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If you get unexpected black bars when you export your video, or your video resolution is different than what you set in the Export tab, this is the reason why. You likely have set you video settings to Automatic. When you open the first video clip in Shotcut, Shotcut uses that video clip to set the video resolution. One way to over come this is to make sure your first clip is same as the final video resolution. The other way is to manually set the video settings at the beginning of a new video project. ...

Not many people know that Filmora 13 has a grid function. The grid allows you to position your text, stickers, or any object you like to exactly the same position in your frame consistently throughout your video. You can access the grid by first turning on the ruler. Wait awhile. Then drag the grid lines from the ruler. You can drag as many grid lines as you like. The intersection of the vertical and horizontal grid lines are points where you text or stickers can snap onto. ...

Filmora 13 allows you to draw simple shapes like rectangle, elipse, arrows and triangles. Such shapes are great if you use it in a tutorial or to highlight something in your video. For example it is common to use a circle to highlight a person or an object to draw attention of your viewers. Besides simple shapes, you can also use it creatively for example to create a rising moon effect by combining it with a mask and keyframing the shape so that it moves. ...

Shotcut version 24.01.28 released at the end of January 2024 has some new useful features. Among them, several looping playback options, splitting multiple tracks with one click, grouping clips and more. Among the features that I like the most is splitting clips across multiple tracks. It makes it easy when I’m making a tutorial video. Two other features that I enjoy are nudging clips forward or back. This is especially useful when you want to place your video clips at a specific location on the track. ...

Translating substitles or even regular text can be a hassle when you are editing a video. You would usually use a separate tool to do it. Then copy and pasting this into your video editor. This involves a lot of switching between applications. With Filmora 13 you can reduce this significantly because built into Filmora, there is a AI text translation tool. The AI can translate and place the translated text in the same position on your video. ...