Shotcut 26.4.30

Shotcut: A powerful, free open-source video editor with 4K support, native timeline editing, and professional GPU-accelerated effects.

Razvan Serea News Reporter Neowin · May 1, 2026 22:00 EDT with 0 comments

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 26.4.30 changelog:

Timeline Improvements

Added symmetric resize of a timeline transition using its trim handles.
Added drag-n-drop from Recent to Timeline.
Improved Timeline and Keyframes zoom to be less erratic and more focused.
Reduced memory usage for timeline waveforms.
Changed Timeline > Set Current Track Above and Set Current Track Below to use the bare Up and Down keys.

Speech to Text

Added Vulkan GPU support to Speech to Text on Windows and Linux.
Added a Use GPU checkbox to the Speech to Text dialog.

Other New Features

Added Export > Metadata including Cover art.
Added a Typewriter group of options to the Burn In Subtitle filter.
Added job progress and status on the taskbar or dock icon where supported.
Added Properties > LUT file for video clips, primarily for the Linear 10-bit processing mode.
Added aspect ratio grid options to the player grid button:
1:1 Frame
16:9 Frame
4:3 Frame
9:16 Frame
Added 10-bit VP9 MP4 (E-AC-3) and 10-bit VP9 WebM (Opus) export presets.
Added launching Glaxnimate from the Microsoft Store on Windows if available.

Changes

Stopped bundling Glaxnimate except in the Linux Flatpak.
Changed audio transition to a constant power crossfade.
Changed multi-select for Subtitles to use the Shift key.
Changed Properties timeline duration to be editable.
Changed opening an image to not start playback.
Changed Export to default to 10-bit HEVC export in the 10-bit processing modes.
Changed Timeline > Record Audio to use FLAC instead of Opus for improved quality and tool compatibility.
Reorganized the Video Mode menu with new categories:
Social Media
Other
Legacy
Reduced the thickness of the panel splitters and made them brighter.

Fixes

Fixed intermittent audio waveform sync or blank waveforms (broke in v26.2).
Fixed incorrect last frame in Glaxnimate animations.
Fixed Font style other than weight and italics/oblique in the font dialog.
Fixed accepting file names with special characters in Playlist > Add Files.
Fixed markers disappearing after undo moving clips.
Fixed hourly backup not working when saving frequently.
Fixed opening a project starts the player at the second frame.
Fixed seeking with keyboard in Timeline sometimes not working.
Fixed Settings > Time Format not immediately updating the Timeline and Keyframes rulers.
Fixed Timeline > Copy, Cut, Paste, and Overwrite breaking grouped clips.
Fixed keyframes after undoing a trim in.
Fixed changing Properties > Duration dropping time filters.
Fixed Edit Marker duration and Ripple Markers off by one frame.
Fixed the Nervous video filter doing a 2 frame fade-in from black.
Fixed undo history for lock, mute, and hide track.
Fixed button menus not opening reliably on Wayland on Linux.
Fixed a possible crash during voice preview in the Text to Speech dialog.