Getting Started

Run Shrimply

Shrimply is currently pre-alpha software. To try it, build it from source. The development setup currently targets Fedora. From a checkout, install the native dependencies and prepare CUDA Oxide once:

$ make deps-fedora
$ make oxide-setup

Then build and launch Shrimply through the Makefile:

$ make dev

The current CUDA artifacts target sm_86. See Development for the rest of the development workflow.

Create a project

Start Shrimply without a project path to open the launcher. Select Create Project, then choose a name, canvas width, canvas height, and frame rate. New projects begin with a caption track, a video track, and an audio track. They use the .shrimp extension.

The launcher also shows recent projects and can filter them by name or path.

Open a project

Select Open Project to open a .shrimp, .json, .otio, or .kdenlive project.

Build a timeline

Open the application menu and choose New Track to add a caption, video, or audio track. Drop or paste media onto a compatible track, then select a clip to edit it in the inspector.

Useful timeline shortcuts include:

• Space — play or pause

• S — split every clip at the playhead

• Shift+S — split and select the clips on the left

• Q — ripple-trim the selected clip to the playhead

• D — delete the selection

• Shift+D — ripple cut

• Ctrl+X — cut

• Z — toggle timeline zoom

• Ctrl+Z — undo

• Ctrl+Shift+Z — redo

Save and export

Use Save or Save As to write the project. Select Export to render a video or GIF, export WebVTT captions, or write project data. See Export for formats and encoder details.