I encountered a problem while writing a blog post: how to crop a large video file into a smaller animated GIF? I didn’t have any ready-made tools available, but I later found that I could use Shotcut to do it. Here are the steps I followed:
I have two articles on cropping video size, which I recommend to readers with different types:
Now we can export the video to the desired format:
We can click Advanced to confirm the output size again:
If everything is OK, click Export File to generate the cropped result.
Although using Shotcut to crop a video file is a bit of an overkill, it’s not too complicated. If you don’t have any other tools available, you can give it a try.
I noticed that many people have read this article, so a video was also made, hoping to make it easier.