This version makes a big change to the way project files are saved. Now, they
always save numeric values using a period for the decimal point regardless of
your OS locale (region/language) setting. This makes it possible to collaborate
with others that have a different decimal point setting without going through a
(probably incomplete) repair process. This should also help to avoid bugs. This
change applies to new projects only; old projects load and run same as before
including saving. However, be aware that if your locale does not use a period
for the decimal point, then older versions of Shotcut will try to repair a
project created with this version because the older versions do not have this
new capability.
Timeline and Keyframes Rulers
We changed the Timeline and Keyframes rulers interval to 5 seconds and
show only HH:MM:SS and no frame units. This makes them cleaner and quicker to
read.
Reorganized Some Video Filters
Renamed video filter Circular Frame to Crop: Circle.
Renamed video filter Crop to Crop: Source.
Renamed video filter Text to Text: Simple.
Renamed video filter 3D Text to Text: 3D.
Renamed video filter Overlay HTML to Text: HTML.
Renamed video filter Blur to Blur: Box.
Renamed Reduce Noise video filter to Reduce Noise: Smart Blur.
Other Changes
Changed Export > From to show Source instead of base file name.
Changed the default for Settings > Display Method back to DirectX on
Windows.
Changed maximum duration of Color, Text, and Color Bars clips to
4 hours.
Increased maximum value of the Timer filter’s Start Delay,
Duration, and Offset parameters to 24 hours.
Improved Export Job progress and estimated time remaining.
New Features
Blur Filters
In the previous versions of Shotcut the Blur video filter could create dark
edges on the image. Therefore, 3 new blur filters were added that do not
have this problem:
Blur: Exponential (fast)
Blur: Low Pass (fast)
Blur: Gaussian (slow)
However, they do not support Keyframes or support blurring in only a horizontal
or vertical direction. So, the existing blur filter was retained but renamed
Blur: Box.
Main Toolbar
The previous version changed the appearance of the toolbar to address a high
density (DPI) issue on Linux. However, that made the icons larger for most
people. Also, some people would simply hide the main toolbar since it took up
so much space. Now, there are two new options in the View menu:
Show Text Under Icons (default on)
Show Small Icons (default off)
Additionally:
Added Jobs to the main toolbar.
Reordered panel buttons on main toolbar to match View menu.
Alpha Channel Support for HTML-based Filters
Shotcut can use HTML technologies for video effects, but previously it was
limited at support the existing image or video’s alpha channel (transparency
mask) and would always overwrite it with its own alpha channel, which often
times was opaque. For example, this prevented maintaining transparency when
using 3D text on a transparent color clip. Now, it supports the alpha channel.
Using this, we have new Crop video filters.
Crop Filters
Previous versions of Shotcut’s Crop filter did not behave as some expected
because it removes pixels from the edges of the source and thus changes its
aspect ratio. Still, it can be useful when working with sources with a
higher resolution than the project because it does not require one to crop and
then upscale to remove black bars. Therefore, the existing crop filter was
renamed to Crop: Source, and two new crop filters were added using HTML.
Crop: Circle
Crop: Rectangle
These two new crop filters can use the HTML alpha channel support by changing
the alpha component of their Color parameter. This is very useful when using
Crop: Rectangle or Crop: Circle while compositing video tracks.
More New Things
Added Ripple All button to Timeline toolbar.
Added a vertical Flip video filter.
Added Reduce Noise: HQDN3D video filter.
Added Noise: Fast video filter.
Added Noise: Keyframes video filter.
Added Add Keyframe button in Keyframes (only on parameters that show a
curve UI).
Added keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+0-9 to toggle the panels.
Added Alt 0/+/- shortcuts to adjust the zoom in Keyframes.
Added Swedish translation.
Fixes
Fixed deleting the project file if there was a save error.
Fixed reliability of Settings > Display Method > Software on Windows.
Fixed Crop: Source filter not working with Color clip.
Fixed using filters on Color Bars and other generator clips.
Fixed audio filters (Compressor, Expander, Limiter, Notch, Reverb) broken
on comma for decimal.
Fixed alpha video opaque on gaps in Timeline.
Fixed Convert to Edit-friendly and Reverse if there is no audio track.
Fixed Measure Video Quality broken.
Fixed Alpha: Adjust > Invert checkbox on reload.
Fixed color eye-dropper (picker) error.
Fixed audio Pan filter channel resets on reload.
Fixed a crash using Mirror filter before Rotate and Scale or Size
and Position.
Fixed poor Reverse audio quality for mp4 and mkv options.
Fixed the Simple Scroll HTML template may not scroll up or left completely.
This version is the usual roundup of recent fixes and minor feature additions.
The development team especially thanks forum members @Paul2, @sauron, and @DRM
for their contributions to this release.
New Features
Added (creation) Date column to Playlist Details view.
Added Set File Date… to the Playlist menu and item context menu.
Added Sort By Name and Sort By Date to the Playlist menu.
These are single-shot sorting commands. The playlist is still fixed-ordering.
The new options do not automatically sort new playlist entries.
Added new video filters:
Grid
Audio Dance Visualization
Audio Light Visualization
RGB Shift
Glitch
Distort
Added Zoom 300%, 400%, 500%, 750%, and 1000% to the player’s zoom menu.
Added Settings > Drawing Method > Software (Mesa) on Windows.
This is not good for performance, but it improves compatibility. Use only as
a last resort.
Added Display Method > OpenGL or Software (Mesa) on Linux.
Added Norwegian Nynorsk translation.
Fixes
Fixed reading some AVCHD files after a camcorder splits.
Cosmetic fixes for timecode spinner and toolbar icons on high DPI systems.
Bundled libnsl for Linux to fix Fedora.
Fixed Video Waveform scope graticule not showing on non-dark theme.
Fixed incorrect compositing z-order after Insert Track.
Fixed cosmetic problem with main toolbar using System theme on macOS.
Fixed current track changes after inserting or overwriting a clip in Timeline.
Fixed absolute paths can be introduced on Windows when using a project folder.
Fixed sometimes showing forward slashes for file paths on Windows.
Fixed first clip does not start at beginning when drop to Timeline after
File > New or File > Close.
Fixed Properties > Convert and Reverse on files with album art or
embedded thumbnail.
Fixed a possible crash on File > New or File > Close.
Fixed filters on clips not extended into transition when adding a transition
by trimming or resizing a transition.
Fixed Open Other > ALSA Audio on toolbar on Linux.
Fixed changing Properties > Speed or Color Range on a timeline clip
may crash.
Fixed timeline correction when drag clip to another track and then back to
original.
Fixed reloading the Mask: From File filter resets Threshold keyframes.
Fixed the Mask: Simple Shape filter does not work when Width or
Height is 0%.
Changes and Improvements
Increased parameter ranges in the Rotate and Scale filter.
Added verification that saved MLT XML is well-formed XML before (over-)writing
the target file.
Changed default Outline Thickness (3) and alpha of Text filter to
match Open Other > Text and prevent a problem where the text outline is
aliased when the clip is transparent.
Changed the version check to use HTTPS for increased privacy.
Added DLL redirection files for other .exe programs on Windows to prioritize
Shotcut-provided DLLs over those in system or $path.
Removed the buggy Merge with next clip from Timeline clip context menu.
The main announcement for this release is a major update to an important library
that Shotcut uses for the UI (user interface) called Qt.
There have 6 major releases and two LTS (long term support) releases since the
version we were using. The new version we are using is Qt 5.9.7, which is
LTS (5.9) and is quite stable given the number of revisions (.7). It is a little
faster as well. We did not upgrade to the latest LTS (5.12) in order to retain
compatibility with macOS 10.10 and 10.11, and we want to use the same Qt version
across platforms. (Linux Flatpak is an exception.) With our new Qt builds, we
added support for HTTPS, which extends to our HTML effects based on WebVfx
and QtWebKit. This will let custom HTML titles and effects that you make link
to JavaScript libraries on the Web, which is mostly HTTPS now.
New Features
Added Offset to the Timer video filter.
Added Vertical HD 30 fps and Vertical HD 60 fps video modes.
Much of this release was based on contributions in the form of code, presets,
title templates, feedback, bug reports, and testing nightly builds or the beta.
Also, recently, we added a
Contribute
page to the Web site.
New Features
Added Center Playhead option to the Timeline and Keyframes menus.
Added Slow Zoom __, Hold __ presets to the Size and Position filter.
Added a Chroma Hold video filter.
Added a Swirl (HTML) video filter.
Added a simple Templates framework to the Overlay HTML filter (see
path Shotcut\share\shotcut\qml\filters\webvfx\templates to add your own)
with the following templates:
Blank HTML
Blue Middle Bar
Creative Commons Music
Blank with Web Animations
Simple Scroll
Fixes
Fixed launch crash on Linux by excluding libdrm libraries.
Fixed audio level changed by the Mask : From File filter.
Fixed Text filter may have glitches with Export > Parallel processing
(regression in v18.12.x).
Fixed missing file detected when Stabilize filter added without clicking
Analyze.
Fixed external monitoring on Linux screen.
Fixed unable to detect hardware encoders with spaces in the installation
folder path.
Fixed changing Speed can move a clip.
Fixed changing Speed has no effect when the system region and language
decimal separators are different.
Fixed filter duration not adjusted when trimming a transition.
Fixed ripple trim when clip has a transition.
Fixed removing a transition by trimming adds some frames.
Fixed aspect ratio for File > Export Frame with non-square pixel video.
Fixed handling relative paths to external resources in the Overlay HTML
editor.
Fixed a crash opening a project after removing the bottom video track.
Fixed the lossless/H.264 preset to be completely lossless.
Fixed dropping a file from a file manager whose name has special/extended
characters (e.g. [, ]).
Fixed the state of the enabled checkbox for the Overlay HTML filter and
when using a color picker.
Fixed distortion after changing the Keyframe Type of a keyframe for the
Scale parameter in the Rotate and Scale filter.
Fixed right-clicking a keyframe to open context menu may change its position.
Fixed distortion when a Mirror filter is placed before a Size and
Position or Rotate and Scale filter.
Fixed Levels filter in locales with comma for decimal point.
Changes and Improvements
Upgraded FFmpeg to v4.1
Improved Color Grading filter by letting all parameters go from -100% to 100%.
Added an automatic retry without Parallel processing when Export job fails.
Set the Save as type list on the Export File dialog on Windows when a
preset defines a filename extension.