v15.07

• 4K UHD support
• 5 new video filters:
  • Old Film: Dust
  • Old Film: Grain
  • Old Film: Projector
  • Old Film: Scratches
  • Old Film: Technocolor
• 5 new audio filters:
  • Bass & Treble (3-band graphic equalizer)
  • Band Pass
  • High Pass
  • Low Pass
  • Notch
• Added Insert Track and Remove Track.
• New default Encode settings produce a better quality H.264 MP4 file.
• Composite now defaults to on/enabled for new video tracks.

15.06

• Added 64-bit Windows build.
• Added Audio Spectrum analyzer.
• Changed audio Gain filter to use dB and log scale.
• Added a toggle button to Lock a track.
• Changed Insert and Ripple Delete to ripple across all unlocked tracks.
• Changed keyboard shortcut to adjust track height to Ctrl+- and Ctrl+=.
• Added keyboard shortcuts to toggle track:
  • Mute - Ctrl+M
  • Hide - Ctrl+H
  • Lock - Ctrl+C

v15.05

• Add Distort option to Size and Position filter.
• Add video Cut option to Transition Properties.
• Code-sign Windows executable and installer.
• In Timeline, operate on clip under the play head if nothing is selected.
• New keyboard shortcuts for Timeline:
  • Select clip under play head: Ctrl+Space.
  • Move selection one item to the right/left: Ctrl+Right/Left.
  • Blanks can be selected to remove/ripple-delete: X or Shift+Del or Shift+Backspace.
  • Deselect everything: Ctrl+D.
  • Open As Clip: Enter/Return.

v15.04

This is mainly a bug fix release, but there a few enhancements:

• Added an audio tone generator (in File > Open > Other).
• Now you can set a new default duration for audio or video fade filters.
• The WebM VP9 encode preset enables multi-threaded encoding.

v15.03

• Add Update button to Playlist panel.
• Double-clicking a successfully completed Encode job, now opens the result in Shotcut.
• Consolidate GPU and Video filters in Filter menu.
• Add View > Scopes > Audio Waveform.
• Move audio peak meter to View > Scopes > Audio Peak Meter and main toolbar button.
• Move volume slider to player toolbar icon.

v15.02

• Add x265 codec for HEVC encoding.
• Add video quality measurement tool to encoding job.
• No longer auto-plays upon opening a playlist and multitrack project.
• Auto-select all text upon giving a timecode field focus.
• Add more libs to Linux app bundle and show error on startup for missing JACK and SDL libs.

v15.01

There is nothing new to report in this release. It simply contains a few fixes and translation updates over the previous version.

v14.12

• New filter menu allows you favorite filters and see only favorites.
• CPU-based video filters can be added after GPU-based filters.

v14.11

• The HTML5 features are finally available on Windows!
• Add source code editing to the HTML editor.
• Add 3D Text filter based on WebGL, typeface.js, and three.js.
• Add support for DirectShow devices on Windows in the Open Other dialog.
• Add the Opus audio codec.
• Change the VP9 WebM preset to use the Opus audio codec.
• Add support for the #localtime# keyword to the Text filter (no button yet).
• Restart instead of simply closing the app when changing the GPU or language settings.
• Change the Redo keyboard shortcut to Ctrl+Y on Windows only.
• Save file paths MLT XML with relative names for assets in the same folder or sub-folder. This makes it easier to use a relocatable project folder.
• Add scale and offset parameters and a preset widget to the Rotate filter. Usually after rotating a video, part of the image has been clipped. These new parameters provide control for that clipping processing including no clipping.
• Add Italian translation.
• And, of course, many bug fixes, especially for newer features.

v14.10

• Maintenance release to fix some bugs.
• Added Polish translation.
• Restored FFV1 encoding and preset.
• Change Leap Motion control: close hand to pause, open hand to shuttle.