Multi-trimming in Shotcut?

Help/How To
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Hello,

I’m giving Shotcut a try as a free replacement for Corel VideoStudio.

The How-to section doesn’t say if Shotcut can multi-trim a video, ie. slice a video into multiple parts by removing the rest of it, and combine the parts with some transition effect.

Can it do this?

Thank you.

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‘You’ can do this using the tools provided within Shotcut.

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For others’ benefit: Shotcut works differently from Corel VideoStudio.

As far as I understood, here’s how it’s done in Shotcut:

  1. Select a clip from the source video
  2. Display the Playlist, and hit the + sign to add the selected clip to the list
  3. Click on Export to join the clips into a single video.

If you need extras, such as transitions or additional video/audio tracks, click on the Timeline button, and drag and drop clips from the Playlist.

Transitions also work differently from Corel VS: In the Timeline, you must drag and drop a clip over the previous clip.

I haven’t yet found how to unselect a clip in the Source (footage) window.