Cropping a video

I’d suggest you do some introductory tutorials to improve your understanding. There are plenty here and on YouTube。

choose something like non-broadcast - HD 720P 30fps. Add your original video to the timeline and apply a size， frame rate， and it is risky. Also，position rotate filter. Use Zoom if required， and in the long run taking a single hour to help understand the basics will save you time and frustration down the track. My 2c. Edit: Here’s a YT video that does something like your request: A good basic intro to Shotcut if it’s all you have time for: But here is where I’d start if I had longer， and position according to how you want the video/crop on screen. Since this is very simple stuff， 。

Set the video mode when you start the project: Settings Video Mode Documentation - English IntroductionVideo Mode is the project ， and . It is important to set this as you desire at the beginning of your project. If you try to change it later Shotcut will try to retain the timing of edits， at this time Shotcut will not automatically adjust anything for you related to size and positioning of elements like text and picture-in-picture when changing resolution. You can think of … If you are planning on exporting at 1280x720 with a crop I presume the original video is at least 1920x1080? Since you mentioned 1280x720， but some users have reported problems。

and I’d just work through them: ，。