Shotcut 22.10.22

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 22.10.22 changelog:

This is primarily a bug fix release.

New Bugs in v22.09.23

• Fixed translations not updated.
• Fixed crash in Size, Position & Rotate filter when size approaches zero, for example when editing a size numeric field.
• Fixed bitrate in some Export presets such as VP8, VP9, D10, and XDCAM.
• Fixed Timeline > Lift and Delete not working with no clip selected.
• Fixed Transition > Properties resets the Invert and Softness options.

Old Bugs

• Fixed an incorrect timecode appears at 2 minutes in 24 or 23.98 fps.
• Fixed Timeline > Select Clip Above and Select Clip Below not working with no clip selected.
• Fixed incorrect resulting aspect ratio when changing Export > Video > Resolution and pixel aspect ratio is not square.
• Fixed Properties > Measure Video Quality on Windows.
• Fixed Fade Out Video filter not working after trimming the in point.
• Fixed updating an animation Properties > Duration after changed in Glaxnimate.
• Fixed ripple trim on the in point of a clip that is at the very beginning (00:00:00:00) of the Timeline.
• Fixed adjusting keyframes of the second clip when a trimming the in point of a transition.
• Fixed Keyframes UI when using Timeline > Trim Clip In menu-item/action/shortcut (not interactive trim).
• Fixed opening a MLT XML file with a % in its path or name.
• Fixed keyframes after an undo and redo upon making a transition while trimming the in point of a clip.

Improvements and Changes

• Finished the menu technology updates (marker context, rich text editor) that were mostly done in v22.09.23.
• Added icons for the 360 video filters.
• Performance improvement in Timeline for when there is opaque clip on a track above another clip.
• Disallow allow adding Filters to a device or live input since this is not working and could interfere with integrity of capture.
• Increased the maximum values in the Mask: Simple Shape > Horizontal and Vertical video filter.
• Changing Timeline > Zoom no longer pauses playback.

Download: Shotcut 22.10.22 (64-bit) | Portable | ~100.0 MB (Open Source)
View: Shotcut Home Page | Other Operating Systems

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