Shotcut: v26.2.26 Release

Release date:
February 26, 2026
Previous version:
v26.2.16 (released February 16, 2026)
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Release Notes Published

Fixes

  • Fixed crash when adding long video to Timeline with Qt 6.10.1 (broke in v26.1).
  • Fixed black or green bottom bar on Windows with HEVC video source and Settings > Preview Scaling > Use Hardware Decoder plus preview scaling (broke in v26.1).
  • Restored Generate to the main toolbar with View > Show Text Under Icons (changed in v26.1).
  • Fixed crash in the RGB Shift video filter (broke in v25.12).
  • Fixed FLAC export has a bad duration disabling scrub bars in players (broke in v25.12).
  • Fixed crash on various enabled Playlist actions with nothing selected:
    • GoTo
    • Move Up
    • Move Down
    • Add Selected to Timeline
    • Add Selected to Slideshow
    • Sort By Name
    • Sort By Date
  • Fixed Show In Files for a reverse job.
  • Fixed choosing Export > Codec > h264_videotool on macOS not reliably setting B frames to 0.
  • Fixed keyframes for Text: Typewriter > Position & Size not working.

Changes

  • Added support for the underline and strikethrough options in the font dialog for the text filters.
  • Added a search field to Subtitles.
  • Added holding <kbd>Alt</kbd> while clicking Mute and Hide on the Timeline track to toggle all of the other tracks.
  • Added holding <kbd>Shift</kbd> with the mouse wheel to Zoom the player.
  • Added Playlist > Log Event (<kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>E</kbd>) to append a 6 second clip (Β±3 secs) at the current Source player time.
  • Improved the performance of Timeline and Keyframes waveforms rendering.
  • Changed mouse wheel behavior for the Video Zoom video scope:
    • The wheel alone (no modifier key) now scrolls vertically.
    • Hold <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> to zoom.
    • Hold <kbd>Alt</kbd> to scroll horizontally.
  • Removed Settings > Player > Deinterlacer > Linear Blend (obsolete, removed in FFmpeg).