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# Shotcut User Reviews

## Reviews summary

- Overall rating: 4.5/5
- Total reviews: 78

### Secondary ratings

- Ease of use: 4.1/5
- Customer support: 3.9/5
- Value for money: 4.8/5
- Functionality: 4.3/5

### Rating distribution

- 5 stars: 44 reviews (56%)
- 4 stars: 28 reviews (36%)
- 3 stars: 5 reviews (6%)
- 2 stars: 0 reviews (0%)
- 1 star: 1 reviews (1%)

### Most mentioned pros

- It offers many advanced features such as support for multiple file formats, the ability to add effects and transitions, as well as the ability to adjust playback speed and create slow motion or fast motion.
- It is a free and open-source video editing software which allows users to create and edit the videos.
- Sometime I got to produce a visual series for an LP using this video editor, I was able to produce something visually appealing, but on occasions, I was limited by the features and tools of this software, Shotcut saved me when my PC couldn't handle powerful video editors and allowed me to design something that my clients ended up loving.

### Most mentioned cons

- Despite its advantages, I have found that Shotcut can sometimes lack stability and crash when processing large files or long videos.
- I still come across an issue with rendering video where I have to offset the audio by six frames.
- It can also be difficult to use for beginners due to a fairly complex user interface and some advanced features that may require technical knowledge

## Shotcut customer reviews

Showing reviews 1-25 of 78 (page 1).

### The free video editor that everyone should try out

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Arturo L.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Marketing and Advertising
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years
- Reviewed: July 2021
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

Honestly to be free, this video editor makes you fulfill that dream of being a video editor for a major company or for some famous influencer, as it fully meets your expectations and can be somewhat confusing at first, but the truth is enough just to look at some video for beginners for this software, and you get used to the editor quickly, very satisfied and I see very few disadvantages to this software.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 2/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

The advantages that this software has, are quite a few, since the more you go searching among the tools, the more you can get the most out of your video, I could consider it quite professional, since it has a very comfortable interface and you feel that you are doing a very good job for your personal projects and convert them even in studio quality videos, since when you finish your video, you can choose with any format for the type of social network to which you want to upload it. And all this for being free, I really highly recommend this video editor meets almost all your expectations, with settings to switch between the different layers you go making, your audio, video and photos. So you can give it an even more professional look.

#### Cons

It could be that there are many tools, which can get confusing and thus take you some time to get used to the software format, another could be that, as we are talking about a professional video editor, obviously, this application will consume a lot of your computer, so I do recommend having about 8 GB of RAM, a good processor and maybe a good graphic card, to be able to support this application, because if you don't have space in the RAM or you don't have a good processor, the application becomes somewhat slow and it could even stop and quit, so take into account to be able to save your work before.

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### Easy to use

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Patrick O.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: Self-Employed
- Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: December 2022
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Its been really great, I've got no regrets using it

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

I like that shotcut is open source, meaning that it is free of charge. It is very beginner friendly and the user interface is quite simple and clean. I love that I can easily extract audios from videos using it

#### Cons

Shotcut is cool but It lacks the color correction feature.

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### Never ever use shotcut

- Overall rating: 1/5
- Reviewer: Darren F.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Banking
- Company size: Self-Employed
- Product usage: Used monthly for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: September 2023
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 3/5
- Value for money: 3/5
- Customer support: 1/5
- Functionality: 3/5

#### Pros

I loved how, even though I have a powerful laptop capable of running any program smoothly, if I do almost literally anything on shotcut I have to give it a couple of seconds to process. Dragging clips, cutting clips, etc etc., literally any BASIC function of a video editor I need to wait at least an extra second or two every time I essentially click anything on shotcut, so it's great for at least doubling the actual time it should take you to edit a video!I liked how sometimes when I dragged or tried to extend or shorten a clip or even A JPEG, not only would the editor sometimes lag, but just do something completely random with the file, like fully extend it over the entire video track and mess up all the other clips.My FAVOURITE thing about shotcut, has to be when you hit the undo button, you know, to undo the mistake you didn't do in the first place, and after waiting for about 5 working days for shotcut to process it, IT COMPLETELY REARANGES YOUR TIMELINE AND RUINS ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE. I'm not even doing anything remotely complicated either.

#### Cons

Nothing, didn't run into any problems at all.

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### Shotcut, One of the best free video editing softwares

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviewer: Christian C.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Accounting
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months
- Reviewed: August 2023
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

A good experience with beautiful video montages. I don't regret downloading it.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

What's great about Shotcut is the interface which is simple to understand.Indeed, everything is done to make handling as easy as possible.

#### Cons

Honestly, for a learner, Shotcut is great, but its library is pretty small in terms of video effects.

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### Get's the Job Done

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviewer: Danielle N.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Design
- Company size: Self-Employed
- Product usage: Used other for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: April 2021
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

Shotcut was great for starting to teach myself video editing. I was looking for an economical tool but didn't dare to hope for free. Then, a colleague highly recommended Shotcut, and I was very grateful for it.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 3/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

When I was just starting out in video editing, the best thing about Shotcut was that it was free while still having the capacity to produce the results I was after. You can find plenty of tutorials on the Shotcut site and more on YouTube to help you get started. It has handy keyboard shortcuts for the handful of basic functions that I used most often. Once you get into the habit of using them, they make editing quicker. If you take the time to watch some tutorials, practice, and explore the features you realize that Shotcut is quite robust and full of possibilities for amazing results. I have even used it to make clips from a podcast which I could export a MP3 audio files.

#### Cons

The text feature always seemed clunky and not intuitive to me. The interface does not have an option for organizing your media into folders - it's just one long Playlist. But you can drag files around in the Playlist and group them by by file type or some other way that makes sense to you.

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### Very good open source video editor

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviewer: Gregg B.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Religious Institutions
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months
- Reviewed: March 2019
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

I was looking for a lightweight cross-platform video editing system for my laptop that could export easily to my more robust desktop editing platform and for basic edits and output for preview, and Shotcut will work well for this. I'm still undecided if it'll be a long term solution, but it is a surprisingly well thought out open source program that will fit many video editors' needs.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 3/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 3/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

I'd like to start by saying Shotcut is a very good, multi-platform video editing solution. Even video editors with little to no experience will find the layout and usability of Shotcut to be appealing and usable. Import and organization of video files is straightforward and an array of basic editing tools will enable many users to complete high-quality video projects with little investment. Color grading and clip correction tools are surprisingly good for a free program. Another big plus is that it is lightweight, meaning it delivers a lot of power for a small program size and doesn't slow down real-time rendering trying to do too many other things.

#### Cons

Again, Shotcut is a very good video editing solution - up to a point. Once your project gets more complex, the clip organization, preview speed and ability to integrate pre-set transitions and titles falls a little short. It'll get the job done, but other tools offer a more robust option.

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### Video editing software

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Ismaël D.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Design
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years
- Reviewed: December 2022
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Very good video editing software for beginners

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Simplicity for a beginner, transitions, interface customization, all in a nutshell

#### Cons

Exporting some large projects takes too long

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### A great software to achieve quality video editing.

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviewer: Kenneth B.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Graphic Design
- Company size: 10000+ employees
- Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: June 2019
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 4/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

The software is free and open source meaning there's a community always improving this software.The interface is professional looking and provides high quality videos upon exporting.it has a lot of features such as chroma key that make green screen editing accesible and more convenient.it simple and has a sleek design and is a very easy to use software.

#### Cons

I have never experienced any issues using this software whatsoever it runs smoothly on my pc and laptop and have never experience any inconvenience when using this software

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### Best opensource video editor for Linux , Windows and Mac

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviewer: Rahul P.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Oil & Energy
- Company size: 5001-10000 employees
- Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: May 2021
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

Pretty good and stable product on Linux but its not that stable in low end windows machines

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 3/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Very User friendly interface. All the list of keyboard shortcuts are available inside the app. Hardware acceleration. Completely free and opensource. Stable on Linux and Mac. Project autosaving feature is excellent. (Always save the file automatically even if app crashes) Large amount of export formats. Great amount of tutorials and great community.

#### Cons

The windows version is not that stable i encountered some crashes when i open keyframe editing for video effects (Well i run on a 4GB Ram not the recommended requirements of the developer). I found the app is not completely utilizing the ram on my windows version.

#### Reasons for switching to Shotcut

Much better interface than Kdenlive and support for Hardware acceleration.

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### A perfect evolution from Movie Maker

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: John H.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: E-Learning
- Company size: 51-200 employees
- Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: August 2018
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 4/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

As Windows Movie Maker has now discontinued, Shotcut provides a great alternative for video editing without a cost. The interface is intuitive and the functions are easy to get used to quickly.

#### Cons

This does provide a basic video editing service and so if you are wanting to have more effects/functionality then you will be best going for Adobe Premiere Pro. But for a free solution, it works great.

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### With great Respect

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Oscar J.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Entertainment
- Company size: Self-Employed
- Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: September 2023
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

Producing a movie on shotcut for the first time

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

I have tried many software over the yrs and found Shotcut to be reliable and stable to a professional standard

#### Cons

Text is to complicated and to me unnecessary so I don't use it.

#### Reasons for switching to Shotcut

Easy-to-use when editing 4k with proxy files and Gpu rendering

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### Best Free Video Editing Software in the World

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Mehdi E.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Graphic Design
- Company size: Self-Employed
- Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years
- Reviewed: January 2023
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

I have been using it for over a year now for my youtube videos and I just love it.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

First of all, it is free, second, it has a lot of video and audio editing tools that I love.

#### Cons

They only thing I don't like is that, when adding more than 1 video tracks it slows down the whole software and sometimes crushes.

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### Great

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Ayesha A.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Fine Art
- Company size: 10000+ employees
- Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years
- Reviewed: December 2022
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

I have some famous app like tiktok and I use this to add more content to my videos. I use a lot of editing apps since I edit my videos by myself and greatly I started using this app like last year and this is huge success m.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 4/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

I use a lot of editing apps and let’s be honest this one is one of the best.

#### Cons

I love good quality videos and who doesn’t, don’t get me wrong I love this app but I think adding more transitions would be better.

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### Shotcut-'is a dynamic tool with lots of features to create professional videos'

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Syed R.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Marketing and Advertising
- Company size: 51-200 employees
- Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years
- Reviewed: September 2020
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

My overall experience with Shotcut is very good. You can be a dynamic creator with Shotcut. I would say I like to use this tool.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 4/5
- Value for money: 4/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

I am using Shotcut to edit videos and I absolutely enjoy it when I work with it. Video editing became very interesting because shotcut because the stock is full of lots of features. I like the fact that Shocut is an easy application to create stunning videos for various purposes. This tool allows the beginners to create the amazing design free and the resolution is very good. As much as you use it you can discover more about the tool.

#### Cons

I think to create a perfect video you need to go through the tutorials which is time-consuming. I also observed too much functionality sometimes confusing for beginners.

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### By far the best cross-platform video editor out there

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviewer: Verified Reviewer
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Product usage: Used monthly for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: July 2018
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

I've been able to make stunning videos, ranging in length and complexity, on a short timeline!

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Shotcut is a simple video editor. Reminiscent of the discontinued Windows Movie Maker, it has a clean, intuitive interface. Unlike most free video editors, Shotcut has advanced features such as color correction and chroma key. It also lets users rearrange the workspace to their liking.

#### Cons

While Shotcut works beautifully on Windows, I've had some problems using it on Linux systems. There are still bugs the developers are working to iron out. Also, while the rearranging of the interface can be a plus, it also makes it confusing for beginners. For example, the timeline doesn't appear until videos are added to it or a special button is pushed.

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### Fantastic open source video editing software

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Verified Reviewer
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: May 2018
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 4/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Shotcut offers a high quality platform to edit videos and create awesome works. The software is free, open source which saves you from having to purchase expensive packages.

#### Cons

The user interface could use some work to make it easier for inexperienced users to interact with. This would make editing a faster process.

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### Shotcut - Cuts off your time to create a video

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviewer: Krishnan R.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Telecommunications
- Company size: 1001-5000 employees
- Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: October 2019
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

short learning curve and the experience was good when I had to create a video with subtitles embedded in the video.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 3/5
- Value for money: 4/5
- Customer support: 4/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

- Videomaker provides various transitions and effects to include in your video - A plethora of export options to explore - It is free for most of the features - Can import images, audio, video and arrange in sequence with various effects and transitions to make your video a professional.

#### Cons

- The popup button hep timing is very low. The help popup disappears before we could read and comprehend. - A voice base commands interpreter like a directors voice could be helpful for accessibility

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### A good solution for free video editing.

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviewer: Dylan G.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Arts and Crafts
- Company size: Self-Employed
- Product usage: Used other for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: April 2020
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

I don't edit video often but when I tried this software it did exactly what I needed it to and worked as I expected it to function without having to learn a lot of new stuff. I'm sure it could tackle even more robust projects than the simple clips I was using it for. I highly recommend it.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 4/5
- Customer support: 4/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

As free software, this is very functional and easy to use. It has features that make converting and editing video fairly simple. It was much easier to use than other free video editing software I've tried, and has more features too.

#### Cons

Outputing the video to a usable file can be complicated if you don't know what you are doing. Expect to try it a few times before you get what you want.

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### Fast and professional, ShotCut makes me look good

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Christopher A.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Dairy
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used weekly for free trial
- Reviewed: April 2020
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

I had to quickly learn to work with video for story time and craft programs our community center was going to begin posting on their Facebook page. With ShotCut I was spinning out video in just a couple of days practice and my editing became more advance each time I used it. By the looks of what it has to offer it will be a long time before I master ShotCut but I was quickly making quality programs with attractive special effects.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

I appreciate the ease of operation, particularity for first time users. I began using ShotCut almost daily for two week and Every time I use the program I learn something new and it seems the abilities of ShotCut would satisfy even the seasoned professional editor.

#### Cons

This is the first video editor I have used, so I have nothing to compare it to. Fortunately, I chose ShotCut because of the free version without any strings attached and was lucky to have picked a program that is simple and vast with what it offers.

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### Great Video Editing Software with a learning curve

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Chad M.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 201-500 employees
- Product usage: Used monthly for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: September 2020
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

Great software - nearly as good as any other video editing software I have worked with.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 3/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

Free software that accomplished an overall expensive task but with a trade off in usability. It has a strong feature set.

#### Cons

Difficult to learn with some quirks. Figuring out how the interface works is somewhat complicated compared to similar software.

#### Reasons for switching to Shotcut

outdated and not enough features.

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### Can't complain

- Overall rating: 4/5
- Reviewer: Jauhari L.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 11-50 employees
- Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years
- Reviewed: August 2019
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 3/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

Shotcut is a free video application that allows you to do everything that a paid video software does. I like that I can use chroma key to insert my own backgrounds into videos, something that's useful for my YouTube videos.

#### Cons

Shotcut is a good application however it freezes a lot even with my computer which has 16 gigs of ram.

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### More pro than iMovie

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Parker Y.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Music
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used monthly for less than 12 months
- Reviewed: March 2020
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

Using Shotcut has been pretty good. Other than feeling as if it could be slightly easier to use, it's definitely one of the better video editors on the market.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 3/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

I like that you have tons of options. Basically any kind of effect that you want to do, you can. If you're editing home movies or anything, you can do that and make it looks professional.

#### Cons

I think that the learning curve is pretty high but if you have some time to take to learn the features, it's pretty good. I wish that it were a little more straightforward when it comes to more "advanced" techniques like adding picture in picture or doing cutaways, but it's doable.

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### Good video editor and it is free

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Sharmila J.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 2-10 employees
- Product usage: Used other for less than 6 months
- Reviewed: December 2019
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

Able to create nice video announcements with personalised images and text which is what I was looking for.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 4/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

I have just started with video editing for church use and looking for web based editors and couldn't find any and that is when I came across Shotcut which is a opensource editor. My needs are basic and this tool gets the job done. I am able to combine multiple videos add some images and text and the output is really neat.

#### Cons

There is a learning curve and I am still learning things on the go. I don't find any fault with the software as yet.

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### the best beginner editing software

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: joel s.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Industry: Music
- Company size: Self-Employed
- Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months
- Reviewed: June 2019
- Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Customer support: 5/5
- Functionality: 4/5

#### Pros

its ease of use is amazing. since I'm an amateur editor this was surprisingly easy to learn and has all the basic features I need. the user interface is a breeze to navigate and its also easy on the eyes.

#### Cons

it has some limited features which can slow down your work.

#### Reasons for choosing Shotcut

because it was better for beginners.

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### I use it when I need to create some more advanced videos

- Overall rating: 5/5
- Reviewer: Marcelina G.
- Verified reviewer: Yes
- Product usage: Used monthly for less than 6 months
- Reviewed: May 2018
- Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

#### Ratings breakdown

- Ease of use: 5/5
- Value for money: 5/5
- Functionality: 5/5

#### Pros

It's REALLY powerful and FREE video editor. Can be a bit complicated but there's a lot of tutorials out there.

#### Cons

It's not easy to use at the beginning. Watch some tutorial videos and you'll be proficient in no time.

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