v25.08

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.

v25.07

Hot Hot Hot

1 hot for the new Speech to Text model downloader
2 hots for the new System Fusion and improved System UI themes
3 hots for your CPU cooking on the new Outline video filter!

• 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.

v25.07 RELEASE CANDIDATE

Changes After Beta

• Fixed exporting projects containing only Generator clips on Windows (broke in v25.05).
• Added Outline video filter that uses the input alpha channel, useful with rich text or assets with a transparent background. (This means that it will not work as expected when used after a text filter on a video clip; rather, you must use a text clip on an upper track.)
• Fixed dropdown menus using Settings > Theme > System on Windows.
• Improved the System theme to follow the operating system color mode/palette.
• Added Settings > Theme > System Fusion that combines the operating system color mode/palette with the monochrome, symbolic icons of the Fusion themes.
• Added a Soft Focus filter set.

Changes After Last Release

• Fixed converting 10-bit full to limited range (broke in v25.01).
• 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.
• Fixed Mask: Apply with multiple Mask: Simple Shape (broke in v25.05)
• Added the ability to add/use multiple Mask: Apply filters.
• 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.
• Added support for 4 channels in the Copy Channel audio filter.
• Added fader and surround balance to the Balance audio filter if channels > 2.
• Added the ability to drag the waveform peak line to adjust gain.
• Added Settings > Timeline > Adjust Clip Gain/Volume.
• Added Audio/Video duration to the Slideshow Generator dialog, defaults to 4 hours.
• Added (target) Channels toggle buttons to many audio filters, especially useful for surround work:
  • 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 Scrub While Dragging to Timeline trimming.
• Added rolling an edit/trim to Timeline.
  Hold Ctrl (command on macOS) while trimming to also trim the neighbor clip.
• Added hold Shift to ripple-trim when Ripple is turned off.
• Added French (Canadian) and Lithuanian translations.
• Changed the default Export > Audio > Rate control to Average Bitrate for AAC, Opus, and MP3.

v25.07 BETA

• Fixed converting 10-bit full to limited range (broke in v25.01).
• 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.
• Fixed Mask: Apply with multiple Mask: Simple Shape (broke in v25.05)
• Added the ability to add/use multiple Mask: Apply filters.
• 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.
• Added support for 4 channels in the Copy Channel audio filter.
• Added fader and surround balance to the Balance audio filter if channels > 2.
• Added the ability to drag the waveform peak line to adjust gain.
• Added Settings > Timeline > Adjust Clip Gain/Volume.
• Added Audio/Video duration to the Slideshow Generator dialog, defaults to 4 hours.
• Added (target) Channels toggle buttons to many audio filters, especially useful for surround work:
  • 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 Scrub While Dragging to Timeline trimming.
• Added rolling an edit/trim to Timeline.
  Hold Ctrl (command on macOS) while trimming to also trim the neighbor clip.
• Added hold Shift to ripple-trim when Ripple is turned off.
• Added French (Canadian) and Lithuanian translations.
• Changed the default Export > Audio > Rate control to Average Bitrate for AAC, Opus, and MP3.

v25.05

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.

v25.04 BETA

This will be for a 25.05 release due by the middle of May.

• Fixed Filters > Copy Current/All ignores disabled filters.
• Fixed ability to select or drag short Timeline clips (broke in v25.03).
• Added adjustable track headers width to Timeline.
• Added Alpha Strobe video filter.
• Added Freeze Frame to Timeline.
• Fixed possible crash when selecting a track head.
• Added File > Rereun Filter Analysis.
• Fixed Text: Rich scroll presets (broke in v25.03).
• Added an item count to Playlist.
• Fixed may crash in Files dock on startup (broke in v25.01).
• Added File > New submenu with items for Project and generators.
• Added Add Generator to Timeline toolbar.
• Fixed Speed time filters reset when they are reloaded in the UI.
• Changed the Convert to Edit-friendly dialog to make it obvious that "better" and "best" options create very large files.
• Fixed generating proxy for videos with BT.2020 color space.
• Added Settings > Preview Scaling > 1080p.
• 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.
• Added Settings > Player > External Monitor > DeckLink Gamma with SDR and HLG HDR options.
• Added HLG color transfer/gamma to GPU Effects.
• Fixed swapped C/LF channels in 5.1 sound output in DeckLink SDI/HDMI external monitor.
• Upgraded Qt, MLT, Rubberband, and SVT-AV1.

v25.03

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.

v25.03 BETA

• Added Text style preset to Subtitles > Generate Text on Timeline.
• Added Copy Current and Copy All to Filters.
• Reduced the range of Gamma and Gain in the Color Grading filter.
• Added the project Video Mode to the window title.
• Added Vertical and Horizontal parameters to the No Sync video filter.
• 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.
• Added Toggle Filter Overlay to the Player menu.
• Fixed double-clicking a Playlist item that is in a Bin may open wrong clip.
• 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 a crash bug after Undo and Redo after moving clips in Timeline.
• Added 360: Cap Top & Bottom and 360: Equirectangular Wrap video filters.
• Fixed key repeat for the previous/next shortcuts in Player menu.
• Added a Not In a Bin smart bin to Playlist.
• Added using the Ctrl (command on macOS) to constrain moving position to vertical
  or horizontonal axis in all filters that use the rectangle visual control.
• Upgraded whisper.cpp to version 1.7.4
• Upgraded bigsh0t (360 video filters) to version 2.7

v25.01

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

v25.01 BETA

• 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).
• 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.
• Improved Playlist > Generate Slideshow with trimmed audio/video clips making it more useful to make a montage or music soundtrack.
• 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.
• Upgraded dependencies: 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