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ArtCut User Guide

User Guide

Create local video projects, edit clips on a timeline, add captions and overlays, adjust audio, and export finished videos.

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Website information updated September 12, 2026

Editions and version information

ArtCut / ArtCut Pro

ArtCut and ArtCut Pro are separate video-editor editions with shared core editing features. ArtCut is free with advertising; ArtCut Pro is a paid, ad-free edition.

Version and correction record

A local replacement build contains permission/consent sequencing and startup/export reliability fixes. Its upload and release have not been confirmed, so these changes are not described here as already available in the App Store. No listing consolidation or release date is announced.

1

Create a Project

  1. Start a new project and import videos or images from Photos or Files.
  2. Grant Photos permission only when you want to import media or save exported videos.
  3. Drafts, generated renders, extracted audio, captions, and caches are stored on your device by default.
Start with imported media on the local timeline.
Start with imported media on the local timeline.
2

Edit the Timeline

  1. Arrange clips in order, then trim, split, reverse, rotate, flip, crop, add borders, or change playback speed.
  2. Use transitions, picture-in-picture frames, stickers, titles, doodles, and mosaic areas to build the final composition.
  3. Preview edits before export, especially after speed changes, reverse clips, and overlays.
Trim, split, reverse, adjust speed, and arrange clips.
Trim, split, reverse, adjust speed, and arrange clips.
3

Captions, Audio, and Export

  1. Generate automatic captions only when you explicitly start caption creation; this uses Apple's speech recognition framework.
  2. Mute, adjust volume, add fades, extract audio, or combine background sound with original clips.
  3. Choose an export quality, wait for on-device rendering to finish, then save or share through Apple system services.
Adjust audio, fades, extracted sound, and captions before export.
Adjust audio, fades, extracted sound, and captions before export.
4

Storage and Versions

  1. Use cache cleanup tools to remove generated renders and temporary files when storage is tight.
  2. ArtCut Free can show Yandex Mobile Ads through Yandex Mobile Mediation, with Google AdMob configured as a Yandex dashboard demand source. App-open, editor banner, native/feed, and post-export interstitial requests wait until ATT status is resolved.
  3. ArtCut and ArtCut Pro are separate video-editor editions with shared core editing features. ArtCut is free with advertising; ArtCut Pro is a paid, ad-free edition.
Export finished videos and clean generated cache when needed.
Export finished videos and clean generated cache when needed.
For help, contact balamanigill@gmail.com.

Local media editing. ArtCut Free uses Yandex Mobile Mediation after ATT status is resolved; Google AdMob can be configured as a Yandex demand source. ArtCut Paid is ad-free and does not initialize advertising SDKs.