Programmatically view video, image and audio metadata
How to use the Shotstack Media Inspector to view metadata from video, image and audio files.
8th March, 2022
Add text and titles to video
Use the editing API to add text and titles to videos and images.
3rd March, 2022
JSON template editor launched
The JSON template editor lets you edit and render videos in the dashboard.
8th February, 2022
Trim a video using the editing API
Learn how to trim the start, end or middle of a video using the Shotstack API.
20th January, 2022
Personalize videos using merge fields
How to use merge fields to create personalized videos using JSON, PHP, Node or Ruby.
3rd December, 2021
How Grupo W built a dynamic video campaign for IKEA
How Mexico's leading creative agency built a personalized video campaign for IKEA.
28th November, 2021
Create an overlay transition using After Effects
How to transition between two clips using an animated overlay with alpha transparency.
28th November, 2021
Merge fields, probe endpoint, transformations and other updates
A summary of the latest features available now in our docs, SDK's and GitHub.
10th November, 2021
Create a luma matte transition using After Effects
How to create your own luma matte animations using Adobe After Effects.
31st October, 2021
Achieve email click-through rates of 27% using personalized video
How we improved email open and click-through rates using a personalized real estate video.
30th October, 2021
Postman Collection with 90 video templates
How to use the Shotstack API public Postman Collection of video editing templates.
28th October, 2021
Position HTML assets and their content
How to position and align HTML assets, content and text using the Shotstack API.
28th September, 2021
Create automated real estate video listings using Zapier
How to use Shotstack and Zapier to build automated real estate listing videos.
28th September, 2021
Position elements in an image or video
How to place elements accurately using the position and offset parameters.
26th September, 2021
Merge videos using the editing API
How to use the Shotstack API to merge video clips together to edit a simple video.
24th September, 2021
Animated lower thirds using luma mattes and HTML
Learn how to create animated lower thirds using luma mattes, the html asset and After Effects.
30th August, 2021
Image editing, Serve API, shuffle transition and more
A summary of the latest features available now in our docs, SDK's and GitHub.
12th August, 2021
MY VIVENDA builds real estate video listing app using Shotstack
How MY VIVENDA integrated the Shotstack video editing API in to their real estate video listing software.
27th July, 2021
Hello World - Edit your first image using the Shotstack API
Use the Shotstack image editing API to generate your first image in 10 minutes.
26th July, 2021
How to create video slideshows with Zapier using Google Forms and YouTube
Use Zapier and Google Forms to generate video slideshows and automatically upload them to YouTube.
26th July, 2021
Media hosting service now available
Media storage and hosting for your videos and images with CDN and asset management API.
14th July, 2021
Merge videos using FFmpeg concat
How to use the FFmpeg concat command to merge videos together to create a simple video edit.
28th June, 2021
Use Amazon Polly to create a video voice over
How to use AWS Amazon Polly text to speech service to create a voice over for your videos.
28th June, 2021
How to trim a video using FFmpeg
Use FFmpeg to trim the start, end or middle of a video to create shorter segments.
27th June, 2021
Introducing Subscriptions
Get more done on our Free, Essentials and Professional plans.
27th June, 2021
Leading music streaming provider automates media generation workflow
How the world's leading music streaming provider built a workflow to watermark half a million videos.
17th June, 2021
How to generate videos using Integromat
Use Integromat in your video editing workflow to automatically generate videos.
27th May, 2021
How I built 1,000 personalised videos in 60 seconds
How to automatically generate thousands of personalised videos from a spreadsheet using Node.js.
26th May, 2021
Convert an AWS transcription to an SRT file using Node.js
How to convert an AWS Transcription JSON file into an SRT subtitles file.
24th May, 2021
How to use AWS Transcribe to transcribe video
Use AWS Transcribe to transcribe a video's audio to text using the AWS CLI or with Node.js.
24th May, 2021
How to auto generate watermarked videos using Integromat
Automatically watermark videos from Google Drive using Integromat.
21st May, 2021
How to add international language text to video
How to add international, non European, foreign character sets, text and fonts to video using the Shotstack video editing API.
17th May, 2021
How to add fade and dissolve transitions to video
Learn how to create subtle fade and dissolve transitions between video clips using the fade transition.
15th April, 2021
How to use FFmpeg to convert images to video
Convert multiple images into a video slideshow containing audio and transition effects using FFmpeg.
5th April, 2021
Automatically turn images into a slideshow video using Node.js
How to generate a slideshow video using images, Node.js and the Shotstack API.
17th March, 2021
Speed improvements, large file support and caching upgrades
This release adds major infrastructure improvements including faster render speeds, disk types and caching.
15th March, 2021
How to rotate videos using FFmpeg
Fix iOS and Android smartphone video rotation and orientation issues using simple FFmpeg commands.
22nd February, 2021
Hello World - Edit videos using JSON and Postman
Use Postman to prepare and submit a JSON video template to the Shotstack video editing API.
9th February, 2021
How to add captions to video using PHP
Automatically add captions or subtitles to a video using PHP. This guide show you how to render an SRT subtitles file and add it to a video.
29th January, 2021
An introduction to video captions and subtitles
Everything you need to know about captions and subtitles and why they are important for your users.
28th January, 2021
Cropping, partial renders, frame rates, mp3 exporting and more
Our January 2021 update adds new features including cropping, partial render ranges, frame rate settings, mp3 exporting and more.
9th January, 2021
Which video editing frame rate (fps) to choose
Choose the best frame rate or fps (frames per second) supported by the Shotstack API to use for your video edit.
8th January, 2021
How to edit a picture-in-picture video using Node.js
Use Node.js and JSON to edit a video with picture-in-picture on top of a background video.
27th November, 2020
How to watermark video using Node.js
Learn how to build a simple application that adds a watermark to a video using a Node.js script.
16th November, 2020
New slide, carousel and zoom transitions
New slide, carousel and zoom transition animations can be used to add excitement and energy to text, photos and video clips.
4th November, 2020
6 Free music sites for video, app and game developers
Where to find free royalty free and CC0 music for use in your video templates, projects, applications and games.
4th October, 2020
Create videos using HTML and custom fonts
Edit videos using HTML and CSS and style text using custom fonts from Google.
23rd September, 2020
How to create transitions using luma mattes
Use luma mattes to create alpha transparency transitions and effects.
23rd June, 2020
Introducing luma mattes, thumbnails and render scaling
Updates to the Shotstack API include luma mattes, thumbnail and poster images and scaling videos from one resolution to another.
22nd June, 2020
Hello World - Edit your first video using the Shotstack API
Get started with the Shotstack video editing API and create your first video in 10 minutes.
22nd April, 2020