Shotcut 26.4.29 open-source, cross-platform video editor

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Shotcut is a free, open source video editor for Windows, Linux and macOS. The application has remarkable features and deserves a tribute.

Usually video editors are heavy programs, with high memory and CPU requirements, and are generally expensive. Shotcut is a free alternative, which, together with Openshot , is available completely free of charge. It supports Windows, Linux, MacOS, 32-bit and 64-bit architecture, installer and portable version.

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Installing and running Shotcut on the first screen may seem difficult, as it is essentially "free" and needs to be built.

But once you take the first steps, you will quickly realize that you are dealing with a user-friendly program. First of all, it supports Greek, that is, it has a Greek menu, which will help the most inexperienced in video editing.

From the start, select or create the project folder, name and video function (resolution) and click the Start button. There are some boxes on the left and right side of the screen, these are the filters, the sound counter and the recent files. You can close them if you do not need them, and they can be retrieved from the toolbar at the top. Closing them may make the screen look simpler.

Then use the “File” menu to add some videos for editing. The video will load in the preview window. If you have added more than one file, you will see in the Playlist window each video you have added, its duration and its thumbnail.

Use the toolbar at the bottom of the window to add/remove items to the playlist or change the view.

Shotcut supports a wide range of modern video and audio formats (4K). It also supports images as long as they are JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, SVG, TGA, TIFF, WebP. You can also capture photos and videos from your webcam, as well as use your microphone as an audio source.

The "Filters" panel lets you add effects to your video, such as Fade in / out, text, gain, brightness, contrast and more. The names of the effects as far as the video is concerned, are in English, as it is quite difficult to render in Greek and to be understood immediately.

The toolbar has options for undo and restore, as well as the ability to view or close individual windows on the program screen. The layout options of Shotcut are very nice and you can save the custom layout with only the frames you want.

The video player on the main screen is in the preview window. At the bottom of the preview are the play buttons and other interesting features, such as an optional grid view, zoom and search box to scroll to the specific time of the video.

You can also use the preview player to edit videos, something you do not see in many similar programs.

Upgrade

Shotcut version 26.4.29 was released today with bug fixes.