NEW Publish straight to YouTube — one click from your timeline to your channel, right inside ShootClip

Now with MCP — the first AI-native editor for Mac

ShootClip — video editing,
beautifully simple.

ShootClip is a complete video editor for macOS — cut, grade, mix, and export with zero learning curve. AI speech-to-text turns every voice into spot-on captions, and the built-in MCP server lets Claude or any AI assistant edit right alongside you. Free to start.

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macOS 14+ · Apple Silicon native · Free plan included

WHAT IS SHOOTCLIP

ShootClip is a video editing application for macOS. You import your footage, cut and arrange clips on a multi-track timeline, add captions, text animations, color grades and blur effects, then export the finished video to your Mac — or publish it directly to your own YouTube channel.

If you connect a Google account, ShootClip uses it for exactly two things: signing you in to activate your license, and — only when you click Publish — uploading the video you chose to your own YouTube channel via the YouTube API. ShootClip never reads your other Google data, and your footage stays on your Mac. Full details in our Privacy Policy.

FEATURES

Everything a pro timeline needs. Nothing it doesn't.

Metal-native engine

Real-time playback of 8K ProRes and RAW, tuned for Apple Silicon. No proxies unless you want them.

Magnetic timeline, pro trims

Ripple, roll, slip, and slide with frame-accurate keyboard control and instant audio waveforms.

Built-in MCP server

Expose your whole project to Claude or any MCP client. Every edit is scriptable, reviewable, undoable.

Text that moves

Standalone text tracks with 19 Canva-style animations — typewriter, burst, skate, roll, merge, and more.

Blur & censor layers

Drop blur, mosaic, or black-box clips on the timeline to cover anything, anywhere, for exactly as long as you need.

Export anywhere

H.264, HEVC, ProRes, and social aspect presets — rendered in the background while you keep cutting.

IN ACTION

Three features you have to see.

Face and object tracking blur in ShootClip

01 · AI OBJECT TRACKING

A censor that follows the subject.

Draw a blur over a face or a license plate once — the AI tracker locks on and follows it frame by frame. Gaussian, mosaic, or black box, it stays glued to the subject however the shot moves.

AI layer mask putting text behind the subject

02 · TEXT BEHIND SUBJECT

Titles that live inside the scene.

ShootClip segments the person or object on every frame, so your text slides behind them automatically — the cinematic layered look with zero manual masking or rotoscoping.

03 · AUTO CAPTIONS

Captions that write themselves.

One click turns speech into styled, frame-accurate captions — AI transcription built in, no API key needed. Pro includes 300 minutes of video every month.

MODEL CONTEXT PROTOCOL · FREE

Your AI assistant is now an editor.

Every copy of ShootClip ships with a built-in MCP server — free for all accounts. Connect Claude or any MCP client and it can read your timeline, cut clips, apply grades, and export — with every action reviewable and undoable.

→ Works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, and any MCP client

→ Tools for cutting, effects, media, playhead, and export

→ Free for every account — sign in and it switches on

# claude · connected to shootclip-mcp

you › remove silences in the interview track, keep pauses under 400ms

shootclip.timeline.analyze_audio ✓

shootclip.timeline.ripple_delete × 23 ✓

shootclip.timeline.crossfade × 23 ✓

claude › Removed 23 silences — runtime is now 11:42, down from 14:05. Want me to export a review copy?

PRICING

Free to edit, AI included. Pro to go further.

Free

Forever

Full editor — cut, grade, mix MCP AI assistant — Claude & any MCP client AI silence removal & agent-driven cuts Text animations & blur layers Unlimited projects Export up to 1080p — no watermark

Download free

300 MIN AI CAPTIONS / MO

ShootClip Pro

$7/month

or $19/year — save 77%

Everything in Free Auto captions — 300 min of video / month No API key needed — included with Pro Moving censor — face & object tracking 4K export Auto-activates when you sign in Priority support

Get Pro — $7/month Get yearly — $19/year