Shotcut - New Version 26.4: All the Small Things

Apr 29, 2026.

Version 26.4.30 is now available for DOWNLOAD!

Added symmetric resize of a timeline transition using its trim handles.
Added drag-n-drop from Recent to Timeline.
Improved Timeline and Keyframes zoom to be less erratic and more focused.
Reduced memory usage for timeline waveforms.
Changed Timeline > Set Current Track Above and Set Current Track Below to use the bare Up and Down keys.

Added Export > Metadata including Cover art.
Added a Typewriter group of options to the Burn In Subtitle filter.
Added job progress and status on the taskbar or dock icon where supported.
Added Properties > LUT file for video clips, primarily for the Linear 10-bit processing mode.
Added aspect ratio grid options to the player grid button:
- 1:1 Frame
- 16:9 Frame
- 4:3 Frame
- 9:16 Frame
Added 10-bit VP9 MP4 (E-AC-3) and 10-bit VP9 WebM (Opus) export presets.
Added launching Glaxnimate from the Microsoft Store on Windows if available.

Stopped bundling Glaxnimate except in the Linux Flatpak.
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.
Changed Timeline > Record Audio to use FLAC instead of Opus for improved quality and tool compatibility.
Reorganized the Video Mode menu with new categories:
- Social Media
- Other
- Legacy
Reduced the thickness of the panel splitters and made them brighter.

Fixed intermittent audio waveform sync or blank waveforms (broke in v26.2).
Fixed incorrect last frame in Glaxnimate animations.
Fixed Font style other than weight and italics/oblique in the font dialog.
Fixed accepting file names with special characters in Playlist > Add Files.
Fixed markers disappearing after undo moving clips.
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 not immediately updating the Timeline and Keyframes rulers.
Fixed Timeline > Copy, Cut, Paste, and Overwrite breaking grouped clips.
Fixed keyframes after undoing a trim in.
Fixed changing Properties > Duration dropping time filters.
Fixed Edit Marker duration and Ripple Markers off by one frame.
Fixed the Nervous video filter doing a 2 frame fade-in from black.
Fixed undo history for lock, mute, and hide track.
Fixed button menus not opening reliably on Wayland on Linux.
Fixed a possible crash during voice preview in the Text to Speech dialog.
Upgraded FFmpeg to version 8.1.
Upgraded x265 to version 4.1.
Upgraded whisper.cpp to version 1.8.3.
Upgraded MLT to version 7.38.0.
Upgraded Qt to version 6.10.3 on Linux.