click on the scrubber and hold the mouse down and drag it to the beginning. Shotcut will place the playhead at the end of the video when it is dragged-and-dropped. Shotcut uses the metadata from the first file to use for the project, so the first file you put on the timeline should be the actual video you want to edit. Simply drag-and-drop a file and a timeline will be created. To start the edit you will need to drag a file to the timeline which is located under the preview screen. You now have all the files you need to start editing the video in the Playlist panel.

If you have the video, the intro and outro and the slides in the same folder you can simply add them all at the same time. Now whenever you import images the duration will be set to this time.Īdding a video to edit can be done by selecting Open File and choosing the video and click Open. Set his default time to 5 seconds (or anytime time length you feel is appropriate) and click the Set Default for the Duration. This Properties tab is where the default time can be set. Click on the Properties tab at the bottom of the panel to the far left. To set this default time select Open File and select an image file and click open. This setting should be set before any images are imported. The one exception is the default time settings for a image file. Most of the settings can be left at the default. The size of each of these panels can be adjusted to fit your screen or personal preferences. And the Jobs panel to the right and the Timeline panel at the bottom. You will then have a panel with the Playlist, Properties and Encode tabs shown at the bottom. These can be added to the Shotcut screen.Ĭlick the View menu item and select Playlist – Properties – Encode – Timeline – Job. Settings that we will be using are the Playlist, Properties, Timeline, Encode and Jobs.

WordPress includes an easy to use mechanism for giving various control options to get users to click from one place to another on a site.ĭifferent panels can be opened to fit your needs and screen. The default layout for Shotcut is a preview screen with a toolbar and a navigation menu Navigation Menu A theme feature introduced with Version 3.0. Download this editor at the Shotcut site. Shotcut is a basic open-source cross-platform non-linear video editor that is free to download and free to use.