If you want a professional video editor for your Chromebook, then you can install Shotcut. Shotcut is a free and open-source video editor for Windows, Mac, and Linux. However, you can install it on your Chromebook using the built-in Linux development environment.
No doubt; that there are lots of video editors out there on the Google Play Store. But you can not get professional video editing features like Chromakey. It is only available on the desktop version of the application. Here’s a complete guide on how to install the Shotcut video editor on Chromebook.
How to Install Shotcut Video Editor on Chromebook
To install; a desktop application like GIMP, LibreOffice, Audacity, Shotcut, and more on Chromebook. Firstly, you have to enable the Linux development environment on your Chromebook. For that, you have to install Linux. We already have a detailed guide on; how to install Linux on a Chromebook. You can follow the linked guide.
After that, you can follow the below steps to install the Shotcut video editor:
1. Click on the App Launcher icon and look for the Linux apps folder.
2. Then open the Terminal to install Linux apps on your Chromebook.
3. If you did not get the terminal command, click on the penguin option. Now, it should open the terminal. Here you need to run a few terminal commands. To install the Shotcut video editor, you have to install flatpak. It is a package manager for your Linux system. To install it, run the following terminal command:
sudo apt-get install flatpak
4. After that, you will get a question; “Do you want to continue?”. Here, press the Y key to continue the installation process.
5. Once, the flatpak package manager is installed on your device. Run the following terminal command:
sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
6. After that, run the below command to install Shotcut.
sudo flatpak install flatpak org.shotcut.shotcut
7. You will get a question; ‘Use this ref? [Y/n]: ‘. Here, press the Y key on your keyboard to continue the installation process.
8. Now, wait for the install process to complete; until you get this screen, as shown in the below screenshot.
9. After that, you are ready to use the Shotcut video editor on your Chromebook.
10. To open Shotcut, click on the App Launcher icon and look for the Linux apps folder. Then click on the Shotcut icon to open it.
Conclusion
That’s it; this is how you can install the Shotcut video editor on your Chromebook. Now, if you want to record or edit your audio on a Chromebook, you can install free audio editing software called Audacity. For that, you can follow the linked guide.
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