5 Tips for Getting the Cinematic or Filmic Look on Shotcut Video Editor - FREE LUTs

in this tutorial i'm going to give you five  tips to make your video look cinematic or filmic   in shot cut so stay tuned i'm just a normal  person with no video editing background   i wanted to start making youtube videos  and maybe cool transitions and effects   i don't really plan on being a professional video  editor so i was looking for a free easy to learn   video editing software luckily i stumbled  on shotcut a free open source video editing   program that can do many of the tricks you can  do on more enterprise video editors like adobe   premiere or davinci resolve but with a much  simpler and leaner interface thus dramatically   shortening the learning curve it just takes  using your imagination so let's learn together   before we get started i'm doing this  tutorial on shot cut version 20.11.28 tip number one change the aspect ratio of your  video to 21:9 now there are many aspect ratios   for cinema but for this tutorial i'm going  to focus on the 21:9 aspect ratio but first   and foremost i just want to warn you NEVER, NEVER,  NEVER add black bars to the top and bottom of your   video i can spend a whole video just explaining  it but there are already a ton of youtube videos   that explain why you shouldn't add black bars so  watch those after you finish this tutorial or you   could just take my word for it nothing will make  your video look more amateurish than adding those   black bars those bars are already automatically  added by the monitor or screen you're watching in   so if you really want your video to have a 21:9  aspect ratio then save it at that actual ratio   here's one caveat there are only a few exceptions  to why you would artificially add those black bars   one example is when you are toggling  between a 16:9 screen and a 21:9 screen in   a deliberate manner like if you're switching  between a vlog and a montage but that's it here are the most common video dimensions you can  save them in the most popular video dimensions   in the 21:9 aspect ratio are 1920 by 822  2560 by 1080 3440 by 1440 and 5120 by 2160 in this example since i'm starting out with a 1920  by 1080 video i'm going to crop it down to 1920   by 822. also don't forget to set your  frames per second to 24 frames per second   or more specifically 23.976024 this is going to  matter later when we change the speed of the video   first you go to video mode and   you would actually need to create a custom  video mode and so you click the add button instead of 1920 by 1080 you would go 1920 by   822 you then change the aspect ratio from 16:9  to 21:9 keep the frames per second at 23.976024   and for all intents and purposes i'm just going  to name this setting 1920 by 822 then click ok   and all of a sudden it's going to resize  it and it's going to have these black bars   on either side because what happens is that  you made this thing a little bit longer   and not as tall so you would then need to  go back to filters click the plus button look for what was formerly known as rotate  and scale now called size position and rotate   i would then go into the zoom  and i'll zoom back to 100   so that you stretch out the  image to fill both sides and now you have managed to crop your  original 1920 by 1080 down to 1920 by 822.   tip number two use a lookup table or let for short  a lut can dramatically change the look of your   video it can set a mood based on the colors that  you choose so if you don't want to spend a lot   of time color grading just slap a lut one of the  most sought after looks in cinematic videos is the   orange and teal look luckily i've already created  an orange and teal lut you can download for free   if you hadn't had a chance  to download my free luts   watch until the end of this video for instructions  on how to download them for free using a lut is   actually surprisingly easy on shot cut so all  you have to do is select your clip go to filters click the plus button and type lut for lut   once there all you have to do is load a  lot so you click the open button and for   the orange and teal look i have a lot called  orange teal bluer which you can download later click open all of a sudden it changes the  colors and so i'm going to toggle back and forth   just so you can see the difference in the  colors and so i just immediately converted   a video that was originally recorded at standard  colors into the new orange and teal look tip number three slow it down to do this  you want to record your movies at at least   30 frames per second even better if  you can record at 60 frames per second   if you can get it down to 120 frames per second   then you're a baller the higher the frames  per second the slower you can make your video   a 30 frames per second recording can be slowed  down to 0.8 times speed a 60 frames per second   recording can be slowed down to 0.4 times speed  and a 120 frames per second recording can be   slowed way down to 0.2 times speed this video  happened to be recorded at 60 frames per second so   i can go to properties speed and  set it to point four times speed now you have a nice and smooth slow motion  shot tip number four bring focus to your   subject by adding a subtle vignette like i  said this is very subtle what you're trying   to do is focus your viewers attention  on what you want them to be looking at and so that's very easy to accomplish so in this  video as you can see it's a video of a forest but   what i want to do is i want the viewers to focus  only in this middle part right here so what i'm   going to do is i'm going to add a very subtle  vignette so first and foremost go to filters click the plus button and type vignette now you can control the radius you could  make it take up more of your video or less   i think we're going to be around right there you can then control the feathering to  make it more gradual or less gradual   and finally the opacity i think  we're going to keep it right there and there you go you just created more focus on the middle part  of this video by creating a vignette around it finally tip number five once you've  applied all those effects to your videos   use cinematic transitions to move from one scene  to another the good thing is there are tons of   ways for you to transition between scenes here  are just a few zoom transition whip pan transition blur transition speed ramp transition and a standard dissolve   if you want to learn how to  achieve all those fancy transitions   fear not i've already created tutorials on this  channel all you have to do is go to my page   scroll down to shortcut tips tricks and tutorials  and watch all the transition tutorials you want don't want to take time to learn any  new transitions that's okay too luckily   shotcut already comes with dozens  of dissolved presets out of the box all you have to do is grab one of your clips  and drag it right on top of the other clip   it's going to create an overlap and in that  overlap area there's going to be a box with an x   select that box go to properties  and go to the transition dialog box click the drop down and choose any one  of the default dissolves and transitions   you want to use the default transition  for shortcut is the dissolve transition let's choose another one in the drop  down box this one let's choose barn door   vertical and this is what that looks like how about we choose the iris circle transition that's it these are the easiest  transitions you can implement on shotcut and there you have it five tips to make  your videos more cinematic on shotcut   as i mentioned earlier if you haven't had  a chance to download a free copy of my luts   all you have to do are two things number  one subscribe to my channel and number two   write a comment below saying i want your luts  and that's it i'll then reach out to you ask   for your email address and i will email you a  copy of those luts i just wanted to remind you   that if you haven't yet go visit my channel i'm  sure you'll find tons of shortcut related videos   and don't forget to subscribe so that you know  when i drop a new shortcut related tutorial   every video on my channel was done on shotcut  so aside from examples of what shotcut can do   you can also visit my playlist of tips and  tutorials all geared toward the beginner   visit my shot cut tips and tricks playlist and  learn all the tips and tricks i've learned during   my journey toward video editing so once again  please subscribe and i'll see you next time

Channel: Ben Espanto

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Length: 13min 24sec (804 seconds)

Published: Fri Dec 11 2020