Shotcut – cross-platform video editor

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

This software application provides several ways of creating and modifying a timeline. Ranging from a simple synopsis view (a-la iMovie) to the full-blown editing view (aka Complex View) which puts you in complete control of your editing.

Shotcut is developed on the MLT Multimedia Framework.

Features include:

• Supports many audio and video formats and codecs courtesy of FFmpeg.
• 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.
• Screen capture including background capture to capture a Shotcut session.
• Webcam capture.
• Audio capture.
• 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 with search.
• Drag-n-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 scopes: peak meter, waveform, spectrum analyzer.
• 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 audio, PulseAudio, IP stream, X11 screen, and Windows DirectShow devices.
• Stream (encode to IP) files and any capture source.
• Batch encoding with job control.
• Create, play, edit, save, load, encode, and stream MLT XML projects (with auto-save).
• 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 with 16-bit floating point linear per color component.
• Multi-core parallel image processing (when not using GPU and frame-dropping is disabled).
• Video filters: Chroma Key: Simple, Color Grading, Crop, Diffusion, Glow, Invert Colors, Key Spill: Advanced, Key Spill: Simple, Mirror, Old Film: Dust, Old Film: Grain, Old Film: Projector, Old Film: Scratches, Old Film: Technocolor, Opacity, Rotate, Rutt-Etra-Izer, Saturation, Sepia Tone, Sharpen, Size and Position, Stabilize, Text, Vignette, Wave, White Balance.
• Audio filters:Balance, Bass & Treble, Band Pass, Compressor, Copy Channel, Delay, Downmix, Expander, Gain, High Pass, Limiter, Low Pass, Normlize, Notch, Pan, Reverb, Swap Channels.
• 3-way (shadows, mids, highlights) color wheels for color correction and grading.
• Eye dropper tool to pick neutral color for white balancing.
• UI translations: Catalan, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Portugese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish (not all 100%, but you can help).
• HTML5 (sans audio and video) as video source and filters.
• Leap Motion for jog/shuttle control.
• DeckLink SDI keyer output.
• UI themes/skins: native-OS look and custom dark and light.
• Control video zoom in the player: fit viewable area (default), 50%, original (100%), and 200%.
• Multitrack timeline with thumbnails and waveforms.
• Thumbnail and waveform caching between sessions.
• Audio mixing across all tracks.
• Video compositing across video tracks.
• Trimming on source clip player or timeline with ripple option.
• Append, insert, overwrite, lift, and ripple delete editing on the timeline.
• 3-point editing.
• Hide, mute, and lock track controls.
• External monitoring on an extra system display/monitor.
• Fade in and out audio and fade video from and to black with easy-to-use fader controls on timeline.
• Cross-fade audio and video dissolve transitions easily by overlapping shots on the same track of the timeline.
• Video wipe transitions: bar, barn door, box, clock (radial), diagonal, iris, matrix, and custom gradient image.
• Video quality measurement (PSNR and SSIM).
• Support for 4K resolutions.
• Track compositing/blending modes: Over, Add, Saturate, Multiply, Screen, Overlay, Darken, Dodge, Burn, Hard Light, Soft Light, Difference, Exclusion, HSL Hue, HSL Saturation, HSL Color, HSL Luminocity.
• Speed effect for audio/video clips.

Website: www.shotcut.org
Support: FAQ
Developer: Dan Dennedy, Brian Matherly
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

Shotcut is written in C++ and QML. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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