Software » Video Editors » Shotcut 25.01

v25.01

New Stuff
Added Bins and media type & text search to Playlist.
Added View > Files panel.
Added Show in Files to Properties and Jobs.
Added HSL Primaries and HSL Range video filters (HSL = Hue/Saturation/Lightness).
Added Gradient Map video filter.
Added Settings > Player > Pause After Seek toggle that defaults to on (old behavior).
Added a Type parameter to Fade In Audio and Fade Out Audio filters.
Added Export hardware encoding for Windows on Arm CPUs (h264_mf and hevc_mf codecs).
Added Settings > Language > Irish.
Improved support for MLT XML clip/sub-projects:
Now more tolerant to inconsistent video modes, there are Properties, and you can add a Speed: Forward Only time filter.
Fixes and Changes
Improved Playlist > Generate Slideshow with trimmed video clips making it more useful to make a montage.
Fixed incorrect color change when mixing video tracks and certain filters such as Hue/Lightness/Saturation.
Fixed scrub bar and Timeline & Keyframes rulers not using Settings > Time Format.
Fixed File > Export > Markers as Chapters when Settings > Time Format is not Clock.
Fixed Subtitles works incorrectly after a couple of minutes with non-integer frame rates.
Fixed Settings > Clear Recent on Exit not clearing the Projects list.
Fixed View > Application Log > Previous not appearding on Windows.
Fixed changing Properties > Duration of image on Timeline not adjusting video filters keyframes.
Fixed Properties > Export GPX not working with GoPro HERO 11, 12 & 13.
Fixed Export > Presets > lossless > H.264 with NVIDIA hardware encoder.
Fixed "Use font size" in Text: Simple, GPS Text, Subtitle Burn In and Timer filters not applying from a saved preset.
Fixed the color picker (pick color from screen) when Shotcut is not on the primary screen.
Fixed the color picker on the Wayland graphics subsystem in Linux.
Fixed drag-n-drop from the Source player on Wayland for Linux.
Added native support for Wayland (without Xwayland) in the Flatpak for Linux.
Fixed unable to extend duration of text clips made by Subtitles > Generate Text on Timeline.
Fixed Properties > Convert job progress when deinterlacing or changing frame rate.
Fixed the subtitle track and times on ruler disapper when Timeline is floated.
Fixed the Delete and Clear actions in the Text: Rich editor not working.
Export preset H.264 High Profile now defaults to a higher quality 65% than YouTube or the defaults.
Removed File > Open Other > JACK Audio on Linux to remove the hard run-time dependency on libjack.so for Shotcut. However, that library is still needed to get some of the bundled audio filters (unless they load from system-installed "swh" LADSPA plugins).
Improved support for pix_fmt=yuv420p10le or yuv444p10le, colorspace=2020, color_trc=arib-std-b67 or smpte2084 in Export > Other for 10-bit pass-through (i.e. no image effects) editing without GPU Effects (i.e. rudimentary HDR editing without adequate preview).
Upgraded dependencies: MLT 7.30.0, Qt 6.8.1, dav1d 1.5.0, AOM AV1 3.11.0, OpenCV 4.10, libvpx 1.15.0, Opus 1.5.2, WebP 1.5.0, SVT-AV1 2.3.0

Wide Format Support
Support for the latest audio and video formats thanks to FFmpeg
Supports popular image formats such as BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, SVG, TGA, TIFF as well as image sequences
No import required - native timeline editing
Frame-accurate seeking for many formats
Multi-format timeline: mix and match resolutions and frame rates within a project
Webcam capture
Audio capture
Support for 4K resolutions
Network stream playback (HTTP, HLS, RTMP, RTSP, MMS, UDP)
Frei0r video generator plugins (e.g. color bars and plasma)
Color, noise, and counter generators
EDL (CMX3600 Edit Decision List) export
Export single frame as image or video as image sequence
Audio Features
Audio scopes: loudness, peak meter, waveform, spectrum analyzer
Volume control
Audio filters:
Balance, Bass & Treble, Band Pass, Compressor, Copy Channel, Delay, Downmix, Expander, Gain, High Pass, Limiter, Low Pass, Normlize: One Pass, Normalize: Two Pass, Notch, Pan, Reverb, Swap Channels
Audio mixing across all tracks
Fade in and out audio and fade video from and to black with easy-to-use fader controls on timeline
Cross-fade audio and video dissolve transitions easily by overlapping shots on the same track of the timeline
JACK transport sync
Tone generator


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, Lens Correction, 3D LUT, 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


Editing Features
Trimming on source clip player or timeline with ripple option
Easy-to-use cut, copy, and paste operations
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


Cross Platform & Codec Independent
Cross platform support: available on Windows, Linux, and macOS (OS X)
Codec independent so does not rely on system codecs
Can run as a portable app from external drive
UI translations: Catalan, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, Gaelic, German, Greek, Italian, Occitan, Polish, Portugese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Ukranian (not all 100%, but you can help
Batch encoding with job control
Encode/transcode to a variety of formats and codecs thanks to FFmpeg
Stream (encode to IP) files and any capture source
Video quality measurement (PSNR and SSIM)
Perform integrity check of an audio/video file
View detailed information about an audio/video file
Display and Monitoring
External monitoring via Blackmagic Decklink card on NTSC monitor
External monitoring on an extra system display/monitor
UI themes/skins: native-OS look and custom dark and light
Control video zoom in the player: fit viewable area (default), 50%, original (100%), and 200%
Flexible UI through dock-able panels
Detailed media properties panel
Recent files panel with search
Thumbnail and waveform caching between sessions


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, 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