New to Shotcut How to change proxy clip size

[hangbelly]

Hi all,
I’ve just started to use Shotcut and I love it. Its easier to use than the other editors I’ve used in the past. Unfortunately I’m stuck using a pretty low-spec machine to edit with. So to make it a little easier I’m wondering if it’s possible to reduce the size of the proxy clips to 480 or even 360p instead of the default 540p. I appreciate any advise. I have some more questions but I’ll put them in another topic, Thanks again

[shotcut]

Yes, here is the help page:

Proxy Editing

Introduction Proxy editing is the process of creating and using low resolution videos and images in places of the original or optimized (Convert to Edit-friendly) files. This provides the advantage that your computer has less work to do in realtime while editing: decoding, scaling, and effects. This is, quite simply, because there are less pixels to compute. Then, when you are ready to export, it will use the original (or optimized) files for full quality. Performance is optimal when the pre…

[hangbelly]

Thanks, I set preview scaling to 360p and the editing process has smoothed out considerably. Thanks again