Shotcut 24.06.26

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 24.06.26 changelog:

Windows on Arm

Hurrah for new Qualcomm Snapdragon X chip! Since there are now good Arm64 CPU systems for Windows, we added a native build for Windows on Arm64 CPU. Treat this as a beta. Known issues are there is no hardware encoder, and some audio filters are missing.

What's new

Added SVT-AV1 encoder (faster non-hardware AV1 encoder).
Added support for AVIF (AV1) images.
Added a Drop Shadow video filter that uses the input alpha channel. (This means that it will not work as expected when used after a text filter on a video clip; rather, you must use a text clip on an upper track.)
Added a Vibrance video filter. This is similar to Saturation, but Vibrance is sensitive to the current saturation instead of adjusting all values equally as in saturation. This is especially helpful to prevent affecting skin tones.
Added the Mid-Side Matrix audio filter for processing these kinds of microphones into proper stereo sound.
Added Keyframes > Scrub While Dragging.
Added Playlist > menu > Columns.
Added support for DJI LRF (MP4) files as a proxy.

Fixes and Changes

Improved handling for some variable frame rate videos. Now, Properties tries to show the file's target frame rate and extends the variable detection logic to include strange average frame rate values (what previous versions showed in Properties).
Changed Playlist Tiles view mode to show Date instead of In/Start.
Fixed using graphics (text, image, etc.) on upper video track with GPU Effects.
Fixed an off-by-one frame bug in the duration for Glaxnimate animations.
Fixed Undo does not work for time filters.
Fixed spamming (Undo) History when using the timeline fade controls.
Fixed preview color with GPU Effecs is inaccurate.
Fixed Timeline > Select None does not clear the Filters panel or VUI.
Fixed single click does not reset a multi-selection.
Fixed Export > Codec > Quality hint not updated after changing Rate control.
Fixed Properties > Proxy > Make does not regenerate if already exists.
Fixed changing Properties (except Speed) affects clips on other tracks with Ripple All Tracks turned on.
Fixed drag from Source and drop to Source changes Playlist.
Fixed Automatically Add Tracks changes the current video track, which can cause unexpected behavior with Properties > Speed change, for example.
Fixed files generated automatically in the project folder (.stab, .rawr, etc.) are incorrectly generated in the app data's autosave folder in the app session immediately after Shotcut recovers an auto-saved project.
Fixed changing Properties can delete a timeline clip.
Fixed selected filter changes unexpectedly by changing tabs or clicking filter categories.
Fixed Properties > Audio > Track > All.
Fixed the project folder when running an autosave-recovered session.
Fixed Settings > Timeline > Auto Add Tracks creates too many tracks when drop multiple clips to Timeline.
Fixed new Settings > Time Format not used in several places.
Fixed View > Application Log > Previous not working after the first time.
Fixed Properties > menu > View Bitrate hiding the first second.
Upgraded Qt to version 6.7 on macOS, Windows, and Flatpak.
Upgraded dav1d to version 1.4.2.
Upgraded FFmpeg to version 7.0.
Upgraded OpenCV to version 4.9.0.
Upgraded VMAF to version 3.0.0.