Shotcut 26.9 Video Editor Brings UI Improvements, Automatic Audio Ducking

Written by Michael Larabel in Free Software on 28 September 2026 at 05:44 AM EDT. 3 Comments
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Following the earlier Shotcut 26.9 beta at the beginning of September, the open-source developers behind the open-source non-linear video editor are out with the Shotcut 26.9 stable release.

Shotcut 26.9 incorporates a number of UI improvements, more rounded corners, and other refinements. Shotcut itself also has a new logo.

Shotcut 26.9 on Linux


Plus there is improved audio quality by keeping the pipeline fully in 32-bit float mode, an option for automatic audio ducking, updating against the FFmpeg 9.0 library, and a variety of other improvements.

More details on the Shotcut 26.9 stable video editor release can be found via Shotcut.org. Release binaries and source code for Shotcut 26.9 are on GitHub.
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