New Version 25.10: Please Mr. Please

Oct 31, 2025

Version 25.10.31 is now available for DOWNLOAD!

Added New > Image/Video from HTML

For example, the 3D-extruded gold text in this image:

• This requires Google Chrome or Chromium.
• Please see the stock Presets for examples.
• It defaults to a transparent background!
• The stock presets also demonstrate a template facility for up to 3 lines of text. You can make your own templates by using %1, %2, or %3 as placeholders in the Body field.
• It is designed to make it easy to copy from codepen.io, but Shotcut does not include pre-preprocessors for things like SCSS or TypeScript. Therefore, in codepen.io click the V button in the top right corner of the edit block to choose View Compiled before copying.
• This does not support WebGL or embedded video.
• Generate Video is limited to 15 frame-per-second for performance reasons. A somewhat modern or fast computer and SSD hard drive are recommended.
• Generate automatically opens the result in the Source viewer so you can preview it with its HTML for revising if needed. Once you add it to Playlist or Timeline, Properties now reflects the image or video and no longer shows the HTML inputs.

Added Text to Speech to Notes and Subtitles

• This uses Docker like a plugin framework. The engine for this is Kokorodoki, and the model is Kokoro–both of which are not made by us. Do not ask us for more languages or voices.
• There are Docker installers for Windows and macOS from docker.com. For Linux, it is usually preferable to get it from your distribution but ensure you get the real docker and not podman or the desktop icon dock bar. On Debian-based systems, it is the docker.io package.
• The quality with subtitles is heavily dependent upon the timing and duration of each item. If it sounds choppy or cut-off, you either need to increase the speech speed and/or the item durations. Also, multi-line subtitle items are discouraged because that introduces a pause as it thinks it is like a new paragraph.

Added New > Screen Snapshot and Screen Recording

• On Windows, Screen Recording simply launches Windows’ Snipping Tool provided by Microsoft. It does not create a job in Shotcut or automatically open the capture file when done. You need to either configure Snipping Tool to save to a file or click the notification that appears to view it from which you can save it. Then, you need to manually locate it and open it in Shotcut using either File > Open, the Files panel, or drag-n-drop from Explorer.
• On macOS, Screen Recording uses the screenshot utility from Apple. It starts a job in Shotcut’s Jobs panel that you must right-click and choose Stop This Job.
• On Linux, Screen Recording uses the bundled ffmpeg if using X11. On Wayland, it uses GNOME Shell, KDE Spectacle, or obs if neither of those. With X11 or GNOME/Wayland it starts a job in Shotcut’s Jobs panel that you must right-click and choose Stop This Job.
• Not yet available for Flatpak on Linux.

Other New Features

• Added a Text: Typewriter video filter and New Generator > Text > Typewriter.

• Added Open With and Reload to Properties.
  • You can think of this as “Edit With” especially useful for images and audio files.
  • There is a file watcher upon opening with another tool as long as selection (Properties) does not change. If it does, you can use Reload. This does not yet reload–whether manual or automatic–every clip object based on this file.

Changes

• Changed Export > Export File to Export Video/Audio.
• Changed Export > Search to include file name extension.
• Changed Settings > Time Format to default to Clock.
• Changed Settings > Timeline > Adjust Clip Gain/Volume to default OFF.
• Changed Settings > Timeline > Automatically Add Tracks to default ON.
• The minimum Linux glibc version increased for this release to 2.35 (Ubuntu 22.04).
• Upgraded to FFmpeg 8.
• Upgraded librarues: SVT-AV1, libaom, dav1d, libvpx, libwebp, and whisper.cpp.

Fixes

• Fixed export with ‘&’ in the file path or name.
• Fixed the alpha channel when decoding Ut Video with alpha channel.
• Fixed starting the Linux AppImage if AppImageLauncher is installed.
• Fixed Rejoin with Next Clip duplicates filters.
• Fixed advanced keyframes for Text: Rich.

New Version 25.08

Aug 16, 2025

Version 25.08.16 is now available for DOWNLOAD!

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.

New Version 25.07: Hot Hot Hot

Jul 26, 2025

Version 25.07.26 is now available for DOWNLOAD!

• 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.

New Version 25.05: Freeze Frame

May 11, 2025

Version 25.05.11 is now available for DOWNLOAD!

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.

New Version 25.03

Mar 29, 2025

Version 25.03.29 is now available for DOWNLOAD!

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.

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