Shotcut

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

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.

Fixes:

• Opening image sequence on Windows with extended/special characters in file path/name
• Crash on some video clips, particularly those with Google Pixel 3 and likely others
• Field order with interlaced export
• An image artifact when using keyframes with the Mask: Simple Shape filter
• Image and alpha channel integrity with transitions on clips with a non-opaque alpha channel
• A crash when changing clip Properties > Audio > Track
• Fixed Properties > Video > Color Range inaccurate after changing it
• Fixed Shake One Second presets in regions that use comma for decimal point
• Moving a Playlist item to the end
• More dialogs to be modal to prevent them from going behind the main window
• Fixed Overlay HTML webvfx templates when using a project folder
• Volume slider appears before main window at launch on macOS
• More dialogs to use sheet style on macOS
• A few small memory leaks in MLT

Changes:

• Upgraded Qt to version 5.9.7
• Changed Width and Height minimum to 0 for Blur filter
• Set the Save as type list on all file save dialogs (convert, reverse, text, EDL, image)
• Improved the quality of Export Frame > WebP
• Show "Not Seekable" instead of "Live" when opening a non-seeable clip (or device or stream)
• Show a status message when trying to drag from Project player
• Prefer loading DLLs in Shotcut's install folder over those in System32
• Default the out point of the Color, Count, and Text generator clips to the same as image duration (default 4 seconds)

Added:

• Offset to Timer video filter
• Vertical HD 30 fps and Vertical HD 60 fps video modes
• support for HTTPS
• --QT_SCALE_FACTOR and --QT_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTORS command line options
• English (Great Britain) translation