Last Updated on June 26, 2021 by Rick Darlinton
Shotcut is one of the best free video editing software for Windows, Mac and Linux. It is quite simple to use and one of the outstanding features for the Shotcut video editor is that it lets you export high-quality videos to different video formats such as MP4, MOV, MPEG, MWV, WebM, and more. When you export video in Shotcut, Many video export presets are categorized, which include camcorder, DVD, audio, alpha, device, and more . In this post, we are going to show you how to export video in Shotcut.
The step-by-step guides on how to export video in Shotcut
After finishing editing the videos in Shotcut, you can export HD videos within several steps. Find out some more details as shown below
Step 1 : Locate the export settings
To save the video in Shotcut, there are three solutions you can use to find export settings. Just find the file at the left-top of the interface and then navigate to Export video to locate the export settings. But it may be much easier to press Ctrl+E or tap on the Export at the right-to of the interface to find the export settings
Step 2: Select a video preset
Next, you will find export presets from the left side of the interface where a wide range of video export formats could be selected. Here, you can either choose some popular ones like H.264 high profile or a different video format according to the video devices such as Camcorder, DVD,etc. If the video is going to be uploaded in Youtube, you could select Youtube preset which gives some recommended export settings. For example, you will save video in Shotcut as MP4 and the video resolution is set to be 1920×1080 after you select the Youtube preset.
Step 3: Change the video export settings
The Shotcut video editor comes with advanced video export settings. To access the features, just tap on the Advanced option at the bottom of the export settings. First of all, there are various video formats included in Shotcut such as MPV, MOV, MP4 and more. Moreover, you could change the video resolution, frame rates, Aspect ratios, Codec, rate control, audio channels and more.
When everything is done perfectly, just tap on Export to save the videos. Please note if the video file is big, it may take some time to complete the video export.
How to export 4k video in Shotcut
As a free video editing software, Shotcut also supports 4K video edit. To export 4K video in Shotcut, just change the video resolution as 3840X2160 in the advanced export settings as mentioned above. It is important to note that the higher quality video also comes with larger file size.
Can we export the video in Shotcut to Youtube directly?
You may wonder whether it is possible to save video in Shotcut to Youtube directly. Unfortunately, the Shotcut editor doesn’t provide this editing feature at the moment. To upload the video to Youtube, it has to be firstly exported to your computer.
These are some simple guides on how to save video in Shotcut free video editor. The steps involved are very easy to handle and there are so many advanced configurations in the export setting.
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