Wow thank you SO much for your tutorials I finally downloaded shot cut and tried out your proxy tip it still lagged but tried making it proxy through properties and that’s working much better for me thank you
Hey, when you export the video, it uses the high quality video footage, so yes, it renders as you would expect. The Proxy is purely for editing speed and smoothness.
Hey, Shotcut will do this automatically for you. When exporting it uses the full-resolution files. It only uses the proxy files for editing (speed smoothness, etc.)
Hi John. Thanks for your informative video. Just a quick question. If, after I do all the editing and work on proxy, right before I export, should I turn off proxy so that my high resolution video gets rendered instead of the proxy? Thanks, again.
Hi, you do not need to turn off proxy at all. The Export uses the real, full size video files even if proxy is turned on - so you do not lose any quality (unless you use the export settings to lower the quality). The proxy just enables you to edit in a smoother/faster way.
Hi! I did as you said, but it keeps happening that when I turn off proxy mode, the clips are 2 frames out of sync of how I cut them, messing up the entire video. Is there a way to fix this?
Hi, I'm a little slow getting to this answer, appologies. That being said, is there any reason to take off Proxy? If you leave it on, it does not effect exporting. Does it still cause a 2 frame issue if you export with Proxy turned on?
hey, thanks for the tutorial. really helped. one issue tho, i turned on proxy and edited my entire video, the default res was 1920x1080, but now only one of the clips is that res when exporting and the others are 848x360. how do i change these back without having to completely re-edit the video?
Hi, the export settings are separate from the proxy settings, however, the first video you drag into the timeline has potential to change the default export settings to that of the original video size. This is something to check - you can force it back to the desired size in the advanced export settings. If you are still having problems I would post on the Shotcut forums - I check these regularly too but Im going to need more information to help troubleshoot! The official info on Proxy is here forum.shotcut.org/t/proxy-editing/18517 but I actually think the issue you describe is to do with the Export settings.
thank you this helped me alot :) do you think a intel i5 2400 is fine with 16 gb ddr3 ram? i want to make youtube poop so there will be audio lines and music and stuff, not yousing effects too much greetings :)
Hey, great to hear :) Thanks for the kind words! To answer your question, I'd suggest trying it and see how you get on. Should be absolutely fine, especially if you keep to basic editing. Goodluck with your channel!
I’m using a 1080 1920 24 frame rate on my camera....and I have to use proxy before editing so I can edit smoothly but when it comes to exporting do I export back to the original setting for the frame rate? Would that mess anything up? What do you suggest or recommend when editing in proxy at a lower frame rate; how should you export? Ty
Although the proxy has a clearer view during the preview but not the clearest....is the final export video going to look the same as it looks not so clear during the editing proxied clips? I hope after I’m done editing and exporting the clips will be clearer to final upload ? Does the export rendering process clear up choppiness? Please let me know. ty
Hey, using a proxy and exporting are completely separate functions in Shotcut - they are not connected. What I mean is, if you enable proxy, this will not effect your export settings (so do not worry about it). Use a proxy when editing and select the correct settings for your export, and it will work. The export will use the original files to keep the quality.
Shotcut will only proxy one file at a time (at least on my computer it does) but you can queue as many as you want. It will automatically start the next one once the previous one has completed.
Your export should come out with the expected quality - it does depend on the quality of the original file (not the proxy). But it sounds like you have recorded in the qualty you want. Choppiness is cleared during the exporting process from my experience.
@@zacbrehmvids317 really strange, I suggest posting in the Shotcut forum. They may have better answers. Only thing I can think is the version (and you say its up to date) or the operating system your using, are you on Windows) (a different installer may not have it packaged in)
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