Howdy folks, I’m new to the forums and fairly new to Shotcut. I’ve been using the program to simply export simple tutorial videos I recorded on my computer, but now I’m trying to do something a bit more involved and am having some trouble. I’m afraid I’m out of my depth here and though I’ve watched several tutorials, I could still use some help.
I’ve got a cellphone video that I’m trying to get properly formatted and uploaded to Youtube. I started the video vertically and switched to horizontal as I filmed it, so once I loaded it into Shotcut, I began by using a rotate filter to get the whole thing to look right. However, with the automatic settings, it kept the video formatted vertically, cutting off the sides of the newly rotated image. I found out that if I shifted the video to a different format, it fixed that problem. I shifted it to 1080p, 50 FPS, and I enlarged the video to fit most of the screen. That looked good enough, but when I export it, the video loses the 16:9 formatting that it is set at and shows up mostly square, with the wings of the image cropped off.
What am I missing? How can I get this video exported in a way that matches what I’m seeing in Shotcut?