Shotcut 19.07.15

Shotcut is a free, open source, cross-platform video editor for Windows, Mac and Linux. Major features include support for a wide range of formats; no import required meaning native timeline editing; Blackmagic Design support for input and preview monitoring; and resolution support to 4k.

Editing Features

Trimming on source clip player or timeline with ripple option
Append, insert, overwrite, lift, and ripple delete editing on the timeline
3-point editing
Hide, mute, and lock track controls
Multitrack timeline with thumbnails and waveforms
Unlimited undo and redo for playlist edits including a history view
Create, play, edit, save, load, encode, and stream MLT XML projects (with auto-save)
Save and load trimmed clip as MLT XML file
Load and play complex MLT XML file as a clip
Drag-n-drop files from file manager
Scrubbing and transport control

Video Effects

Video compositing across video tracks
HTML5 (sans audio and video) as video source and filters
3-way (shadows, mids, highlights) color wheels for color correction and grading
Eye dropper tool to pick neutral color for white balancing
Deinterlacing
Auto-rotate
Fade in/out audio and fade video from and to black with easy-to-use fader controls on timeline
Video wipe transitions:
bar, barn door, box, clock (radial), diagonal, iris, matrix, and custom gradient image
Track compositing/blending modes:
Over, Add, Saturate, Multiply, Screen, Overlay, Darken, Dodge, Burn, Hard Light, Soft Light, Difference, Exclusion, HSL Hue, HSL Saturation, HSL Color, HSL Luminosity.
Video Filters:
Alpha Channel: Adjust, Alpha Channel: View, Blur, Brightness, Chroma Key: Advanced, Chroma Key: Simple, Contrast, Color Grading, Crop, Diffusion, Glow, Invert Colors, Key Spill: Advanced, Key Spill: Simple, Mirror, Old Film: Dust, Old Film: Grain, Old Film: Projector, Old Film: Scratches, Old Film: Technocolor, Opacity, Rotate, Rutt-Etra-Izer, Saturation, Sepia Tone, Sharpen, Size and Position, Stabilize, Text, Vignette, Wave, White Balance
Speed effect for audio/video clips

Hardware Support

Blackmagic Design SDI and HDMI for input and preview monitoring
Leap Motion for jog/shuttle control
Webcam capture
Audio capture to system audio card
Capture (record) SDI, HDMI, webcam (V4L2), JACK audio, PulseAudio, IP stream, X11 screen, and Windows DirectShow devices
Multi-core parallel image processing (when not using GPU and frame-dropping is disabled)
DeckLink SDI keyer output
OpenGL GPU-based image processing with 16-bit floating point linear per color component

Shotcut 19.07.15 fixes:

Fixed Timer video filter shows incorrect decimals.
Fixed clips that become INVALID were saved as uneditable text clips.
Fixed a crash in Wave video filter.
Fixed a crash when changing clip Speed to something very low.
Fixed long Projects folder path in the New Project view.
Fixed the temporary backup file is empty when saving MLT XML.
Fixed saving existing project on Dropbox gives an error.
Fixed advanced keyframes removed when trimming.
Fixed loading the frame rate from an export preset.
Fixed multiple Stabilize video filter analysis jobs may try to write to the same .stab file.
Fixed reported timecode of failed Export job if (Frames/sec is not 25 or not changed in Advanced > Video).
Fixed incorrect audio waveform after Undo after insert/paste into Timeline.
Fixed filters added to a clip with a transition are not the correct length and not active during the transition.
Fixed Blur: Gaussian filter makes bottom 3 rows of the image with black or garbage.
Fixed help text in the New Project view may be truncated without scroll bar.
Fixed Crop: Circle > Radius = 100% not completely extended.
Fixed loading image sequences that do not put leading zeroes into their number (bug introduced in v19.06).

Changes

Changed Average Bitrate for libopus audio codec to set vbr to constrained.
Changed Crop: Source to use the source clip"s resolution as maximum for parameters.
Changed the Convert to Edit-friendly and Reverse "better" option from ProRes to DNxHR, which is faster.
Changed the Convert to Edit-friendly and Reverse "best" option from FFV1 to Ut Video, which is faster.
Improved full range handling in Convert to Edit-friendly and Reverse by respecting an override in Properties > Color Range.
Improved detection of full range color in video clips.
Changed ripple move on the Timeline to push the clips when the drop zone is a gap.
Added " - Converted" into the suggested file name when using Properties > Convert to Edit-friendly...

New

Added a status message at the start of opening a project.
Added a drop-down of common frame rates to Export and Custom Video Mode.
Added a dialog to ask if the standard, fractional frame rate was intended in Export and Custom Video Mode.
Added a HD 1080p 50 fps video mode.

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