Video Cut v0.2.0 🎬

Video Cut v0.2.0 🎬

An easy-to-use, fast, and lightweight video editor to cut and merge videos, add images with soundtracks, crop, and rotate clips on an intuitive timeline. Inspired by macOS QuickTime and Preview.

🚀 What's New in v0.2.0

• Desktop Drag & Drop File Import:
  • Drag and drop videos or images directly from file managers (GNOME Files, Dolphin, Thunar) into the application to open a project or append to the timeline.
  • Interactive visual drop target with animated accent outline feedback on the Add Media button.
• Universal Clipboard Integration:
  • Copy (Ctrl+C): Copies the selected clip and writes the video file to the desktop clipboard for pasting across applications.
  • Paste (Ctrl+V): Paste video files copied from file managers or raw screenshots/images from web browsers and image viewers directly into the project.
• Crop, Rotate & Transform Enhancements:
  • Added 3:4 and 9:21 aspect ratio presets (16:9 | 9:16 | 1:1 | 4:3 | 3:4 | 21:9 | 9:21) with localized tooltips.
  • Directional handle constraints: top/bottom handles resize vertically, left/right resize horizontally, corners adjust both.
  • Strict fixed-proportion boundary clamping to prevent distortion when expanding against frame limits.
  • Automatic preset inversion when rotating clips (4:3 ⇄ 3:4, 16:9 ⇄ 9:16).
  • High-performance cached preview rendering with direct Gdk.MemoryTexture generation for smooth, low-CPU editing.
  • Simplified text-based Reset button.
• Header Bar & UI Redesign:
  • Dedicated fullscreen toggle button (F11) in the header bar.
  • Prominent primary Export... button (Ctrl+E) and top-right menu modal for advanced export options, shortcuts, and info.
  • Polished empty welcome state; allows deleting the last remaining segment to return cleanly to the empty state with full undo/redo history.
• Timeline & Precision Playhead:
  • Dynamic playhead split pill centering across all languages and label lengths.
  • Improved transport controls layout with horizontal padding.
  • Localized clip reordering tooltips across English, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, and French.
• Image Import Dialog:
  • Added quick duration presets (1s, 3s, 5s, 10s) and preserved source image stems in export filenames.
• Playback & Audio Continuity:
  • Fixed audio dropping and seek spamming across segment boundaries, reordered clips, and resume playback.

📦 Download Packages

• 📦 AppImage: VideoCut-0.2.0-x86_64.AppImage (Standalone portable executable)
• 📦 Debian / Ubuntu: video-cut_0.2.0_all.deb (sudo apt install ./video-cut_0.2.0_all.deb)
• 📦 Snap: video-cut_0.2.0_amd64.snap (sudo snap install video-cut_0.2.0_amd64.snap --dangerous)
• 📦 Source Archives: video-cut-0.2.0.tar.gz and video-cut-0.2.0.zip

Full Changelog: v0.1.1...v0.2.0