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OpenShot 4.0 adds colour grading, recording dock and Qt 6 support
For once, it might just be the 'biggest release ever'
OpenShot 4.0 has been tagged for release with a Qt 6 interface, colour grading tools and a new video and audio recording interface among its changes.
The Qt 6 migration has been in the works for a while and while it doesn’t directly alter the way OpenShot looks – more on other visual changes further down – the backend bump does bring improved Wayland support and reliable fractional scaling.
On the features front, OpenShot 4.0 debut with a new colour grading effect and a dedicated work view:
This offers scopes for colour assessment, curve editing and colour wheels for corrections, etc, and resolves one of the editor’s biggest weakness prior to now: a lack of pro-level tools.
There’s also a new recording dock. This lets you manage input devices, monitor input levels live and record directly into an existing project from a microphone, screen or webcam. Clips appear on the timeline (you can define which track) while recording is active and import once complete.
OpenShot has been embracing AI tooling for video editing over a couple of releases. This update delivers more improvements in that area.
As a reminder, OpenShot supports built-in AI/ML effects (like object detection) that use local models, as well as generative AI features that hook into a ComfyUI server you run separately, to which OpenShot passes files and pulls results back into your projects.
OpenShot 4.0 adds four new ComfyUI workflows for audio: de-noise (via ComfyUI_FLClearVoice), enhance voice, upscale audio resolution and basic repair for poor or damaged clips.
On the local side, the AI affects UI was made “simpler” as model download options and status appear in dialogs when you first try an effect that use a model. Adding and refining AI-powered Object Mask to clips now show a live mask preview, and can switch model and set quality.