Shotcut 19.02.28

Shotcut

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 19.02.28 fixes:

Fixed opening image sequence on Windows with extended/special characters in file path/name.
Fixed crash on some video clips, particularly those with Google Pixel 3 and likely others.
Fixed field order with interlaced export.
Fixed an image artifact when using keyframes with the Mask: Simple Shape filter.
Fixed image and alpha channel integrity with transitions on clips with a non-opaque alpha channel.
Fixed a crash when changing clip Properties > Audio > Track.
Fixed Properties > Video > Color Range inaccurate after changing it.
Fixed Shake One Second presets in regions that use comma for decimal point.
Fixed moving a Playlist item to the end.
Fixed more dialogs to be modal to prevent them from going behind the main window.
Fixed Overlay HTML webvfx templates when using a project folder.
Fixed volume slider appears before main window at launch on macOS.
Fixed more dialogs to use sheet style on macOS.
Fixed a few small memory leaks in MLT.

Changes

Upgraded Qt to version 5.9.7.
Changed Width and Height minimum to 0 for Blur filter.
Set the Save as type list on all file save dialogs (convert, reverse, text, EDL, image).
Improved the quality of Export Frame > WebP.
Show "Not Seekable" instead of "Live" when opening a non-seeable clip (or device or stream).
Show a status message when trying to drag from Project player.
Prefer loading DLLs in Shotcut's install folder over those in System32.
Default the out point of the Color, Count, and Text generator clips to the same as image duration (default 4 seconds).

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