Shotcut
VideoEdit videos on a multitrack timeline on Windows, Mac and Linux.
Shotcut gives people a full video editor with no licence fee, on Windows, macOS or Linux. It covers the usual editing work, from cutting clips on a timeline to fixing sound, correcting colour and exporting in common formats. Proxy editing and hardware acceleration help when working with large 4K and 8K files.
- Edits on a multitrack timeline with thumbnails, waveforms and ripple trimming.
- Includes colour wheels, chroma key, stabilisation, motion tracking and speed ramps.
- Exports through FFmpeg to many formats, with batch export from the playlist.
What people use it for
Edit a video from several clips
Add clips to the multitrack timeline without importing them first, then trim with ripple, split clips and roll edits. The playlist doubles as a clip bin, and timeline markers help you find key moments. Low-resolution proxy editing keeps seeking quick when the source files are large.
Clean up the sound of a recording
Apply audio filters such as Compressor, Equalizer: 15-Band, Reduce Noise: Audio and Normalize: Two Pass, and watch the audio scopes while you adjust them. Audio ducking lowers music under speech, and pitch compensation keeps the pitch steady when you change the speed. Subtitles in SRT, VTT, ASS or SSA format can be imported.
Correct colour and add effects
Use 3-way colour wheels, Levels or a 3D LUT to set the look, and Chroma Key: Advanced to replace a green screen. Keyframes with easing animate filter settings over time, Stabilize smooths shaky footage and Motion Tracker follows a moving object. Export the result through FFmpeg, or export single frames and image sequences.