Shotcut - Full List of Features

Full List of Features

Wide Format Support

Support for the latest audio and video formats thanks to FFmpeg
Supports popular image formats such as AVIF, BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, SVG, TIFF, WebP as well as image sequences
Lottie, rawr, Rive, and After Effects animations
Create, import, edit, export, render, and embed subtitles
Imports subtitle formats SRT, VTT, ASS, and SSA
No import required - native timeline editing
Frame-accurate seeking for many formats
Multi-format timeline: mix and match resolutions and frame rates within a project
Webcam capture
Audio capture
Support for 4K & 8K resolutions
Network stream playback (HTTP, HLS, RTMP, RTSP, MMS, UDP)
Frei0r video generator plugins (e.g. color bars and plasma)
Color, text, noise, and counter generators
EDL (CMX3600 Edit Decision List) export
Export single frame as image or video as image sequence
Videos files with alpha channel - both reading and writing
Tone mapping HDR to SDR
Optional full range video input, processing, and export
10-bit video end-to-end
Linear color processing
Batch conversion

Audio Features

Audio scopes: loudness, peak meter, waveform, spectrum analyzer, surround, vector
Volume control
Audio filters:
Ambisonic Decoder, Ambisonic Encoder, Balance/Fader, Band Pass, Compressor, Copy Channel, Declick, Delay, Downmix, Equalizer: 3-Band, Equalizer: 15-Band, Equalizer: Parametric, Expander, Gain, High Pass, Invert, Limiter, Low Pass, Mid-Side Matrix, Noise Gate, Normalize: One Pass, Normalize: Two Pass, Notch, Pan, Pitch, Reverb, Stereo Enhancer, Swap Channels, Track Auto Fade, Track Seam
Audio mixing across all tracks
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
JACK transport sync
Tone generator
Stereo, mono, 5.1 surround, quad surround, and Ambisonic spatial audio configurations
Pitch compensation for video speed changes
Record directly to timeline for voiceover, for example
Convert spoken word to subtitle text and text-to-speech

Video Effects

Video compositing across video tracks
3-way (shadows, mids, highlights) color wheels for color correction and grading
Eye dropper tool to pick neutral color for white balancing
Deinterlacing
Auto-rotate with manual override
Fade in/out audio and fade video with easy-to-use fader controls on timeline
Video wipe transitions:
bar, barn door, box, clock (radial), diagonal, iris, matrix, and custom gradient image
Track compositing/blending modes:
None, Over, Add, Saturate, Multiply, Screen, Overlay, Darken, Dodge, Burn, Hard Light, Soft Light, Difference, Exclusion, HSL Hue, HSL Saturation, HSL Color, HSL Luminosity.
Video Filters:
Alpha Channel: Adjust, Alpha Channel: View, Alpha Strobe, Audio Dance Visualization, Audio Level Visualization, Audio Light Visualization, Audio Spectrum Visualization, Audio Waveform Visualization, Blend Mode, Blur: Box, Blur: Exponential, Blur: Gaussian, Blur: Low Pass, Blur: Pad, Brightness, Choppy, Chroma Hold, Chroma Key: Advanced, Chroma Key: Simple, Contrast, Color Grading, Corner Pin, Crop: Source, Crop: Circle, Crop: Rectangle, Deband, Distort, Dither, Drop Shadow, Elastic Scale, Flip, Fisheye, Glitch, Glow, GPS Graphic, GPS Text, Gradient, Gradient Map, Grid, Halftone, HSL Primaries, HSL Range, Hue/Lightness/Saturation, Invert Colors, Key Spill: Advanced, Key Spill: Simple, Lens Correction, Levels, 3D LUT, Mask: Apply, Mask: Chroma Key, Mask: From File, Mask: Simple Shape, Mirror, Mosaic, Motion Tracker, Nervous, No Sync, Noise: Fast, Noise: Keyframes, Old Film: Dust, Old Film: Grain, Old Film: Projector, Old Film: Scratches, Old Film: Technocolor, Opacity, Outline, Posterize, Reduce Noise: HQ3DN, Reduce Noise: Quantization, Reduce Noise: Smart Blur, Reduce Noise: Wavelet, Reflect, RGB Shift, Rotate and Scale, Saturation, Scan Lines, Sepia Tone, Sharpen, Size and Position, Sketch, Speed: Forward Only, Speed: Forward & Reverse, Spot Remover, Stabilize, Subtitle Burn In, Text: Rich, Text: Simple, Threshold, Time Remap, Timer, Track Auto Fade Video, Trails, Vertigo, Vibrance, Vignette, Unpremultiply Alpha, Wave, White Balance
360° Video Filters:
Equirectangular Mask, 360: Equirectangular to Rectilinear, 360: Equirectangular to Stereographic, 360: Hemispherical to Equirectangular, 360: Rectilinear to Equirectangular, 360: Stabilize, 360: Transform
Speed ramping for audio/video clips
Reverse a clip
Freeze frame
Object motion tracking
Generate image or video from HTML

Editing Features

Trimming on source clip player or timeline with ripple option
Easy-to-use cut, copy, and paste operations
Append, insert, overwrite, lift, and ripple delete editing on the timeline
3-point editing
Hide, mute, and lock track controls
Multitrack timeline with thumbnails and waveforms
Undo and redo
Create, play, edit, save, load, and export (render) MLT XML projects (with auto-save)
Save and load trimmed clip as MLT XML file
Load and play complex MLT XML file as a clip
Drag-n-drop files from file manager
Scrubbing and transport control
Keyframes for filter parameters
Easing functions for keyframes
Detach audio from video clip
Presets for most filters and Export - both supplied and user-created
A playlist like a media player that also serves as a clip bin
Custom and smart bins (folders) for media organization in the playlist view
Sort playlist by name or creation/recording date
Search the playlist
Filter the playlist by video, audio, image, or other
Drag-n-drop files from file manager to playlist
Batch export from playlist
Generate slideshow or montage from clips in playlist
View playlist with details, thumbnails, or both
Multi-select items in the playlist and timeline
Grouping clips on the timeline
Moving and nudging clips and groups on the timeline
Split and rejoin clips on the timeline
Align or synchronize clips based on their audio
Create custom name for clips and enter comments about it
Low resolution proxy editing to improve speed of seeking and eliminate or minimize scaling
Timeline markers and ranges, including export from a range and exporting as text or embedded chapters
A Notes panel to keep notes about your project or contain text to reaad for voiceover
Flexibly insert and reorder tracks
Edit Lottie and rawr JSON animations with [Glaxnimate](https://glaxnimate.mattbas.org/) vector animation tool (included in our Shotcut downloads)
Configurable time format: SMPTE timecode, time clock, or frame count
An integrated file system browser with custom thumbnailer
Search the current folder in the files view
Filter the files view by video, audio, image, or other
Roll an edit

Cross Platform & Codec Independent

Cross platform support: available on Windows, Linux, and macOS)
Codec independent so does not rely on system codecs
Can run as a portable app from external drive
UI translations: Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, French (Canada), Gaelic, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Nepali, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Occitan, Polish, Portugese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Taiwanese, Thai, Turkish, Ukranian (not all 100%, but you can help)
Batch encoding with job control
Encode/transcode to a variety of formats and codecs thanks to FFmpeg
Stream (encode to IP) files and any capture source
Video quality measurement (PSNR and SSIM)
Perform integrity check of an audio/video file
View detailed information about an audio/video file

Display and Monitoring

External monitoring via Blackmagic Decklink card on NTSC monitor
UI themes/skins: native-OS look and custom dark and light
Control video zoom in the player: fit viewable area (default), 10%, 25%, 50%, original (100%), and 200%
Flexible UI through dock-able panels
Detailed media properties panel
Recent files panel with search
Thumbnail and waveform caching between sessions
Video scopes: Histogram, RGB Parade, RGB Waveform, Waveform, Vectorscope and Zoom
Save and switch between multiple UI layouts
On-screen grid and safe areas with snapping
Low resolution preview (Preview Scaling) to improve speed of realtime effects
Preview the Shotcut timeline as a background within Glaxnimate
Quickly search for actions & execute them
Editable keyboard shortcuts
Bitrate graph viewer

Hardware Support

Hardware acceleration for encoding and decoding
OpenGL GPU-based image processing with 16-bit floating point linear per color component
Multi-core parallel image processing
Blackmagic Design SDI and HDMI for capture and preview monitoring
Contour Design Shuttle PRO for jog/shuttle control
Audio capture from system device (microphone, line in)
Webcam capture
Screen snapshot and recording

About

Shotcut is a free, open source, cross-platform video editor for Windows, Mac and Linux. Major features include support for a wide range of formats; no import required meaning native timeline editing; Blackmagic Design support for input and preview monitoring; and resolution support to 4k.