HTCUT

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Get started in 10 minutes.

Install HTCUT, cut your first video, then start vibe editing with Claude Code. Each guide is short, with the exact menus and shortcuts, and the prompt or command to hand the same job to Claude.

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  1. 1Install & first projectDownload HTCUT, open your first project, find your way around the window and export a video.
  2. 2Set up Claude CodeConnect Claude Code to HTCUT: install the htcut command, open a project in the terminal, point at the moment with ;; and undo from either side.
  3. 3Editing basicsSelect, blade, split, trim, ripple delete, copy and paste between projects, zoom, transitions and compound clips.
  4. 4Text & motion graphicsAdd titles, captions and animated data graphics in HTCUT, preview them live, and write your own graphics in HTML, CSS and GSAP.
  5. 5SoundRecord voiceover line by line, clean up and level dialogue, match mics, duck music under speech, audition music and sound effects, and hit YouTube loudness.
  6. 6Edit by transcriptTranscribe on your Mac, cut words out of the timeline, remove pauses, ums and retakes in one review, and add animated captions.
  7. 7LookGrade and match colour, apply LUTs, retouch skin, cut people out, mask, frame clips as phones or circle picture-in-picture, stabilise and retime.
  8. 8ShortsFind the best stretches of a long video, cut them to 9:16 with face tracking and captions, and keep text clear of the Shorts buttons.
  9. 9PublishRun the pre-publish checklist, export at YouTube loudness, add chapters, write titles, thumbnails and the description, and share review links.
  10. 10CLI quick referenceThe most useful htcut commands, grouped: project state, editing, text, sound, transcript, look, Shorts, checks, export and publishing.

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