Shotcut 18.07

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 18.07 changelog:

Numerous fixes as usual.
Changed shortcut for Add Video Track to Ctrl+I.
Changed shortcut for Redo to Ctrl+Y on Windows.
Added 10% to the player zoom menu.
Hide the VUI (video user interface) when the play head is not over the clip with the current filter.
Renamed the Rotate filter to Rotate and Scale.
Keyframes are now saved in the project file using time clock values instead of frame numbers to make them adaptive to frame rate.
Reverted memory manager change from v18.05 pending further testing to improve stability.
Added advanced keyframes to the Size and Position filter.
Added simple and advanced keyframes to the following video filters:
Rotate and Scale
Text
Glow*
Contrast*
Sharpen*
Vignette*
* = including the (still experimental) GPU filter
Added Copy Timeline to Source to Timeline menu.
Changed the audio codec to AC-3 for the edit-friendly and reverse MP4 file format.
Changed J and K key behavior to change speed up or down before changing direction.
Added categories to the Export presets (custom presets can start their name with "category)" to use a category).
Added View > Layout menu for custom and stock layouts:
Timeline Project
Playlist Project
Clip-only Project
Player
Changed the default, first-time user UI layout to Timeline Project.
Changed Properties > menu > Reverse... to work on a trimmed clip from either Source or Timeline.
Added Properties menu items to the context menus for Timeline and timeline clips.
Added logic to sort GoPro files when multiple files are opened or dropped.
Added support for setting project file name (using File > Save) for empty project.
Added new HTML template for WebVfx JavaScript extensions enabled in Overlay HTML video filter.
Added search field to the filter chooser in Filters.
Upgraded MLT to v6.10.0