Shotcut

Video

Shotcut is a free, open-source, cross-platform video editor available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. It is designed to provide a robust video editing experience with a wide range of features catering to both beginners and professionals alike.

• Wide Format Support: Supports hundreds of audio and video formats and codecs thanks to FFmpeg. No import required, enabling native editing with multi-format timelines, resolutions, and frame-rates within a project.
• Device and Transport Options: Offers Blackmagic Design SDI and HDMI for input and preview monitoring, screen, webcam, and audio capture. Supports resolutions up to 4k and capture from various devices including SDI, HDMI, webcam, JACK & Pulse audio, IP stream, X11 screen, and Windows DirectShow devices.
• Sleek, Intuitive Interface: Features multiple dockable and undockable panels, including detailed media properties, recent files with search, playlist with thumbnail view, filter panel, history view, encoding panel, jobs queue, and melted server and playlist. Also supports drag-n-drop of assets from file manager.

Shotcut was originally conceived in November 2004 by Charlie Yates, an MLT co-founder and the original lead developer. The current version is a complete rewrite by Dan Dennedy, another MLT co-founder and its current lead. The project aims to leverage the cross-platform capabilities of MLT, particularly with WebVfx and Movit plugins. Shotcut continues to evolve, offering new features and improvements with each release.