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 24.04.28 changelog:
Enhancements
- Added Ambisonic Encoder audio filter.
- Added View > Scopes > Audio Vector.
- Added View > Scopes > Audio Surround.
- Added Settings > Time Format to affect everywhere that timecode is displayed or editable.
- Added a indication to the on-video control for the Ambisonic Decoder audio filter.
- Added Edit > Undo and Redo support for adding, removing, and changing Keyframes (work in progress) for the following filters:
- Fade In Audio
- Fade Out Audio
- Gain / Volume
- Brightness
- Color Grading
- Contrast
- Fade In Video
- Fade Out Video
- Text: Rich
- Size, Position & Rotate
- White Balance
- Added Apply Copied Filters to Timeline > menu > Edit and context menu that works with multiple selected clips.
- Upgraded MLT to version 7.24.0.
Fixes
- Fixed crash if the Keyframes panel is in a tab group along with Filters.
- Fixed Elastic Scale video filter can distort with preview scaling.
- Fixed dropping incompatible video file may not prompt conversion.
- Fixed color in Properties > Convert > Best if input video is BT.709 without signaling.
- Some fixes for Settings > Audio Channels > 4 (quad).
- Fixed changes in Filters cannot after moving the clip on the Timeline.
- Fixed Zoom Timeline to Fit sometimes incorrect.
- Fixed batch analysis for Stabilize video filter on export with project folder.
Download: Shotcut Shotcut 24.04.28 (64-bit) | Portable | ~150.0 MB (Open Source)
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