Software Update: Shotcut 19.09.14

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 19.09.14 of Shotcut has been released with the following changes and improvements:

New Features

• Added multi-select to Playlist as well as Select All (Ctrl+Shift+A) and Select None (Ctrl+Shift+D) to its menu.
• Added multi-select to Timeline, which is currently limited to the remove/delete and lift operations.
• Added Select All (Ctrl+A) and Select None (Ctrl+D) to the Timeline menu.
• Added new video filters:
  • dither
  • halftone
  • posterize
  • Threshold
  • Elastic Scale (non-linear horizontal scaling)
  • Blend Mode (overrides the track Properties > Blend mode for that clip)
• Added the option Play After Open (default on) to the playlist menu.
• Added keyboard shortcuts for some existing Timeline menu actions:
  • Insert Track (Ctrl+Alt+I)
  • Remove Track (Ctrl+Alt+U)
  • Copy Timeline to Source (Ctrl+Alt+C)
• Added a Galician translation.

Fixes

• Fixed a crash in some audio filters when using 1 or 6 channels.
• Fixed showing language English (Great Britain) when English (United States) is chosen.
• Fixed a crash bug in v19.06 when changing image sequence Repeat in Properties.
• Fixed a bug in v19.08 where dropping a video into Playlist on a new project does not update the Automatic Video Mode.
• Fixed a bug in v19.08 in the on-screen rectangle control (as used in Text: Simple and Size and Position filters among a few others).
• Fixed changing speed of a clip with a colon in the file name.
• Fixed reading MLT XML with a colon in the file name of a relative path.
• Fixed the playlist menu button disabled after removing all clips.
• Fixed reloading Fade In Video or Fade Out Video using opacity may alter the colors.
• Fixed Convert to Edit-friendly failing on GoPro videos.
• Fixed filters during a transition are truncated after a Split on the timeline.
• Fixed a bug in v19.08 where Keyframes becomes broken after trimming on the timeline.

Changes and Improvements

• Reduced the size of the installation by 255 MiB!
• Upgraded FFmpeg to v4.2.
• Increased export process priority on Windows from Low (idle) to Below Normal.
• Changed default HEVC quality to 45% so the x265 crf matches its default of 28.
• Added the clip’s name to the end of a clip in Timeline if its block is wide enough.
• No longer seek after dropping a clip from the player to the Timeline.