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Shotcut 25.03.29

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 25.01.25 changelog:

New Features

  • Added Text style preset to Subtitles > Generate Text on Timeline.
  • Added Copy Current and Copy All to Filters.
  • Added the project Video Mode to the window title.
  • Added Vertical and Horizontal parameters to the No Sync video filter.
  • Added Toggle Filter Overlay to the Player menu.
  • Added 360: Cap Top & Bottom and 360: Equirectangular Wrap video filters.
  • Added a Not In a Bin smart bin to the Playlist.
  • Added the ability to use Ctrl (Command on macOS) to constrain movement to the vertical or horizontal axis in all filters that use the rectangle visual control.
  • Added #rgba, #yuv, #gpu, and #10bit tags to keywords in Filters for search.
  • Added an icon to Timeline clips to indicate when they have filters.
  • Added "ITU-R BT.2020" to Video Mode > Custom > Add and Output > Properties.

Improvements

  • Reduced the range of Gamma and Gain in the Color Grading filter.
  • Glaxnimate no longer launches automatically after Open Other > Animation > Add to Timeline. Now, you need to click Properties > Edit. This addresses the video background in Glaxnimate.

Upgraded dependencies

  • Whisper.cpp 1.7.4
  • bigsh0t 2.7

Fixes

  • Fixed opening a project can be slow or make app unresponsive if Settings > Playlist > View mode is Icons (broke in v25.01).
  • Fixed double-clicking a Playlist item that is in a Bin may open wrong clip.
  • Fixed handling of Windows shortcuts and macOS aliases in Files.
  • Fixed automatic pause--such as when adding a filter--does not update the player's play button state (broke in v25.01).
  • Fixed a crash on multiple Timeline undo and redo operations.
  • Fixed a crash bug after Undo and Redo after moving clips in Timeline.
  • Fixed the Size, Position & Rotate filter's visual control with non-square pixels.
  • Fixed trimming twice ruins zoom keyframes in Size, Position & Rotate filter.
  • Block adding a new job that writes to the same file as a pending or running job.
  • Fixed Paste filters is not adding an Undo item to History.
  • Fixed the Amount keyframes button always disabled in the 360: Equirectangular to Stereogaphic video filter.
  • Fixed key repeat for the previous/next shortcuts in Player menu.
  • Fixed Export > Reframe causes Video > Scan mode to be interlaced even when it shows progressive.
  • Fixed trim handles on Timeline clip when it is very short.
  • Fixed Timeline > Split followed by multiple undo and redo may affect attached filters.
  • Fixed playhead in Keyframes incorrect after switching filters.