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"Best free video editor" according to PCWorld review.
"Shotcut is the best overall open-source video editing software" according to Lifewire review.
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Pros
Pro In active development
It's constantly being developed with new features and bugfixes released periodically.
Pro Much faster than Kdenlive
With Full HD videos larger than 1 hour, Shotcut is much faster than Kdenlive.
Pro Proxy editing greatly improves performance
With 360p proxies and preview scaling, older/lower end hardware (like an i3 from 2012) can smoothly edit and render very long 1080p videos, with multiple added effects and filters.
Pro Includes gpu acceleration
Although it is experimental, unstable, and non supported, it is usable, and provides some very welcome speedup in many cases.
Pro Keyframes, 5.1 surround audio export
As of version 18.05 supports keyframes and 5.1 surround audio and mono export as well.
Cons
Con Heavily developed with occasional crashes on Ubuntu
Never-ending development leads to some crashes, not so stable, but overall it is good enough.
Con They are selling it on Microsoft Store under the name of contribution
Which is a bit nonsense for opensource project. And there's no free option. Only trial.
Con Does not have good visual effect support
Pretty much similar to sony vegas level of visual effect or requires things from outside.
Recommendations
Comments
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Out of Date Pros + Cons
Con Doesn't support keyframing yet
It has become one of an important feature of a video editor, but the developer hasn't added it yet.
Con Does not have good distribution channel
Best place is github/ their website. Because they are selling it from Microsoft Store. It is a bit bothersome getting an updated version.
