Shotcut 24.08.29

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]

Download: Shotcut 24.08.29 | Portable | ARM64 ~150.0 MB (Open Source)
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