Software Update: Shotcut 19.06.15

Shotcut is a comprehensive open source and cross platform video editing program for Windows, Linux and macOS. It uses FFmpeg and therefore has support for the most common audio and video formats. The files are not imported, but are edited in their original format. It can handle multiple tracks and a mix of formats and resolutions can be used within a project. Version 19.06.15 of Shotcut has been released with the following changes and improvements:

Changes and Improvements

• Changed project file to use period for decimal point regardless of OS locale (region/language setting).
• This applies to new projects only. Old projects load and run same as before including saving.
• Changed Export > From to show Source instead of base file name.
• Improved Export Job progress and estimated time remaining.
• Changed Timeline ruler interval to 5 seconds.
• 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.
• 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.
• Added Jobs to the main toolbar.
• Reordered panel buttons on main toolbar to match View menu.
• Increased maximum value of Timer filter’s Start Delay, Duration, and Offset to 24 hours.

New Features

• Added View > Show Text Under Icons to menu.
• Added View > Show Small Icons to menu.
• Added support for alpha channel to Crop: Circle.
• Added Crop: Rectangle video filter with support for alpha channel.
• Added Add Keyframe button in Keyframes (only on parameters that show a curve UI).
• Added Ripple All button to Timeline toolbar.
• Added keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+0-9 to toggle the panels.
• Added Alt 0/+/- shortcuts to adjust the zoom in Keyframes.
• Added a vertical Flip video filter.
• Added Blur: Exponential video filter (fast and bleeds to edges).
• Added Blur: Low Pass video filter (fast and bleeds to edges).
• Added Blur: Gaussian video filter (slow and bleeds to edges).
• Added Reduce Noise: HQDN3D video filter.
• Added Noise: Fast video filter.
• Added Noise: Keyframe video filter.
• 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/Reverse if there is no audio track.
• Fixed Measure Video Quality broken.
• Fixed saving the app directory in XML.
• 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 Simple Scroll HTML template may not scroll Up or Left completely.