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Shotcut

Open-source video editing tool for creative professionals

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Used monthly for 2+ years

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Fantastic open source video editing software

Reviewed 5 years ago
Pros

Shotcut offers a high quality platform to edit videos and create awesome works. The software is free, open source which saves you from having to purchase expensive packages.

Cons

The user interface could use some work to make it easier for inexperienced users to interact with. This would make editing a faster process.

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Philippe N.

Legislative Office, 501-1,000 employees

Used monthly for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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It's free and easy to use

Reviewed 3 days ago
Pros

The fact that it is free makes shotcut an outstanding software. It also has a very simple and user-friendly interface

Cons

This software is not available in my country I use it only when I am abroad

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Nicole C.

Food & Beverages, self-employed

Used monthly for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Video editing

Reviewed 3 years ago

If you are on a budget and looking for a video editor, Shotcut is for you.

Pros

Shotcut is the only video editing tool that I found that doesn't add a watermark to the video. Also has some nice filters to add to the video, or the audio.

Cons

When reviewing your edited video, it will start to run really slow and acts a bit glitchy. When finalizing the video, it turns out fine.

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Robby E.

Entertainment, 11-50 employees

Used monthly for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Professional Video editing made easy

Reviewed 4 years ago
Pros

This program allowed me to everything I needed for editing some tutorial videos for my staff. The program has lots of tutorials and they are geared for people who are not editing pros to do professional video editing. Super helpful.

Cons

Some of the tasks are not intuitive or they are buried under menus. Quick google searches solved the issue.

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Maury M.

Higher Education, 5,001-10,000 employees

Used other for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Excellent for beginners

Reviewed 2 years ago

I needed a video editor for a class I was going to film, my first experience preparing a video. I used OBS and then used ShotCut to prepare the video. That made both the filming process and the editing. After the tutorial I could edit my video quite easily and got a good end-result.

Pros

Free, easy to install, setup and use,cost and light for a video editing software, it run smoothily in my laptop, which don't even have a dedicated graphics card.

Cons

The documentation on the software is not so intuitive, but with a good tutorial from youtube it is still rather easy to get.

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Sharmila J.

Computer Software, 1-10 employees

Used other for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Good video editor and it is free

Reviewed 3 years ago

Able to create nice video announcements with personalised images and text which is what I was looking for.

Pros

I have just started with video editing for church use and looking for web based editors and couldn't find any and that is when I came across Shotcut which is a opensource editor. My needs are basic and this tool gets the job done. I am able to combine multiple videos add some images and text and the output is really neat.

Cons

There is a learning curve and I am still learning things on the go. I don't find any fault with the software as yet.

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Sam Z.

Animation, self-employed

Used weekly for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend6/10

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It's decent for a free program.

Reviewed 2 years ago

I use Shotcut for my animation work and basic editing.

Pros

Functionally, it's very similar to Premiere. The layout is also familiar. It's fairly easy to use, and it's free, so that's a major plus.

Cons

It lacks some surprising functionality that makes it frustrating to use. I cannot copy multiple clips at a time, which is a bit of a problem. The tools also don't seem particularly robust, but again, for free it's hard to complain.

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Consumer Goods, self-employed

Used weekly for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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Finally, a free video editor that JUST works

Reviewed 3 years ago

Shotcut is a great tool to get started with video editing and understanding the basics before investing in expensive software.

Pros

Shotcut is a powerful open-source video editing option that works on any OS. It has all of the features you come to expect and exports to all the formats you need (even animated gif!)

Cons

With any software, there is a learning curve, but shotcut was relatively easy to pick up. One downfall is there really isn't a market for plug-ins so it can only get you so-far.

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Kimberly G.

Higher Education, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used monthly for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Shotcut!

Reviewed 4 years ago
Pros

The best thing about Shotcut is that it is free but still has the features needed to edit video projects. There are plenty of tutorials available for users to learn more when they want or need to.

Cons

The program can be intimidating at first but with time becomes more user-intuitive.

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Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, 1-10 employees

Used other for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Create Software for Creating Quality Videos

Reviewed 4 years ago
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This software is great, you can make quality videos easily. The software is easy to use and allows you to compile videos clips, make edits to the clips, add music, and so much more.

Cons

The software was incredible at putting clips together and making a smooth transition from one clip to another, it did however take some doing to get it just right. The final product was also real choppy when previewing it, so always had to export to see what it actually looked like, which wasnt choppy at all.

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Juan M.

E-Learning, 1-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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One of the best free ones

Reviewed 5 months ago

I use it to cut standup videos in my mac to upload them as reels. It works better than quicktime in my mac.

Pros

Editing is easy and intuitive, and there are a lot of tutorials in YouTube to demosntrate how to do almost everything with this software

Cons

I did not find many options for audio enhancing and the video effects are kind of hard to use.

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Chad M.

Education Management, 201-500 employees

Used monthly for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Great Video Editing Software with a learning curve

Reviewed 2 years ago

Great software - nearly as good as any other video editing software I have worked with.

Pros

Free software that accomplished an overall expensive task but with a trade off in usability. It has a strong feature set.

Cons

Difficult to learn with some quirks. Figuring out how the interface works is somewhat complicated compared to similar software.

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joel s.

Music, self-employed

Used weekly for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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the best beginner editing software

Reviewed 4 years ago
Pros

its ease of use is amazing. since I'm an amateur editor this was surprisingly easy to learn and has all the basic features I need. the user interface is a breeze to navigate and its also easy on the eyes.

Cons

it has some limited features which can slow down your work.

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Osarumwense I.

Entertainment, 51-200 employees

Used monthly for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend6/10

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A review of my usage of Shotcut

Reviewed 2 years ago
Pros

I like the user interface of Shotcut, and it's functionality is great.  Because it's an open source, i liked it more. I like the filters.

Cons

It wasn't easy for me to navigate as a beginner then, i have to go over some tutorials. I would like if mobile version is created.

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Chris C.

Entertainment, 11-50 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Easy, Light Weight Video Editing

Reviewed 4 years ago

I was looking for a simple, easy to use video editor that would run on my older Mac. Shotcut was the only product of the half dozen I tried that worked well.

Pros

Fast and simple. Does what I need without too many confusing extras or "bloat."

Cons

User interface and layout of windows can be confusing at times.

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Sam N.

Business Supplies and Equipment, self-employed

Used monthly for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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One of the best free softwares!!

Reviewed 4 years ago
Pros

Has everything I need for amateur video editor! Has a lot of useful functions that aren't normally included in free software.

Cons

Not the most intuitive software some functions are kind of hidden, but there are a lot of functions so the trade-off is worth it

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Niharika S.

Information Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees

Used monthly for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Great for basic video editing!

Reviewed 2 years ago

I prefer videos to PPTs as I feel that they are more effective and engaging. After trying some free and premium video editors on the market I found that Shotcut is one of the video editors that is loaded with filters and transitions and overall satisfies all the needs for a basic video demo.

Pros

Contains all the tools for a basic video editing. Clean UI that really makes it easy to recommend for beginners. Open source means more plugins and third party support. Regular updates.

Cons

Slightly slow and noticeable when you apply new effects to the video. Missing some advanced features used for green screen and multi cam editing.

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Steve L.

Consumer Services, 1-10 employees

Used monthly for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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Free video editor

Reviewed 3 months ago
Pros

Was completely free, no strings attached, the functionality was very similar to other editing apps.

Cons

A bit of an ugly interface and is a bit scary at first, so not so easy to use.

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Marcelina G.

Used monthly for less than 6 months

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I use it when I need to create some more advanced videos

Reviewed 5 years ago
Pros

It's REALLY powerful and FREE video editor. Can be a bit complicated but there's a lot of tutorials out there.

Cons

It's not easy to use at the beginning. Watch some tutorial videos and you'll be proficient in no time.

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gong X.

Media Production, self-employed

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Medio medio

Reviewed 6 months ago

Safa

Pros

Te salva si no tenes otro programa mejor

Cons

Muy lagueado y algo limitado, pero igual es bueno.

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