Shotstack 2022 year in review

2022 was a big year for Shotstack, we continue to build the technology that allows you to build video & media apps that will change the world.

So what did we get up too? Here's a quick snapshot:

We released dozens of new features, making it easier for you to programmatically create media applications at scale.
We partnered with AWS S3 and Mux, so you can distribute your creations more easily.
We hosted hackathons that brought to life the amazing ways Shotstack is being used and can be used to solve problems.
And after all that, we had 100% uptime.

Key Features Released

Shotstack Studio - Our most exciting release this year, an interface where you can create your own template using drag and drop functionality. Click Studio and then Create Template to get started. We'd love to see what you create and what you think of the Studio.

Templates - We've made it easy for you to create and save templates in the API or Shotstack Studio. Build your own library or you use one of ours as a starting point.

Increased Speed - Render videos of any length in less than a minute through multi-part rendering. Saving you time and deploying your videos quicker.

New Integrations

AWS S3 - We launched an integration with AWS so you can send your rendered videos directly to your S3 bucket.

Mux - And if you use Mux, you can use our integration and send your rendered videos directly there as well. We are happy to introduce you to Mux if you aren't using them yet.

No-Code Integrations

A little reminder, that you don't need to know how to code to use Shotstack to create media assets at scale. We have integrations with both Zapier and Make (previously Integromat).

All you need to do is add your Shotstack API keys to either platform and start building. Learn more with our how to articles.

Introducing Shotstack Showcase

We want everyone to see how you are using Shotstack to change the world. Whatever your definition of "world" is, we'd love to see your creations.

Tag us in your posts and use the hashtag #shotstackshowcase so we can share and feature you far and wide.

Here's a reminder of our social accounts:

Resources

We're continually adding new guides to the resource section of our website. Here you'll find everything from how to trim videos using Python to how to personalise videos using merge fields to edit your first video using Shotstack.

That's the wrap on 2022... stay tuned as we have some exciting plans for 2023.

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Get started with Shotstack's video editing API in two steps:

Sign up for free to get your API key.

Send an API request to create your video:

curl --request POST 'https://api.shotstack.io/v1/render' \
--header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
--data-raw '{
  "timeline": {
    "tracks": [
      {
        "clips": [
          {
            "asset": {
              "type": "video",
              "src": "https://shotstack-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/footage/beach-overhead.mp4"
            },
            "start": 0,
            "length": "auto"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "output": {
    "format": "mp4",
    "size": {
      "width": 1280,
      "height": 720
    }
  }
}'