FilmCraft Tutorials — Learn Video Editing Step by Step
Master FilmCraft from your very first cut to advanced color grading, on-device AI transcription, and studio-grade export rendering. Every guide includes real project walkthroughs, hotkeys, and troubleshooting tips.
Getting Started: Your First Project
Create a project, organize bins, master 3-point timeline cuts, balance audio levels, apply a cinematic look, and render your first MP4.
Keyboard Shortcuts & Premiere Mapping
Full hotkey cheat sheet with side-by-side Premiere Pro comparisons. Searchable navigation, ripple edit, and slip/slide shortcuts.
Importing Premiere Pro Projects
Export Final Cut Pro XML from Premiere and import cleanly into FilmCraft. Exact matrix of what transfers 100% and how to handle plugins.
Export Settings: MP4, H.264 & 4K
Optimal bitrates for YouTube and Instagram, how to prevent QuickTime gamma shifts (NCLC 1-1-1), and ProRes master archival.
Color Grading: Scopes, LUTs & Looks
Read Waveform, RGB Parade, and Vectorscope like a colorist. Step-by-step Log normalization and custom 3D LUT grading.
Subtitles & Captions with Whisper AI
Generate automatic on-device speech-to-text transcriptions, customize typography and shadows, and burn into 9:16 social videos.
FilmCraft Troubleshooting: 12 Common Errors Fixed
Black preview screens, missing audio playback, crash on launch, codec import errors, and dropped frames with proven diagnostic solutions.