Cropping: Why the Shaded Border?

Now that is a very useful thing to know @namna. Thank you.

C’est une chose très utile à savoir, @namna. Merci.

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Vous pouvez aussi appliquer cette technique pour le cadre blanc
Filtre actif il est blanc
Filtre inactif, il est noir
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You can also apply this technique for the white frame
Active filter it is white
Inactive filter it is black
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property color handleColor: enabled? Qt.rgba(1, 1, 1, 1) : Qt.rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)
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Amazing.

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Clic Droit sur le Fichier Shotcut (dans le dossier Applications)
Sélectionner “Afficher le contenu du paquet”
Ouvrir Contents > Resources > shotcut > qml > modules > Shotcut > Controls

Right click on the Shotcut File (in the Applications folder)
Select “Show Package Contents”
Open Contents > Resources > shotcut > qml > modules > Shotcut > Controls

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I will reduce the thickness of the shaded line to be very thin like white line.

The reason it is on the inside is because most times this control defaults to the entire video with some edges directly against the panel edges. In that state you don’t see anything outside the white line and your back into possibly disappearing lines. And when cropping a video that appears over the top of another video with transparent padding (a primary use case), what appears outside of the rectangle is just as important as inside. Honestly, these nit picks make me feel you think like I haven’t thought about things and just made arbitrary choices. But, whatever, I am not going to add 3 new settings for this.

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Thank you @shotcut - for me this is a good improvement.

For me, I know you have, and appreciate your devotion and responsiveness to the whole SC project! You are brilliant at seeing the bigger picture! This was primarily a good hour for me spent fiddling around under the bonnet (hood) of Shotcut’s inner workings, and being amazed that the little tweaks I made actually worked! :slight_smile:

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I sincerely apologize if I’ve offended you. I certainly don’t think your choices are arbitrary, nor would I ever presume that you alone were making them–which is truly astonishing…Again, I’m a mere simpleton, but this exchange of ideas with everyone has been so refreshing…I’m addicted to Shotcut. All other video editing software is either needlessly convoluted or lacking in functionality. Shotcut zeroes in on what’s essential, yet offers high functionality through filter adjustments, which are easily accessible…Also, there may be workarounds to my nitpicks that I’m simply unaware of, so it helps to ask. For instance, all of these are likely due to my lack of knowledge, but I’d like to open them up for discussion if possible…with the mutual understanding that I have the utmost respect for you & Shotcut, I’m obviously way out of my depth, & none of them are a big deal:

  1. You can’t copy/paste filters on multiple clips. For instance, if you cut up 100 clips then realize, “Oh shit, this video could use some Color Grading…” It would be awesome to add the filter on a clip, hit copy, select all, then paste…Instead, you have to copy/paste on every single, individual clip.
  2. You can detach audio, but you can’t attach audio. The Ripple All Tracks feature is AMAZING because it drags the audio & video in tandem. However, once audio is detached–or if the audio file you’re using has been added in separately–every time you split the video going forward, you have to keep splitting the corresponding audio in the same precise places…Attaching audio would eliminate that.
  3. After moving a clip (or multiple clips), you have to hit Selection then Select None to deselect. It would be cool if you could just click off it to deselect (like in Garageband for instance)…though I’m sure there’s a solid reason behind it.
  4. If you accidentally overlap 2 clips, the purple transition thing takes over–with audio as well, so I always have to be extra cautious. There are probably people who constantly make transitions though…so I’m sure they appreciate that…Since I never do, it would be cool to be able to turn off that function in the settings…& the alternative, of course, would either be:
    A. The clip you’re moving deletes part of the other clip.
    B. No interference at all–in other words, the clips would be locked in relation to each other, so that you never have to worry about accidentally messing anything up. You could move things around with more freedom & fluidity…

I’d prefer option B because I don’t see a downside. You’d still be able to trim clips as you see fit & if you want audio to overlap, you can always just add a new audio track & move it under…Again though, Shotcut is #1. Sorry for being annoying.

Right-click TImeline clip > Apply Copied Filters

You can detach audio, but you can’t attach audio

Properties > Audio > Track. No, you cannot and not ever will be able to attach audio from a separate file, but you can group timeline clips.

It would be cool if you could just click off it to deselect

Not going to happen because it is bad usability. It is too easy for people to accidentally unselect things especially when Settings > Timeline > Rectangle Selection is turned off, which many, many users do. Then, as soon as you click in a blank area to seek or scrub what you had selected is unselected, which is usually not desired. Meanwhile, Select None is a common keyboard shortcut.

If you accidentally overlap 2 clips

Undo

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Fair enough. & thank you, the Apply Copied Filters is an absolute game-changer…& grouping timeline clips does seem to be a solid workaround. Also, thank you for allowing Rectangle Selection to be an option because I can’t imagine not using it.

Here is what I am going with for the next beta–a thin translucent outline on each side
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Interesting! I’d love to try this out - will it be included in a nightly build soon?

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