Shotcut is a professional video editor with a sleek intuitive interface. It is based on MLT that uses the WebVfx and Movit plugins and also includes 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.
Videos files with alpha channel – both reading and writing | Tone mapping HDR to SDR
Audio Features : Audio scopes: loudness, peak meter, waveform, spectrum analyzer | Volume control | Audio filters: Balance, Bass & Treble, Band Pass, Compressor, Copy Channel, Delay, Downmix, Expander, Gain, High Pass, Invert, Limiter, Low Pass, Noise Gate, Normalize: One Pass, Normalize: Two Pass, Notch, Pan, Pitch, Reverb, Swap Channels | 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
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 | Fade in/out audio and fade video from and to black with easy-to-use fader controls on timeline
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 | Unlimited undo and redo for playlist edits including a history view | Create, play, edit, save, load, and export (render) MLT XML projects (with auto-save)
