Topic outline
Introduction to Shotcut
- Shotcut is an Open Source video editor, available for Windows, Apple and Linux.It is fairly easy to use and you can install it for FREE!To get Shotcut, head to https://shotcut.org/download/ and download the installer (or portable edition) for your computer.
Basic Editing
An Introduction to Shotcut
This is a long video, however, it covers all the basics. Being a video, you can pause, go backwards, forwards or whereever!
Audio
Recording a Voice-Over - Official Shotcut Tutorial
This is the official Shotcut tutorial for adding a voice over. You can record your voice narration over video and pictures. Thanks to the Shotcut Tutorial Channel.
How to record a Voice-Over in Shotcut
Add some speaking over the top of your video or slideshow in Shotcut. Courtesy of Teacher's Tech at Youtube.Add Music to your video
Another tutorial by Tux Designer showing you how to add a music track to your video - useful for background music.
Some Extras
Making a Simple Animated Introduction Title
You might like to have an animated introduction title at the start of your video. This short video from TuxDesigner shows you how to create one, as well as some other editing tips:
- Inserting a video
- Moving it in the timeline
- Adding a black screen
- Changing the play time for a part of the video