Introductory PowerPoint Presentation discussing the basics of Shotcut Video Editing Software that includes where to download, features, and resource availability for Shotcut.
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2. INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this e-learning course is to provide students
the ability to use video editing software tools and techniques
to edit and produce their own videos in a free software called
Shotcut. This software is available for download to anyone
that has access to the internet and an up-to-date computer.
3. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Describe the benefits of video-editing software and its
capabilities
• Know and perform the steps to add, order, cut and edit
video as well as add transitions, B roll, and audio effects
• Explain the importance of jump cuts, key frames, adding
text, and transitions
• Indicate best practices for rendering and exporting video
• Discuss the trends, issues, and best practices of using
video editing software to produce videos
At the end of
this course,
you should be
able to do the
following with
and from
Shotcut:
4. Learner Analyses
This course is intended for high
school and college students who are
interested in learning how to edit and
produce videos or anyone who wants
to learn a new video editing software
that works with video production
equipment and software.
5. WHAT IS SHOTCUT?
Shotcut is a free, open source, cross-platform video editor.
It is available on MAC, PC, and Linux operating systems.
Current version is 22.11
Available for download on www.shotcut.org
6. AUIDO FEATURES
•Audio scopes
•Volume control
Audio filters
Audio mixing across all tracks
•Audio fade & Cross-fade
•JACK transport sync
•Tone generator
•Stereo, mono, and 5.1 surround
•Pitch compensation for video speed changes
•Record directly to timeline for narration
7. VIDEO EFFECTS
• Video compositing across video tracks
• Color correction and grading
• Auto-rotate with manual override
• Video Fade
• Video Transitions
• Track compositing/blending modes
• Video Filters
• 360° Video Filters
• Speed effect for audio/video clips
• Reverse a clip
• Video scopes
8. • Trimming
• Easy-to-use cut, copy, and paste operations
• 3-point editing
• Hide, mute, and lock track controls
• Multitrack timeline with thumbnails and wave
forms
• Unlimited undo and redo for playlist edits
including a history view
• Create, play, edit, save, load, and export
(render) projects (with auto-save)
• Drag-n-drop files from file manager
• Scrubbing and transport control
• Keyframes for filter parameters
EDITING FEATURES
9. • Detach audio from video clip
• Presets for most filters and Export
• Sort playlist by name or creation/recording
date
• Multi-select items in the playlist and timeline
• Create custom name for clips and enter
comments about it
• Low-res proxy editing
• Timeline markers and ranges
• Notes panel
• Flexible inserting and reordering of tracks
EDITING FEATURES
11. CONCLUSION
At the end of this class,
students should be able to
complete the following:
• Add, order, cut, edit video
• Use jump cuts
• Add transitions, B roll,
audio effects, and text
overlay
• Know best practices and
benefits of video editing
software to produce video
Audio scopes: loudness, peak meter, waveform, spectrum analyzer
Audio filters: Balance, Band Pass, Compressor, Copy Channel, Delay, Downmix, Equalizer: 3-Band, Equalizer: 15-Band, Equalizer: Parametric, Expander, Gain, High Pass, Invert, Limiter, Low Pass, Noise Gate, Normalize: One Pass, Normalize: Two Pass, Notch, Pan, Pitch, Reverb, Stereo Enhancer, Swap Channels
Fade in and out audio and fade video from and to black with easy-to-use fader controls on timeline
Cross-fade audio and video dissolve transitions easily by overlapping shots on the same track of the timeline
Video compositing across video tracks
3-way (shadows, mids, highlights) color wheels for color correction and grading
Eye dropper tool to pick neutral color for white balancing
Deinterlacing
Auto-rotate with manual override
Fade in/out audio and fade video with easy-to-use fader controls on timeline
Video wipe transitions: bar, barn door, box, clock (radial), diagonal, iris, matrix, and custom gradient image
Track compositing/blending modes: None, Over, Add, Saturate, Multiply, Screen, Overlay, Darken, Dodge, Burn, Hard Light, Soft Light, Difference, Exclusion, HSL Hue, HSL Saturation, HSL Color, HSL Luminosity.
Video Filters: Alpha Channel: Adjust, Alpha Channel: View, Audio Dance Visualization, Audio Level Visualization, Audio Light Visualization, Audio Spectrum Visualization, Audio Waveform Visualization, Blend Mode, Blur: Box, Blur: Exponential, Blur: Gaussian, Blur: Low Pass, Blur: Pad, Brightness, Choppy, Chroma Hold, Chroma Key: Advanced, Chroma Key: Simple, Contrast, Color Grading, Corner Pin, Crop: Source, Crop: Circle, Crop: Rectangle, Deband, Distort, Dither, Elastic Scale, Flip, Fisheye, Glitch, Glow, GPS Graphic, GPS Text, Gradient, Grid, Halftone, Hue/Lightness/Saturation, Invert Colors, Key Spill: Advanced, Key Spill: Simple, Levels, 3D LUT, Mask: Apply, Mask: Chroma Key, Mask: From File, Mask: Simple Shape, Mirror, Mosaic, Nervous, No Sync, Noise: Fast, Noise: Keyframes, Old Film: Dust, Old Film: Grain, Old Film: Projector, Old Film: Scratches, Old Film: Technocolor, Opacity, Posterize, Reduce Noise: HQ3DN, Reduce Noise: Quantization, Reduce Noise: Smart Blur, Reduce Noise: Wavelet, Reflect, RGB Shift, Rotate and Scale, Saturation, Scan Lines, Sepia Tone, Sharpen, Size and Position, Sketch, Spot Remover, Stabilize, Text: Rich, Text: Simple, Threshold, Time Remap, Timer, Trails, Vertigo, Vignette, Unpremultiply Alpha, Wave, White Balance
360° Video Filters: Equirectangular Mask, 360: Equirectangular to Rectilinear, 360: Equirectangular to Stereographic, 360: Hemispherical to Equirectangular, 360: Rectilinear to Equirectangular, 360: Stabilize, 360: Transform
Speed effect for audio/video clips
Reverse a clip
Video scopes: Histogram, RGB Parade, RGB Waveform, Waveform, Vectorscope and Zoom
Trimming on source clip player or timeline with ripple option
Easy-to-use cut, copy, and paste operations
Append, insert, overwrite, lift, and ripple delete editing on the timeline
3-point editing
Hide, mute, and lock track controls
Multitrack timeline with thumbnails and waveforms
Unlimited undo and redo for playlist edits including a history view
Create, play, edit, save, load, and export (render) MLT XML projects (with auto-save)
Save and load trimmed clip as MLT XML file
Load and play complex MLT XML file as a clip
Drag-n-drop files from file manager
Scrubbing and transport control
Keyframes for filter parameters
Detach audio from video clip
Presets for most filters and Export - both supplied and user-created
Sort playlist by name or creation/recording date
Multi-select items in the playlist and timeline
Create custom name for clips and enter comments about it
Low resolution proxy editing to improve speed of seeking and eliminate or minimize scaling
Timeline markers and ranges, including export from a range and exporting as text chapters
A Notes panel to keep notes about your project or contain text to reaad for voiceover
Flexibly insert and reorder tracks
Edit Lottie and rawr JSON animations with [Glaxnimate](https://glaxnimate.mattbas.org/) vector animation tool (included in our Shotcut downloads)
Trimming on source clip player or timeline with ripple option
Easy-to-use cut, copy, and paste operations
Append, insert, overwrite, lift, and ripple delete editing on the timeline
3-point editing
Hide, mute, and lock track controls
Multitrack timeline with thumbnails and waveforms
Unlimited undo and redo for playlist edits including a history view
Create, play, edit, save, load, and export (render) MLT XML projects (with auto-save)
Save and load trimmed clip as MLT XML file
Load and play complex MLT XML file as a clip
Drag-n-drop files from file manager
Scrubbing and transport control
Keyframes for filter parameters
Detach audio from video clip
Presets for most filters and Export - both supplied and user-created
Sort playlist by name or creation/recording date
Multi-select items in the playlist and timeline
Create custom name for clips and enter comments about it
Low resolution proxy editing to improve speed of seeking and eliminate or minimize scaling
Timeline markers and ranges, including export from a range and exporting as text chapters
A Notes panel to keep notes about your project or contain text to reaad for voiceover
Flexibly insert and reorder tracks
Edit Lottie and rawr JSON animations with [Glaxnimate](https://glaxnimate.mattbas.org/) vector animation tool (included in our Shotcut downloads)
The shotcut website has a blog where they provide updates for software. The site also includes a page of tutorials that were either created by Shotcut or other users that link to various sites. Shotcut’s website also includes a resources page that provides royalty-free links to video, audio, and images on the web. Additionally, there is a forum for users to post questions and concerns from using the Shotcut software. The main link for Shotcut’s website is: www.shotcut.org
You can also use the videos I have created and shared in the modules as well as YouTube resources I’ve shared in the modules to learn basic and advanced skills in Shotcut.
If you chose to continue learning more about Shotcut and would like to receive this training from a Shotcut, the company does offer training for fee.
In the introduction portion of this course, there are several handouts that provide different resources: glossary, keyboard shortcuts, and a royalty-free list of media sources, to name a few.
