Shotcut for Mac21.08.29

Name: Shotcut
Rating: 4.0789 (25 reviews)

31 August 2021

Free open-source video editor.

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What is Shotcut for Mac

Shotcut is a free, open-source, cross-platform video editor.

Features:

supports oodles of audio and video formats and codecs thanks to FFmpeg (or libav as-built)
supports many image formats such as BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, SVG, TGA, TIFF, as well as image sequences
no import required - native editing
frame-accurate seeking for many formats
multi-format timeline: mix and match resolutions and frame rates within a project
network stream playback (HTTP, HLS, RTMP, RTSP, MMS, UDP)
frei0r video generator plugins (e.g., color bars and plasma)
Blackmagic Design SDI and HDMI for input and preview monitoring
JACK transport sync
deinterlacing
detailed media properties panel
recent files panel
drag-and-drop files from file manager
save and load trimmed clip as MLT XML file
load and play complex MLT XML file as a clip
audio signal level meter
volume control
scrubbing and transport control
flexible UI through dock-able panels
encode/transcode to a variety of formats and codecs thanks to FFmpeg (or libav as-built)
capture (record) SDI, HDMI, webcam (V4L2), JACK, PulseAudio, IP streams, X11 screen
stream (encode to IP) files and any capture source
batch encoding with job control
create, play, edit, save, load, encode, and stream MLT XML playlists
unlimited undo and redo for playlist edits including a history view
connect to Melted servers over MVCP TCP protocol
control the transport playback of Melted units
edit Melted playlists including suport for undo/redo
OpenGL GPU-based image processing
multi-core parallel image processing when not using GPU (and frame-dropping is disabled)
video filters: blur, color grading, crop, glow, mirror, saturation, sharpen
3-way (shadows, mids, highlights) color wheels for color correction and grading
eye dropper tool to pick neutral color for white balancing
translated to Spanish, French, Czech, and German

What's new in Shotcut

Version 21.08.29:

New:

Added support for WebP export with presets for still sequence and animation.
Added Properties > Measure Video Quality... using VMAF.
Added a new video filter GPS Text (contributed by Daniel F).
Added a new video filter Reflect.
Added a new Deband video filter (contributed by Austin B).
Added a warning dialog before File > Export Frame... from a proxy file.
Added support for keyframes to Mask: Simple Shape > Rotation.
Added support for the operating system clipboard when copying and pasting filters.
Added support for the operating system clipboard when cut, copy, paste, overwrite or append a clip.
Added a dialog when Timeline > Track Operations > Insert Track on the top audio track to choose audio or video.
Added handles to the sides of the rectangle on-screen control (VUI) (contributed by TRA).

Changes:

Changed the storage for thumbnails and waveforms to use files instead of database.
Changed Time Remap to limit input values to the maximum duration of the clip.
Changed to set the file date on proxy files to match original file.
Improved reliability of Time Remap status/feedback info.
Improved the speed setting in the Time Remap filter with an option to either modify or lock the input time.
Improved player grid display and snapping when zoomed.
Improved image sequence if there is a numeric filename discontinuity or rollover to > 0.

Fixes:

Fixed possible crash when using Audio Waveform Visualization filter.
Fixed Mask: From File > Custom... might lose track of its file.
Fixed Text: Simple > File date broken in v21.05.
Fixed Timer filter's new Speed parameter not scaling Duration.
Fixed a possible crash reading a YUV 4:2:2 uncompressed video.
Fixed some clips' duration in project XML saved in frame units instead of seconds.
Fixed Timer start and end buttons when filter in point is set.
Fixed quality/rate control with libx264rgb in Export > Codec.
Fixed undo simple keyframes in Size, Position & Rotate turned on advanced keyframes.
Fixed undo followed by redo when trimming clips on Timeline may not be correct.
Fixed a crash moving multiple clips to the beginning with Ripple All Tracks on.
Fixed changing Time Remap > Enable pitch compensation in disables Zoom keyframe Values.
Fixed file paths with special characters not working in filters such as Mask: From File.
Fixed exported HEVC MP4 and MOV files are not playable with macOS QuickTime Player or iOS.
Fixed Properties > Reset for an image.
Fixed a possible crash when a transition is removed during trimming on the Timeline.
Fixed keyframes may be dragged past another.
Fixed Time Remap filter may cause image artifact when using Export > Parallel processing.
Fixed Properties > Extract Sub-clip... on GoPro videos or other videos with non-muxable data track.
Fixed Stabilize video gives incorrect results after splitting or trimming clip.
Fixed a crash when dragging multiple clips with variable frame rate to timeline.
Fixed the timeline playhead could go beyond the end of the timeline.
Fixed opening a project starts paused on the second frame instead of the first.

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Derekcurrie

May 4 2021

21.05.01

Version: 21.05.01

The link above is for ARM64 ('Apple Silicon') version ONLY, useful on M1 Macs, which of course require macOS 11.x. --> Intel X86 Macs must use the link for 'shotcut-macos-unsigned-210501.dmg' @ https://github.com/mltframework/shotcut/releases/download/v21.05.01/shotcut-macos-unsigned-210501.dmg - - IOW: NO combined version is being offered at this time.

Marko85

Feb 11 2021

21.01.29

5.0

Version: 21.01.29

This app seems quite useful even if you have some other video editing app... you could use it to convert videos to lots of different formats... including QuickTime Animation with an alpha channel and WebM with an alpha channel... for both of those, you just choose one of the included presets. You could also make your own preset for ProRes with an alpha channel if you choose the ProRes preset, make sure "Advanced" is selected, go to "Other" and change the text in the box to these lines: mlt_image_format=rgb24a pix_fmt=yuva444p10le vprofile=4444 vendor=apl0 movflags=+write_colr+faststart Then, just save that as a preset. It seems good for converting videos to HEVC and AV 1 too... it has the "Quality-based VBR" option were you can set the "Quality" and it changes it to CRF... HandBrake recommends something between 18-28 for HEVC (setting the "Quality" to something between 65% to 47% in Shotcut would set the CRF to that)... so the "Quality" set to 55% (CRF 23) will probably be a good balance for most videos and for more high quality videos you can raise it a bit or lower it a bit for lower quality videos... for lower resolution videos that would be upscaled, it would be a good idea to use somewhat higher quality settings than for 4k, if it's a high quality SD video. If you want a "slow" preset for HEVC or H.264 (to encode it more slowly to get a somewhat higher quality), just change one of the existing presets (just change the "preset=medium" to "preset=slow" under "Other") and save it as a new one. Also, you can edit WebM and even WMV directly in it, without having to convert it first. The interface maybe seems kind of "clunky", like it often seem to be the case with apps that are ported from Linux... but it's a useful app. So 5 stars for the usefulness... although the interface could probably be significantly improved... but at least it doesn't require XQuartz like Linux ports sometimes do... so it seems like a relatively decent Linux port.

Geography Is Destiny

Sep 15 2020

20.09.13

Version: 20.09.13

The following statement in your overview is no longer true, so you might think about removing it: "Note: Since the application is not signed, you need to Control-click the app icon and choose Open from the context menu the first time you run it."

Jun 1 2018

18.05

Version: 18.05

Note that the currently downloading version is 18.05.08, released May 8, 2018.

artymex

Aug 16 2017

17.06

Version: 17.06

For those who, like me, are interested in, earlier versions are no longer available at: http://www.shotcut.org/bin/view/Shotcut/OlderBuildsOSX They are available at: https://github.com/mltframework/shotcut/releases By the way, there you can follow all the advancements of the project. You're served!

Noivad

Jan 18 2017

16.12

3.5

Version: 16.12

The App does what it needs to, but it is not as intuitive as other video packages. But those packages cost money. So, if you’re willing to learn a less Mac-like way of operating when selecting ranges, etc. , you’ll probably be very happy with the plethora of control you have over exported files. The UI knocks off a full star and a half, but if you don’t care about the UI, it’d rate a 5.

smіlеyyу

Dec 6 2016

This editor is good enough. It is free but it does everything I need in video editing and the process is simple. I also like it is cross-platform so I can use it on both my machines, Mac and Windows which is very convenient for me. A lot of features are available.

Madmacmad

Dec 5 2016

best free video editor... works very well on Sierra and MBP 2016

Mcr

Feb 23 2016

16.02.01

Version: 16.02.01

Note to Developer:
on the home page it says requirements for OS X is 10.8+. On this MacUpdate page it still says 10.6 or later.

It appears Shotcut is using the Qt version 5 framework. For all those with OS X 10.6, note that Qt 5 is no longer tested against 10.6.
http://doc.qt.io/QtSupportedPlatforms/index.html#qt-5-4
And in case some of you don't know, by 'Qt' , does NOT mean QuickTime, it means the Qt development framework that allows you to write programs using the same code that will run on OS X, Windows and Linux. Calibre is a well known, widely used app you may have heard of that also is built using Qt.

Eviandem

Jan 2 2016

15.06

Version: 15.06

Excellent Software. (Almost) easy to use, many export formats