Shotcut

Shotcut is a free and open-source cross-platform video editing app for Windows, OS X, and Linux.

Description

Started in 2011 by Dan Dennedy, Shotcut is developed on the MLT Multimedia Framework, in development since 2004 by the same author.

Shotcut features

Shotcut supports many video, audio, and image formats via FFmpeg and screen, webcam, and audio capture. It uses a timeline for non-linear video editing of multiple tracks that may be composed of various file formats. Scrubbing and transport control are assisted by OpenGL GPU-based processing and a number of video and audio filters are available.

Features listed on website as of Version 15.08:

• supports many audio and video formats and codecs thanks to FFmpeg
• supports many image formats such as BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, SVG, TGA, TIFF as well as image sequences
• no import required, as native editing is supported
• frame-accurate seeking for many formats
• multi-format timeline: mix and match resolutions and frame rates within a project
• screen capture (Linux only) including background capture to capture a Shotcut session
• webcam capture (Linux and Windows only)
• audio capture (Linux and Windows only: PulseAudio, JACK, ALSA, or DirectShow)
• 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 via 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 support 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: Blur, Color Grading, Crop, Diffusion, Glow, Invert Colors, Mirror, Old Film: Dust, Old Film: Grain, Old Film: Projector, Old Film: Scratches, Old Film: Technocolor, Opacity, Rotate, 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
• 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, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, 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 timeline)
• append, insert, overwrite, lift, and delete (ripple) 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

See also

• Video editing software

External links

• Official website @ shotcut.org
• Shotcut Tutorials @ shotcut.org
• Shotcut @ Wikipedia
• Video editing with Shotcut @ linux-magazine.com

Video:

• Shotcut Tutorial: Getting Started