Shotcut: v26.4.6 Release

Release date:
April 6, 2026
Previous version:
v26.2.26 (released February 26, 2026)
Magnitude:
3,019 Diff Delta
Contributors:
3 total committers
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ddennedy
bmatherly
Copilot

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Release Notes Published

  • Fixed intermittent audio waveform sync/blank (broke in v26.2)
  • Stopped bundling Glaxnimate, which recently released version 0.6.0 (except the Linux Flatpak)
  • Added launching Glaxnimate from the Microsoft Store (free) on Windows if available
  • Fixed incorrect last frame in (Glaxnimate) animations
  • Fixed Font style other than weight and italics/oblique in the font dialog
  • Fixed Ctrl+Down can make the wrong track current
  • Changed Timeline > Set Current Track Above and Set Current Track Below to use the bare Up and Down keys
  • Fixed accepting file names with special characters in Playlist > Add Files
  • Fixed markers may disappear after undo moving clip(s)
  • Fixed hourly backup not working when saving frequently
  • Fixed opening a project starts the player at the second frame
  • Fixed seeking with keyboard in Timeline sometimes not working
  • Fixed Settings > Time Format did not immediately update the Timeline and Keyframes rulers
  • Fixed the Swap Channels audio filter to work with Settings > Audio Channels > 4
  • Fixed Timeline > Copy, Cut, Paste, and Overwrite breaks grouped clips
  • Fixed timeline rectangle selection to include all members of a group
  • Fixed keyframes after undo a trim in
  • Fixed changing Properties > Duration drops time filters
  • Fixed Edit Marker duration and Ripple Markers off by one frame
  • Fixed the Nervous video filter did a 2 frame fade-in from black
  • Fixed the height of some of the filter UIs
  • Improved Timeline and Keyframes zoom to be less erratic and more focused
  • Reduced memory of timeline waveforms
  • Reduced the thickness of the panel splitters and made them brighter
  • Reorganized the Video Mode menu with new categories:
    • Social Media
    • Other
    • Legacy
  • Changed audio transition to a constant power crossfade
  • Changed multi-select for Subtitles to use the Shift key
  • Changed Properties timeline duration to be editable
  • Changed opening an image to not start playback
  • Changed Export to default to 10-bit HEVC export in the 10-bit processing modes
  • Added 10-bit VP9 MP4 (E-AC-3) and 10-bit VP9 WebM (Opus) export presets
  • Added Vulkan GPU to Speech to Text on Windows and Linux (previously only Metal on Apple Silicon)
  • Added Use GPU checkbox to Speech to Text dialog
  • Added aspect ratio grid options to the player grid button:
    • 1:1 Frame
    • 16:9 Frame
    • 4:3 Frame
    • 9:16 Frame
  • Added symmetric resize (change duration by adjusting both clips) of a timeline transition using its trim handles
  • Added Export > Metadata including Cover art
  • Added a Typewriter group of options to the Burn In Subtitle filter, defaults to word-by-word with no cursor
  • Added using trim actions (I and O) to extend a timeline clip
  • Added job progress and status on Windows taskbar icon and macOS and Linux (where supported) dock icon
  • Added Properties > LUT file for video clips This is primarily for the Linear 10-bit processing mode to apply a camera LUT before converting to linear
  • Added drag-n-drop from Recent to Timeline
  • Upgraded FFmpeg to version 8.1
  • Upgraded x265 to version 4.1
  • Upgraded whisper.cpp to version 1.8.3