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 24.01.28 changelog:
New Stuff
- Added Player > Loop (\) and Player > Set Loop Range to the menu and player controls.
- Added Timeline > Selection > Group/Ungroup (Ctrl+G, command+G on macOS).
- This is basically a saved multi-selection system. So, the operations it supports are all those available for multiple selection. That does not include trim, Filters, or Properties at this time.
- Added support for multiple selection to Split At Playhead.
- Added Timeline > Edit > Split All Tracks At Playhead (Shift+S).
- Added Edit > Undo and Redo support for adding, removing, changing, and disabling Filters.
- Added Timeline > Edit > Nudge Forward (.) and Nudge Backward (,).
- Added Pause and Resume to the context menu in Jobs.
- Added Settings > Backup with options for:
- Manually
- Hourly
- Daily (default)
- Weekly
- This creates a backup of the current project file in a manner similar to File > Backup and Save except it is automatic now unless Manually is chosen.
- Added File > Other Versions submenu that tries to find similarly-named project files in the same folder create by Shotcut backup or recovery mechanisms.
- Added Settings > Player > Audio API on Linux and Windows.
- Basically, this makes the --SDL_AUDIODRIVER command line option available in the Settings menu.
- Added a Previous button to View > Application Log dialog that goes to the log file created by the previous app session.
- Now, on startup, Shotcut makes a backup of shotcut-log.txt to shotcut-log.bak.
- Added a Copy button to all text viewer dialogs that does the same thing that the non-obvious Select All and Copy actions in the context menu.
Fixes and Changes
- Fixed a possible crash when opening project.
- Fixed a crash in Playlist > menu > Add Selected to Slidewhow when something is playing.
- Fixed a possible crash in Timeline > Split or trim actions if the clip has certain filters with keyframes.
- Fixed some bugs in Undo after moving clips on the Timeline.
- Fixed sometimes (25 fps) frames are dropped and others repeated in Export on macOS.
- Fixed proxy generation failing with NVENC if Settings > Proxy > Use Hardware Encoder is on.
- Fixed proxy generation failing for videos with full range color on macOS with Settings > Proxy > Use Hardware Encoder turned on.
- Fixed 10-bit Export with NVENC (NVIDIA) encoders.
- Fixed Layers > New > Emoji is disabled in Glaxnimate on Windows.
- Fixed distort mode in Size & Position GPU filter.
- Fixed zombie values in Time Remap filter while working with keyframes.
- Fixed saving B frames in custom Export preset with hardware encoder.
- Fixed toggling Export > Use hardware encoder resets all options to defaults.
- Fixed Export > Each Playlist Item > Directory incorrectly shows a filename.
- Fixed intermittent crash moving a clip on the Timeline.
- Fixed Playlist > Select All and Remove All are disabled until selection changes.
- Fixed some filter parameters" sliders may overflow using new keyframe easings that over- or under-shoot.
- Changed the name of the Declick time filter to Declick Audio.
- Changed the player controls to automatically adapt to 2 rows so the In Point and Selected Duration show more reliably.
- Changed the low memory warning dialog to automatically close itself when the free memory becomes high enough.
- Changed the low memory detection to automatically pause and resume a currently running job as the free memory becomes too low and then high enough again.
- Changed Timeline > Detach Audio to automatically create a group.
- Changed the Jobs log viewer to automatically and scroll to the end if it is left open while a job is running.
- Changed the Slideshow Generator to remember all options.
- Changed the splitter between UI panels to be easier to find and grab to drag.
Download: Shotcut 24.01.28 (64-bit) | Portable | ~150.0 MB (Open Source)
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