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Shotcut 19.02.28

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 19.02.28 fixes:

  • Fixed opening image sequence on Windows with extended/special characters in file path/name.
  • Fixed crash on some video clips, particularly those with Google Pixel 3 and likely others.
  • Fixed field order with interlaced export.
  • Fixed an image artifact when using keyframes with the Mask: Simple Shape filter.
  • Fixed image and alpha channel integrity with transitions on clips with a non-opaque alpha channel.
  • Fixed a crash when changing clip Properties > Audio > Track.
  • Fixed Properties > Video > Color Range inaccurate after changing it.
  • Fixed Shake One Second presets in regions that use comma for decimal point.
  • Fixed moving a Playlist item to the end.
  • Fixed more dialogs to be modal to prevent them from going behind the main window.
  • Fixed Overlay HTML webvfx templates when using a project folder.
  • Fixed volume slider appears before main window at launch on macOS.
  • Fixed more dialogs to use sheet style on macOS.
  • Fixed a few small memory leaks in MLT.

Changes

  • Upgraded Qt to version 5.9.7.
  • Changed Width and Height minimum to 0 for Blur filter.
  • Set the Save as type list on all file save dialogs (convert, reverse, text, EDL, image).
  • Improved the quality of Export Frame > WebP.
  • Show "Not Seekable" instead of "Live" when opening a non-seeable clip (or device or stream).
  • Show a status message when trying to drag from Project player.
  • Prefer loading DLLs in Shotcut's install folder over those in System32.
  • Default the out point of the Color, Count, and Text generator clips to the same as image duration (default 4 seconds).

New

  • Added Offset to Timer video filter.
  • Added Vertical HD 30 fps and Vertical HD 60 fps video modes.
  • Added support for HTTPS.
  • Added --QT_SCALE_FACTOR and --QT_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTORS command line options.
  • Added English (Great Britain) translation.

Download: Shotcut 19.02.28 (32-bit) | Portable | ~100.0 MB (Open Source)
Download: Shotcut 19.02.28 (64-bit) | Portable | ~300.0 MB
View: Shotcut Home Page | Other Operating Systems

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