How to Download and Install Shotcut Video Editor on Windows? – GeeksforGeeks

How to Download and Install Shotcut Video Editor on Windows?

Shotcut is an open-source and cross-platform video editing software. It is developed by MLT Multimedia Framework. It is easy to use especially for the beginner who wants to learn video editing because it is free to use, provides a simple interface, and can work with any format of video, audio, or photo media. It is written in C, C++ languages and is available for all operating systems like Linux, macOS, Windows, etc. It does not depend upon the system codecs and can also run as a portable app from an external drive. It also performs an integrity check of an audio/video file. In this article, we will learn how to install Shotcut in Windows.

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Installing Shotcut on Windows 

Follow the below steps to install Shotcut on Windows:

Step 1: Visit the official website using the URL https://shotcut.org/ with the help of any web browser to download Shotcut for Windows.

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Step 2: Click on the Click to Download button.

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Step 3: Next web page open, now click on Windows Installer and the file automatically started downloading.

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Step 4: Now find the executable file in the Downloads folder of your system and open it.

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Step 5: It will prompt confirmation to make changes to your system. Click on Yes.

Step 6: Next step is the License Agreement, so click on the I Agree button.

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Step 7: Next step is the installing location. Now choose the drive which you want to install the Shotcut and that will have sufficient memory space for installation. By default, it installs in C drive. It required approximately 289.1 MB of memory space. Click on the Next button.

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Step 8: Next screen is of choosing installation options, all options are not marked you can mark according to your requirement. Like if you want your software on the Desktop screen then mark Create Desktop Shortcut (Icon) option, if you want to remove old program files then mark Remove Old Program Files and then click on the Install button.

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Step 9: After the installation process will start and will a few minutes to complete the installation.

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Step 10: Setup is completed, now click on the Close button.

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Now the Shotcut is successfully installed and an icon is created on the desktop.

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Run the software to create a new project.

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So this is how we install Shotcut in the Windows system.

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