Support & Frequently Asked Questions

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No. Once installed on your PC, ApexCut operates 100% locally and offline. No login accounts, phone-home telemetry, or cloud render queues are ever required. Your footage never leaves your internal SSD.

We support all modern GPUs with dedicated hardware video engines: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and newer (NVENC/NVDEC), AMD Radeon RX 500 series and newer (VCN), and Intel UHD/Iris/Arc graphics (QuickSync). 10-bit AV1 hardware encoding requires NVIDIA RTX 40-series, AMD RX 7000-series, or Intel Arc.

Yes. ApexCut hosts standard 64-bit VST3 audio plugins (EQs, reverbs, limiters, de-essers) with latency compensation. For color grading, you can import standard .cube and .3dl lookup tables directly into any video clip or adjustment track.

To update, simply download and run the latest .exe installer—it will automatically upgrade your existing installation while preserving all your project files, presets, and customized shortcuts. To uninstall, use Windows Settings → Installed Apps → ApexCut Studio → Uninstall.