New Version 25.08

Aug 16, 2025

Version 25.08.16 is now available for DOWNLOAD!

This version fixes new bugs in the previous version 25.07. Details:

• Fixed Gain/Volume filter from a previous version project does not show its UI or keyframes (broke in v25.07).
• Fixed artifacts in Gain/Volume, Fade In Audio, and Fade Out Audio filters (broke in v25.07).
• Fixed frequent crashing in Fedora Linux RPM package (broke in v25.05).
• Fixed converting BT.709 color space to BT.2020.
• Added BT.2020 color space support to the preview.
• Added Embed Markers as Chapters to export job context menu.

New Version 25.07: Hot Hot Hot

Jul 26, 2025

Version 25.07.26 is now available for DOWNLOAD!

• Added a Whisper.cpp (GGML) model downloader to the Speech to Text dialog.
  A model is no longer included in the download and installation reducing their sizes.

• Improved the System theme to follow the operating system palette on Windows (darker and more contrast), and improved its appearance on macOS dark mode.

• Added Settings > Theme > System Fusion that combines the operating system palette with the monochrome, symbolic icons of the Fusion themes.

• Added an Outline video filter that uses the input alpha channel–useful with rich text or assets with a transparent background.
  This means that, like Drop Shadow, it will not work as expected when used after a text filter on a video or image clip. Rather, you must use a text clip (transparent color generator with text filter) on an upper track.

Other New Features

• Added the ability to drag the waveform peak line to adjust audio gain.
• Added Settings > Timeline > Adjust Clip Gain/Volume to turn off the above.
• Added rolling an edit/trim to Timeline:
  Hold Ctrl (command on macOS) while trimming to simultaneously trim the neighbor clip.
• Added a Soft Focus filter set.
• Added Audio/Video duration to the Slideshow Generator dialog, defaults to 4 hours.
  This facilitates using Slideshow Generator to make transitions between everything when including both video and images. (It still respects the source duration and in & out points; duration here is a maximum.)

Surround Sound Mixing Improvements

• Added fader and surround balance to the Balance audio filter if channels > 2.
• Added Channels toggle buttons to many audio filters:
  • Band Pass
  • Compressor
  • Delay
  • Downmix
  • Equalizer: 3-Band
  • Equalizer: 15-Band
  • Equalizer: Parametric
  • Expander
  • Gain/Volume
  • High Pass
  • Low Pass
  • Limiter
  • Mute
  • Noise Gate
  • Notch
• Added support for 4 channels in the Copy Channel audio filter.

For example, now you can:

• Copy stereo music to the rear channels and use the fader in the Balance filter to reduce its volume,
• Downmix spoken word into the center channel and apply a Band Pass filter to it, and
• Route music or sound effects to the low-frequency channels and apply a Low Pass filter to it.

Other Improvements

• Changed the default Export > Audio > Rate control to Average Bitrate for AAC, Opus, and MP3.
• Added the ability to add/use multiple Mask: Apply filters.
• Added support for Scrub While Dragging to trimming on the timeline.
• Added hold Shift to ripple-trim when Ripple is turned off.
• Added French (Canadian) and Lithuanian translations.

Fixes

• Fixed Mask: Apply with multiple Mask: Simple Shape (broke in v25.05)
• Fixed exporting projects containing only Generator clips on Windows (broke in v25.05).
• Fixed converting 10-bit full to limited range (broke in v25.01).
• Fixed dropdown menus using Settings > Theme > System on Windows.
• Fixed Load Keyframes from Motion Tracker is empty after opening something into the Source player.
• Fixed Balance and Pan audio muted channels if audio channels > 2.
• Fixed Export > Use hardware encoder fails with H.264 on macOS 15.
• Fixed Properties > Convert or Reverse for iPhone 16 Pro videos with Ambisonic audio.
• Fixed a single frame fade out filter would either mute or make black.
• Fixed repairing a project (e.g. broken file links) with proxy turned on.
• Fixed doing Freeze Frame on the first frame of a clip.

New Version 25.05: Freeze Frame

May 11, 2025

Version 25.05.11 is now available for DOWNLOAD!

New Features

• Added Alpha Strobe video filter.

• Added Freeze Frame to Timeline.

• Added File > Rereun Filter Analysis.
• Added adjustable track headers width to Timeline.
• Added an item count to Playlist.
• Added File > New submenu with items for Project and generators.
• Added Add Generator to Timeline toolbar.
• Changed the Convert to Edit-friendly dialog to make it obvious that “better” and “best” options create very large files.
• Added Settings > Preview Scaling > 1080p. (This was added primarily for use with DeckLink SDI/HDMI external monitoring.)
• Added Settings > Player > External Monitor > DeckLink Gamma with SDR and HLG HDR options.
• Added HLG color transfer/gamma to GPU Effects. HDR is not ready to announce; these are just some pieces.

Improvements

• Improved compositing in Obscure With Blur, Obscure With Mosaic, and Mask: Apply. Now, they are better at concealing details.
• Moved the Files > Go Up button to top left to be more like OS file browsers.
• Upgraded dependencies:
  • Qt 6.8.3
  • MLT 7.32.0
  • Rubberband 4.0
  • SVT-AV1 3.0

Fixes

• Fixed ability to select or drag short Timeline clips (broke in v25.03).
• Fixed Text: Rich scroll presets (broke in v25.03).
• Fixed may crash in Files dock on startup (broke in v25.01).
• Fixed possible crash when selecting a track head.
• Fixed Filters > Copy Current/All ignores disabled filters.
• Fixed Speed time filters reset when they are reloaded in the UI.
• Fixed generating proxy for videos with BT.2020 color space.
• Fixed Fade Out Audio in a filter set.
• Fixed Timeline > Record Audio is distorted on macOS.
• Fixed SDI/HDMI capture/monitor not working with recent Blackmagic Design drivers.
• Fixed Center/LFE channels swapped in 5.1 sound output in DeckLink SDI/HDMI external monitor.
• Fixed adding media with unknown or very long duration (for example, more than 7 days). Now, it prompts for the duration.

New Version 25.03

Mar 29, 2025

Version 25.03.29 is now available for DOWNLOAD!

This version includes many fixes related to the addition of new features in the previous version, as well as numerous quality-of-life enhancements.

New Features

• Added Text style preset to Subtitles > Generate Text on Timeline.
• Added Copy Current and Copy All to Filters.
• Added the project Video Mode to the window title.
• Added Vertical and Horizontal parameters to the No Sync video filter.
• Added Toggle Filter Overlay to the Player menu.
• Added 360: Cap Top & Bottom and 360: Equirectangular Wrap video filters.
• Added a Not In a Bin smart bin to the Playlist.
• Added the ability to use Ctrl (Command on macOS) to constrain movement to the vertical or horizontal axis in all filters that use the rectangle visual control.
• Added #rgba, #yuv, #gpu, and #10bit tags to keywords in Filters for search.
• Added an icon to Timeline clips to indicate when they have filters.
• Added “ITU-R BT.2020” to Video Mode > Custom > Add and Output > Properties.

Improvements

• Reduced the range of Gamma and Gain in the Color Grading filter.
• Glaxnimate no longer launches automatically after Open Other > Animation > Add to Timeline. Now, you need to click Properties > Edit. This addresses the video background in Glaxnimate.
• Upgraded dependencies:
  • Whisper.cpp 1.7.4
  • bigsh0t 2.7

Fixes

• Fixed opening a project can be slow or make app unresponsive if Settings > Playlist > View mode is Icons (broke in v25.01).
• Fixed double-clicking a Playlist item that is in a Bin may open wrong clip.
• Fixed handling of Windows shortcuts and macOS aliases in Files.
• Fixed automatic pause–such as when adding a filter–does not update the player’s play button state (broke in v25.01).
• Fixed a crash on multiple Timeline undo and redo operations.
• Fixed a crash bug after Undo and Redo after moving clips in Timeline.
• Fixed the Size, Position & Rotate filter’s visual control with non-square pixels.
• Fixed trimming twice ruins zoom keyframes in Size, Position & Rotate filter.
• Block adding a new job that writes to the same file as a pending or running job.
• Fixed Paste filters is not adding an Undo item to History.
• Fixed the Amount keyframes button always disabled in the 360: Equirectangular to Stereogaphic video filter.
• Fixed key repeat for the previous/next shortcuts in Player menu.
• Fixed Export > Reframe causes Video > Scan mode to be interlaced even when it shows progressive.
• Fixed trim handles on Timeline clip when it is very short.
• Fixed Timeline > Split followed by multiple undo and redo may affect attached filters.
• Fixed playhead in Keyframes incorrect after switching filters.

New Version 25.01: Finally, Playlist Bins

Jan 25, 2025

Version 25.01.25 is now available for DOWNLOAD!

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

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