Shotcut 24.08.29

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 24.08.29 changes and fixes:

Added a Power (W) ( #gps_power#) field to the GPS Text video filter.
Now Enter or Return in Filters > search changes focus to the search results.
Now Up or Down in Help > Actions and Shortcuts > search changes focus to the search results.
Changed the Softness to 0 in the Obscure With Blur and Obscure With Mosaic filter sets.
Fixed the Linux portable, AppImage, and Snap fail to launch on some systems (e.g. Ubuntu 24.04) with Qt 6 and Wayland.
Fixed occasional audio pop/click with some media files especially with uncompressed audio.
Fixed lag in Filters > search.
Fixed a disabled Crop: Circle or Crop: Rectangle video filter becomes enabled when reselected.
Fixed the hevc_toolbox hardware video encoder fails detection on some Intel Macs.
Fixed file dialogs open slowly in the Linux AppImage.
Fixed overriding Properties > Rotation on a proxy video whose default is not 0 exports with wrong rotation.
This bug affected the creation of the proxy and thus requires making a new proxy, which is easier said than done on Windows due to file locking. Properties > Proxy > Disable Proxy on the affected clips is a workaround if you do not turn off proxy completely.
Fixed Properties > Proxy > Make Proxy does not override a DJI- or GoPro-provided proxy video.
Fixed 59.94 fps in Matroska falsely identified as variable frame rate (broke in v24.06).
Fixed mono audio assets not playing through both stereo channels (broken in v24.06).
Fixed Open Other > Audio/Video Device > Video Input on macOS (broke in v24.06).
Fixed spinboxes on Settings > Theme > System on Windows takes too much space from the numeric field (broke in v24.06).
Fixed many audio filters missing for Windows on Arm computers (broke in v24.06).
Fixed setting the audio language in Export > Other using alang=.
Fixed right Alt key (AltGr) for text input in some languages instead keyboard shortcuts/actions in Windows.
Fixed the Convert dialog when dropping hangs Windows Explorer until the dialog is closed.
Fixed Add Keyframe at Playhead for some filters, for example Color Grading.
Fixed enabling keyframes in Color Grading adds 2 keyframes.
Fixed the modal font dialog on Linux can be behind main window making Shotcut not responsive. [full release notes]