Shotcut Pros and Cons

Shotcut is the video editor which I work with 4K footage smoothly due to its GPU rendering support. It has an interface geared towards facilitating a very practical editing experience and a plurality of materials and step–by–step guides are also available online to help absolve most of the problems encountered during editing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It offers essential effects such as transitions and filters, but I would like to see a broader and more diverse collection that allows for more creative and customizable montages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1. Completely free software

2. Uses the standard ffmpeg codecs. So, its very compatible with any version of Windows (i am a Windows user)

3. It Comes with a timeline editor. very intuitive to use

4. Save your video preferences to work fast.

5. Surprisingly lightweight considering the range of options it presents Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1. Very little to dislike. Since its a free software, you do not have much support in any event of data corruption

2. When you are working with multiple video tracks. sometimes the filters won't get applied in the final render. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I can easily add transition by overlapping two clips. After clipping a clip, I can extend it, also. The main advantage was its quality control during export. Compared with capcut it could add auto subtitle feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

You should have prior knowledge of color grading to be able to use the color grading feature in shotcut. It doesnot have samples video where we can add video and it returns properly edited video. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy interface.

Easy loading of content.

Variety of transition effects.

Ease of adding text effects.

Working with keyframes.

Ease of trimming and splitting the video and audio files.

Video export speed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Requires a lot of memory in laptop.

Sometimes hangs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like best in Shotcut are as below:

1. It is free to use.

2. Too many output options for exporting video.

3. Requires very less space for installation.

4. It also supports 4K videos. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I don't like most in Shotcut are as below:

1. Confusing user dashboard.

2. Very less amount of transitions and filters.

3. There are no default or pre-made templates for quick video editing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- I can export high-quality video up to 4K easily.

- There are too many editing features like making overlays, blur effect, correcting fish eye effect, etc.

- Their support is very cooperative and very quick to solve our doubts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- There is limited transition so I can do basic video editing only in Shotcut.

- Their user interface is too old and a little bit tricky to understand and use.

- I can't able to upload external subtitle files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I used to use Window Movie Maker, and once that was discontinued, I wanted something that was intuitive to use but also gave me more control as I became an increasingly sophisticated user of the program. Shotcut does exactly that. When I want to make something simple, it allows me to do that. And when I want to utilize the more complicated features, I'm able to do that as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It would be helpful to have more on-screen guidance regarding export formats. Sometimes, I'm not 100 percent sure which video format is best for my needs beyond knowing which is best for uploading to YouTube. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The best part of the Shotcut software is that it is free. We don't have to pay anything, and we can edit the professional type of videos. There are many features such as applying filters, audio editing, and whatnot. It has all the features which any paid software has. Also, it is lightweight. A PC with the configuration of i3 and 4GB RAM can easily handle this software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing as such in the software. But it has ads on its website, which is very annoying. Also, It is free but if you download it from any app store it will cost you some 7$. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The most thing I like about Shotcut is, It is free to use and there are no charges like other software. Its UI is very interactive and easy to use so that anyone who is new on Shotcut can make videos easily. It can be used for basic as well as advanced video editing work. Thier autosave feature is very useful and so that we don't have to worry about our project file when its crash or lag. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Everything is fine in Shotcut but one thing that I don't like most is, the absence of pre-made templates inside Shotcut. If they provide pre-made templates then it will be good for all users to work on projects by spending less time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shotcut is free all the way, yet I still have access to all the features I need for my YouTube videos which I create and upload nearly every day.

It runs well on both my high power and my less powerful computer.

Having edited over 50 videos for my YouTube channel using Shotcut, I don't know why I should get a more advanced and expensive video editor yet.

It has a very short and user-friendly learning curve on essential features. The available tutorial videos are excellently presented and easy to follow. Hence I edited one full YouTube video on the very first day I acquired Shotcut.

Very good for a beginner and a low budget video editor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shotcut has no option for exporting to YouTube and Social media. This causes a delay at times when I am in a hurry to beat some YouTube prime posting time because I first have to export to my computer and then upload to YouTube. The time thus wasted can be a lossdifficult torecover. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.