diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 46599680..bc34bd8f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 - Export settings no longer prints a loader input the node no longer has (a stale `sla_enabled: on`) or SLA's settings while `sla` is off.
 
 ### Added
-- Shot cut times (H3, off by default): every `[Shot N]` after the first opens with its cut time, spread over the scene's length by text and rounded to whole seconds; a shot whose main point changes is split in two. Prompts that already carry times are left alone.
+- Shot cut times (H3, off by default): every `[Shot N]` after the first opens with its cut time, spread evenly over the scene's length, rounded to whole seconds, none shorter than 2 s; a shot whose main point changes is split in two. Prompts that already carry times are left alone.
 - Shot views (H3, off by default): later shots may open with POV / side / front / from above / below / behind, never the same twice in a row; shot 1 is skipped.
 - Composer ▸ Enhance shows the final prompt of every run (after shortcuts, $variables and camera moves) even with the enhancer off, one card per scene, with the text before camera moves under it.
 - Camera moves for `[Shot N]` prompts (Engine settings, H3, off by default): each shot without a camera move gets one — close-up, focus, zoom in, move around — aimed at the most specific thing in it, never a bare `<Subject N>`. No language model; uses spaCy when installed (`spacy` in requirements).
diff --git a/conditioning.py b/conditioning.py
index 069f4adb..215666e6 100644
--- a/conditioning.py
+++ b/conditioning.py
@@ -9338,7 +9338,7 @@ class FunPackVideoRefinerV2(FunPackVideoRefiner):
             grown = (f", {info['before']} -> {info['after']} shots" if info["after"] != info["before"]
                      else "")
             print(f"[FunPackVideoRefinerV2] shot cuts: Active | {where}: cut times "
-                  f"{', '.join(info['times'])} over {seconds:g}s{grown}")
+                  f"{', '.join(info['times'])} over {seconds:.1f}s{grown}")
         else:
             print(f"[FunPackVideoRefinerV2] shot cuts: Inactive | {where}: {info['why']}")
         return out
diff --git a/shot_camera.py b/shot_camera.py
index 4d9a49f6..9fac7ffc 100644
--- a/shot_camera.py
+++ b/shot_camera.py
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ def _switch_point(picture, constant, pieces):
 
 def add_shot_cuts(text, seconds, seed=0, chance=0.5, pieces=()):
     """-> (new prompt, info). Shots whose main point changes are split in two; every shot after
-    the first then opens with its cut time, spread over `seconds` by text length and rounded
+    the first then opens with its cut time, spread evenly over `seconds` and rounded
     to whole seconds. A prompt that already carries cut times is left alone.
     `pieces`: the texts of the user's shortcuts; a shot is only ever cut BETWEEN two of them,
     so with none given nothing is split (times are still added).
@@ -347,12 +347,16 @@ def add_shot_cuts(text, seconds, seed=0, chance=0.5, pieces=()):
             blocks.append([picture, sound])
     if len(blocks) > len(marks) and (len(blocks) > seconds or seconds / len(blocks) < MIN_SHOT_SECONDS):
         blocks = [[p, s] for p, s in parts]         # not enough seconds for the splits
-    weights = [max(1, len(b[0].strip())) for b in blocks]
-    total = float(sum(weights))
-    times, acc = [], 0.0
-    for k in range(len(blocks) - 1):
-        acc += weights[k]
-        t = max(round(acc / total * seconds), (times[-1] + 1) if times else 1)
+    # Equal shares of the scene, rounded to whole seconds, no shot shorter than MIN_SHOT_SECONDS
+    # (a shortcut's text length says nothing about how long its beat should last: weighting by
+    # it gave one-second shots next to five-second ones).
+    n = len(blocks)
+    gap = MIN_SHOT_SECONDS if n * MIN_SHOT_SECONDS <= seconds else 1
+    times = []
+    for k in range(1, n):
+        t = round(k * seconds / n)
+        t = max(t, (times[-1] if times else 0) + gap)          # not too close behind
+        t = min(t, int(seconds) - (n - k) * gap)               # leave room for the shots after
         times.append(t)
     if len(blocks) > 1 and times[-1] >= seconds:
         info["why"] = f"{len(blocks)} shots do not fit in {seconds}s at whole seconds"
diff --git a/tests/test_shot_camera.py b/tests/test_shot_camera.py
index 0ae8f6ed..36887b87 100644
--- a/tests/test_shot_camera.py
+++ b/tests/test_shot_camera.py
@@ -347,3 +347,16 @@ def test_a_shot_that_was_given_a_view_still_gets_its_move():
         assert added
         _out, rep = sc.add_camera_moves(viewed, seed=seed, chance=1.0)
         assert rep[1]["move"], (added, rep[1]["why"])
+
+
+def test_cut_times_split_the_scene_evenly_with_no_tiny_shots():
+    """Text-length weighting gave 00:03 / 00:04 / 00:09 over 15.08s: a one-second shot."""
+    pytest.importorskip("spacy")
+    P = HEAD + "[Shot 1] <Subject 1> waves. [Shot 2] <Subject 2> nods. [Shot 3] <Subject 1> smiles. [Shot 4] <Subject 2> sits."
+    _out, info = sc.add_shot_cuts(P, 15.0833)
+    secs = [int(t[3:5]) for t in info["times"]]
+    assert secs == [4, 8, 11]
+    edges = [0] + secs + [15.0833]
+    assert all(b - a >= 2 for a, b in zip(edges, edges[1:]))
+    assert sc.add_shot_cuts(P, 8)[1]["times"] == ["00:02.000", "00:04.000", "00:06.000"]
+    assert sc.add_shot_cuts(P, 4)[1]["times"] == ["00:01.000", "00:02.000", "00:03.000"]