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:

• Timer video filter shows incorrect decimals
• Clips that become INVALID were saved as uneditable text clips
• A crash in Wave video filter
• A crash when changing clip Speed to something very low
• Long Projects folder path in the New Project view
• The temporary backup file is empty when saving MLT XML
• Saving existing project on Dropbox gives an error
• Advanced keyframes removed when trimming
• Loading the frame rate from an export preset
• Multiple Stabilize video filter analysis jobs may try to write to the same .stab file
• Reported timecode of failed Export job if (Frames/sec is not 25 or not changed in Advanced > Video)
• Incorrect audio waveform after Undo after insert/paste into Timeline
• Filters added to a clip with a transition are not the correct length and not active during the transition
• Blur: Gaussian filter makes bottom 3 rows of the image with black or garbage
• Help text in the New Project view may be truncated without scroll bar
• Crop: Circle > Radius = 100% not completely extended
• Loading image sequences that do not put leading zeroes into their number (bug introduced in v19.06)

Changes:

• Average Bitrate for libopus audio codec to set vbr to constrained
• Crop: Source to use the source clip's resolution as maximum for parameters
• The Convert to Edit-friendly and Reverse "better" option from ProRes to DNxHR, which is faster
• The Convert to Edit-friendly and Reverse "best" option from FFV1 to Ut Video, which is faster
• Improved full range handling in Convert to Edit-friendly and Reverse by respecting an override in Properties > Color Range
• Improved detection of full range color in video clips
• Ripple move on the Timeline to push the clips when the drop zone is a gap
• Added " - Converted" into the suggested file name when using Properties > Convert to Edit-friendly..

New:

• A status message at the start of opening a project
• A drop-down of common frame rates to Export and Custom Video Mode
• A dialog to ask if the standard, fractional frame rate was intended in Export and Custom Video Mode
• A HD 1080p 50 fps video mode