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Deployed on Windows, Linux and Mac devices, the platform provides a variety of features including multi-core parallel image processing, audio capture, encoding, preview scaling, slideshow generation and more. The product is available for free of cost. > > Verdict: Rated **4.5/5** by 77 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.5/5** | 77 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 3.9/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Meltytech - **Founded**: 2011 ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: Per Feature (Free version available) - **Pricing Details**: Shotcut is available for free. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), Linux (On-Premise) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: India, United States ## Features - Audio Capture - Audio Manipulation - Drag & Drop - File Management - Media Library - Monitoring - Multiple Format Support - Search/Filter - Supports HD Resolution - Text Overlay - Video Editing - Video Management - Video Support ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Chat ## Category - [Audio Editing Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4645/audio-editing/software) ## Related Categories - [Audio Editing Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4645/audio-editing/software) - [Video Editing Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4729/video-editing/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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I love that I can easily extract audios from videos using it > > **Cons**: Shotcut is cool but It lacks the color correction feature. > > Its been really great, I've got no regrets using it ----- ### "Shotcut, One of the best free video editing softwares" — 4.0/5 > **Christian** | *25 August 2023* | Accounting | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: What's great about Shotcut is the interface which is simple to understand.Indeed, everything is done to make handling as easy as possible. > > **Cons**: Honestly, for a learner, Shotcut is great, but its library is pretty small in terms of video effects. > > A good experience with beautiful video montages. I don't regret downloading it. ----- ### "Never ever use shotcut" — 1.0/5 > **Darren** | *10 September 2023* | Banking | Recommendation rating: 0.0/10 > > **Pros**: I loved how, even though I have a powerful laptop capable of running any program smoothly, if I do almost literally anything on shotcut I have to give it a couple of seconds to process. Dragging clips, cutting clips, etc etc., literally any BASIC function of a video editor I need to wait at least an extra second or two every time I essentially click anything on shotcut, so it's great for at least doubling the actual time it should take you to edit a video\!I liked how sometimes when I dragged or tried to extend or shorten a clip or even A JPEG, not only would the editor sometimes lag, but just do something completely random with the file, like fully extend it over the entire video track and mess up all the other clips.My FAVOURITE thing about shotcut, has to be when you hit the undo button, you know, to undo the mistake you didn't do in the first place, and after waiting for about 5 working days for shotcut to process it, IT COMPLETELY REARANGES YOUR TIMELINE AND RUINS ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE. I'm not even doing anything remotely complicated either. > > **Cons**: Nothing, didn't run into any problems at all. ----- ### "Get's the Job Done" — 4.0/5 > **Danielle** | *27 April 2021* | Design | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: When I was just starting out in video editing, the best thing about Shotcut was that it was free while still having the capacity to produce the results I was after. You can find plenty of tutorials on the Shotcut site and more on YouTube to help you get started. It has handy keyboard shortcuts for the handful of basic functions that I used most often. Once you get into the habit of using them, they make editing quicker. If you take the time to watch some tutorials, practice, and explore the features you realize that Shotcut is quite robust and full of possibilities for amazing results. I have even used it to make clips from a podcast which I could export a MP3 audio files. > > **Cons**: The text feature always seemed clunky and not intuitive to me. The interface does not have an option for organizing your media into folders - it's just one long Playlist. But you can drag files around in the Playlist and group them by by file type or some other way that makes sense to you. > > Shotcut was great for starting to teach myself video editing. I was looking for an economical tool but didn't dare to hope for free. Then, a colleague highly recommended Shotcut, and I was very grateful for it. ----- ### "Very good open source video editor" — 4.0/5 > **Gregg** | *1 March 2019* | Religious Institutions | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: I'd like to start by saying Shotcut is a very good, multi-platform video editing solution. Even video editors with little to no experience will find the layout and usability of Shotcut to be appealing and usable. Import and organization of video files is straightforward and an array of basic editing tools will enable many users to complete high-quality video projects with little investment. Color grading and clip correction tools are surprisingly good for a free program. Another big plus is that it is lightweight, meaning it delivers a lot of power for a small program size and doesn't slow down real-time rendering trying to do too many other things. > > **Cons**: Again, Shotcut is a very good video editing solution - up to a point. Once your project gets more complex, the clip organization, preview speed and ability to integrate pre-set transitions and titles falls a little short. It'll get the job done, but other tools offer a more robust option. > > I was looking for a lightweight cross-platform video editing system for my laptop that could export easily to my more robust desktop editing platform and for basic edits and output for preview, and Shotcut will work well for this. I'm still undecided if it'll be a long term solution, but it is a surprisingly well thought out open source program that will fit many video editors' needs. ----- Page: 1 / 4\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/189667/shotcut?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/189667/shotcut) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data