{"id":51725,"date":"2026-08-01T08:35:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T08:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=51725"},"modified":"2026-08-01T08:35:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T08:35:04","slug":"shotcut-26-7-30-released-with-new-elements-option-to-choose-gpu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2026\/08\/shotcut-26-7-30-released-with-new-elements-option-to-choose-gpu\/","title":{"rendered":"Shotcut 26.7.30 Released with New Elements & Option to Choose GPU"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After a few week of 26.7.16 pre-release testing, Shotcut 26.7.30 was finally released for Windows, Mac and Linux users.<\/p>\n

The new version of this free open-source Qt and MLT based video editor is the latest stable release\u00a0that features built-in emojis, new video filter, and various fixes.<\/p>\n

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First, the new version introduced a new shake video filter<\/b> which can apply effect to your video clip, so it looks like it was recorded by someone holding a camera with slightly unsteady hands.<\/p>\n

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This version also added new “Elements” widget which can be enabled by File -> New \/ View menu, Generate button, or Ctrl+Shift+2 keyboard shortcut.<\/p>\n

With it you can quickly add emojis<\/b>, such as smileys & emotion, animals, food, drink, objects, and other digital icons, in your videos, add noise sounds<\/b> (e.g., fire, laugh, whistle, cartoon bubbles and more), insert transitions<\/b> to connect your video clips, and create other items, such as animated text, speech bubbles.<\/p>\n

All the elements are royalty free<\/i>, including for commercial use, and, they do not require attribution.<\/p>\n

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For Linux and Windows users with multiple GPUs, there’s now Graphics Adapter<\/b> submenu under Settings, allowing to choose which physical GPU that the video editor renders, decodes, and encodes with.<\/p>\n

Even when you have integrated GPU driving the display, and a discrete GPU (such as NVIDIA graphics card) with no monitor attached, it supports direct preview rendering, hardware decoding and hardware export to the discrete GPU.<\/p>\n

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The --experimental UI<\/code> generator introduced in the last release now also generates a meta.qml<\/code> metadata description file. And, the Fusion Dark and Fusion Light themes have been updated to make active tab more obvious.<\/p>\n

Other changes are mostly bug-fixes. They include:<\/p>\n