Shotcut 19.01.27 [update]

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 19.01.24 fixes:

Fixed launch crash on Linux by excluding libdrm libraries.
Fixed audio level changed by the Mask : From File filter.
Fixed Text filter may have glitches with Export > Parallel processing (regression in v18.12.x).
Fixed missing file detected when Stabilize filter added without clicking Analyze.
Fixed external monitoring on Linux screen.
Fixed unable to detect hardware encoders with spaces in the installation folder path.
Fixed changing Speed can move a clip.
Fixed changing Speed has no effect when the system region and language decimal separators are different.
Fixed filter duration not adjusted when trimming a transition.
Fixed ripple trim when clip has a transition.
Fixed removing a transition by trimming adds some frames.
Fixed aspect ratio for File > Export Frame with non-square pixel video.
Fixed handling relative paths to external resources in the Overlay HTML editor.
Fixed a crash opening a project after removing the bottom video track.
Fixed the lossless/H.264 preset to be completely lossless.
Fixed dropping a file from a file manager whose name has special/extended characters (e.g. [, ]).
Fixed the state of the enabled checkbox for the Overlay HTML filter and when using a color picker.
Fixed distortion after changing the Keyframe Type of a keyframe for the Scale parameter in the Rotate and Scale filter.
Fixed right-clicking a keyframe to open context menu may change its position.

Changes

Upgraded FFmpeg to v4.1
Improved Color Grading filter by letting all parameters go from -100% to 100%.
Added an automatic retry without Parallel processing when Export job fails.
Set the Save as type list on the Export File dialog on Windows when a preset defines a filename extension.

New

Added Center Playhead option to the Timeline and Keyframes menus.
Added Slow Zoom ___, Hold ___ presets to the Size and Position filter.
Added a Chroma Hold video filter.
Added a Swirl (HTML) video filter.
Added a simple Templates framework to the Overlay HTML filter (see path Shotcut\share\shotcut\qml\filters\webvfx\templates to add your own) with the following templates:
Blank HTML
Blue Middle Bar
Creative Commons Music
Blank with Web Animations
Simple Scroll

Shotcut 19.01.27 changelog: