Speaking of keyframes, this functionality has been expanded to many filters, including Mask, allowing you to alter them over time, making them so much more useful. However, that’s the only drawback we could find to this fun new capability.

We wouldn’t see any frame blending occurring, so you might notice a staggering effect if the clip is slowed down too much as opposed to smooth motion. You then open up the keyframe window, altering the curve at will to speed up, slow down, stop, and even reverse time.

If you wish to alter a clip whose format isn’t compatible with this new feature, you get a popup window informing you of this, offering you the option of converting it to a format that will work.

It’s implemented well and is really easy to use. One new addition we quite liked is Time Remapping. The main point here is that existing features are improved and problems are resolved on a regular basis - one of the major advantages of open source software.Īnother fun addition is time remapping, allowing you to speed up, slow down, stop and even reverse different parts of a clip at will (Image credit: Shotcut) Time and keyframes But, to be fair, that is the fate of all software out there. Such a list shows that if a bug is discovered, it won’t take too long before it’s squished, although that might lead to other bugs, and the process never stops. One of the great advantages of this software is that improvements are introduced and bugs are squashed on a frequent basis: since November 2020, over a dozen updates were released (the version number is actually its release date), and the number of tweaks to existing features are too numerous to mention here, but all of it is listed in Shotcut’s News page (opens in new tab). You can also configure the look and its windows however you please. For instance, you have six different interfaces, like audio effects and video effects, which you can toggle using the small menu top right of the screen: choose Logging, Editing, FX, Color, Audio, and Player to access them, and their titles are self explanatory.

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