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 23.06.14 changelog:
This release is mainly a collection of desirable bug fixes.
New Bugs
- Fixed H.264 output when using Export > Use hardware encoder with NVIDIA (h264_nvenc).
- (Note: please avoid changing Codec > B frames higher than 0.)
- Fixed file dialogs in filters crash Shotcut in Linux AppImage or on KDE.
- Fixed crash in Text: Rich > File > Open when choosing a text file.
- Fixed crash changing Video Mode with Count generator with GPU Effects on.
- Fixed crash when trying to Open MLT XML as Clip (nest project) with GPU Effects on.
- Fixed loading JPEG images over 32 megapixels.
- Fixed player not working if Settings > Player > External Monitor was used in a previous version.
- Fixed Timeline > Replace on a clip breaks some of its video filters.
- Fixed Keyframes > Add Keyframe in the Mask: Simple Shape filter.
- Fixed changing Keyframe Type or a keyframe"s time position in the Mask: Simple Shape filter.
Old Bugs
- Fixed custom keyboard shortcuts for actions in the Timeline or Keyframes context (right-click) menu.
- Fixed Properties > Copy Fill File Path uses incorrect directory separator on Windows.
- Fixed chroma bleeding on some (e.g. Ut Video) interlaced 4:2:0 files.
Improvements
- Improved the smoothness of fast forward (up to 64x) playback.
- Improved Timeline performance and automatic scrolling.
Download: Shotcut 23.05.14 (64-bit) | Portable | ~100.0 MB (Open Source)
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