Highlights & Features:

• New Color View with color wheels, curves, LUT controls, presets, and live video scopes
• New Recording View for screen, webcam, microphone, and system-audio capture
• Redesigned native Qt timeline with smoother zooming, editable timecode, and improved keyframe controls
• New clip menus and creative presets for motion, camera moves, color, film looks, lighting, and audio
• Local AI model downloads and workflows for Object Mask and Object Detection
• Improved Qt 6, PySide6, Wayland, high-DPI, and modern Linux compatibility
• Updated export presets, documentation, translations, and hundreds of usability and stability fixes openshot-qt Changelog (Version: 4.0.0)
• a653b03 2026-08-26 Jonathan Thomas Fix Windows window recording selection on mixed DPI displays HEAD, origin/release-20260725
• d4d1655 2026-08-25 Jonathan Thomas Document Windows high-DPI recording cursor issue
• 74047bb 2026-08-22 Jonathan Thomas Fix Windows recording region selection
• 12aa1f0 2026-08-17 Jonathan Thomas Verify PipeWire is not a core AppImage dependency
• be04ab6 2026-08-15 Jonathan Thomas Fix standalone MSIX preparation mode
• 49c3946 2026-08-15 Jonathan Thomas Separate MSIX packaging from EXE signing
• b1be158 2026-08-15 Jonathan Thomas Declare translated languages in Store MSIX
• 5948d6d 2026-08-14 Jonathan Thomas Update curated translations for 4.0.0
• 32328af 2026-08-14 Jonathan Thomas Updating translation POT with a few last minute changes.
• 81b358e 2026-08-14 Jonathan Thomas Document object mask and detection workflows
• 0b5db64 2026-08-14 Jonathan Thomas Preserve combined fade keyframes on short clips
• 9e4c8c2 2026-08-14 Jonathan Thomas Honor location preferences with Linux portals
• 9afd9ed 2026-08-14 Jonathan Thomas Fix About version display when release lookup fails
• 94eff6a 2026-08-14 Jonathan Thomas Use Partner Center identity for Store MSIX
• e28104b 2026-08-13 Jonathan Thomas Use frozen CLI for MSIX diagnostics
• 211557a 2026-08-13 Jonathan Thomas Fix MSIX diagnostic launcher compilation
• e353a88 2026-08-13 Jonathan Thomas Add comprehensive MSIX startup diagnostics
• a92b29c 2026-08-13 Jonathan Thomas Add PSF launch compatibility for MSIX
• 18f1ff1 2026-08-13 Jonathan Thomas Fix duplicate MSIX artifacts
• ace19b8 2026-08-12 Jonathan Thomas Harden Windows MSIX packaging
• b75a207 2026-08-11 Jonathan Thomas Fix screen recording dimension helper binding
• 645d684 2026-08-11 Jonathan Thomas Polish tooltip styling and wrapping
• a0fa9f7 2026-08-11 Jonathan Thomas Add project-files-only recording option
• 2618c0e 2026-08-11 Jonathan Thomas Move recordings into project assets
• 3e3dd0d 2026-08-11 Jonathan Thomas Close live capture reader on worker thread
• 4e7ba2d 2026-07-27 Jonathan Thomas Modernize confirmation dialog styling
• 6df8819 2026-07-27 Jonathan Thomas Stabilize restored window and dock state
• e27e15c 2026-07-26 Jonathan Thomas Use desktop portals in Linux AppImage
• 12eb1d2 2026-07-26 Jonathan Thomas Handle canceled object tracking jobs safely
• 7ad74a7 2026-07-26 Jonathan Thomas Fix cramped Cosmic dock tabs
• 903acf1 2026-07-25 Jonathan Thomas Defer dock state restoration on Qt 6
• 4f164a1 2026-07-25 Jonathan Thomas Integrate recording dock with application themes
• 9802fd0 2026-07-25 Jonathan Thomas Fix repeated recording start behavior
• 582a0ad 2026-07-25 Jonathan Thomas Stabilize dock layout restoration
• c8cf5cd 2026-07-25 Jonathan Thomas Improve Recording View startup and layout
• f646568 2026-07-25 Jonathan Thomas Fix keyboard search in asset detail views
• a04087f 2026-07-25 Jonathan Thomas Ignore timeline items occluded by ruler
• addae78 2026-07-25 Jonathan Thomas Guard unavailable tutorial targets
• 6639ff5 2026-07-25 Jonathan Thomas Remove cold-start delay from emoji drags
• eb557e2 2026-07-25 Jonathan Thomas Document complete PyQt6 runtime requirements
• d639fee 2026-07-25 Jonathan Thomas Migrate legacy crop location keyframes
• dea0c90 2026-07-25 Jonathan Thomas Make translation resources Qt-binding neutral
• 17a9adb 2026-07-25 Jonathan Thomas Stop blocked webcam previews cleanly
• 68b9738 2026-07-25 Jonathan Thomas Update supporter credits
• 2ff7926 2026-07-25 Jonathan Thomas Update translations for release
• 0c6b349 2026-07-25 Jonathan Thomas Bumping version to 4.0.0, minimum libopenshot version to 1.0.0
• 9cd2b3f 2026-07-22 Jonathan Thomas Merge pull request #6072 from OpenShot/fix-msix-defusedxml-dependency origin/develop
• 0356c04 2026-07-22 Jonathan Thomas Install defusedxml for MSIX signing
• 922f231 2026-07-22 Jonathan Thomas Merge pull request #6071 from OpenShot/msix-installer
• 2388a87 2026-07-22 Jonathan Thomas Fix Codacy issues in MSIX packaging
• 96d8362 2026-07-22 Jonathan Thomas Merge pull request #6070 from OpenShot/audio-recording
• 6033f00 2026-07-22 Jonathan Thomas Resolve recording Codacy findings
• 3b6a829 2026-07-19 Jonathan Thomas Fix built-in view layout restoration
• 504b12c 2026-07-19 Jonathan Thomas Document macOS system audio limitation
• f28bbd8 2026-07-19 Jonathan Thomas Refine recording workflow and timeline preview
• 5e3ace5 2026-07-19 Jonathan Thomas Refine waveform density preference
• bce8f0d 2026-07-19 Jonathan Thomas Add detailed peak and RMS waveforms
• 2504c8b 2026-07-19 Jonathan Thomas Improve quiet waveform display
• 20b9745 2026-07-19 Jonathan Thomas Fix HiDPI preview playback icons
• 94ae4fd 2026-07-18 Jonathan Thomas Preserve waveform levels and document recording
• f10b6f1 2026-07-18 Jonathan Thomas Integrate system audio screen recording
• 1f9b6f1 2026-06-28 Jonathan Thomas Fix recording window restore state
• be4515d 2026-06-28 Jonathan Thomas Create missing lower tracks for timeline inserts
• e8323af 2026-06-28 Jonathan Thomas Improve recording screen selection
• 6f9813c 2026-06-28 Jonathan Thomas Fix recording layout test fakes
• 27b10dd 2026-06-27 Jonathan Thomas Use source timestamps for live video recording
• 5af44f4 2026-06-27 Jonathan Thomas Improve recording layout controls
• 01b2f7d 2026-06-26 Jonathan Thomas Use requested FPS for screen recordings
• dd84dd8 2026-06-25 Jonathan Thomas Add timer effect docs and icons
• c1d8f97 2026-06-23 Jonathan Thomas Pass mac crop source dimensions to libopenshot
• 7131891 2026-06-23 Jonathan Thomas Enable mac recording window and region selection
• e8d4de1 2026-06-23 Jonathan Thomas Avoid Windows ctypes import on non-Windows
• 8b23eaf 2026-06-23 Jonathan Thomas Tighten recording dock layout
• ea48418 2026-06-22 Jonathan Thomas Do not bundle PipeWire in AppImage
• b9d59ba 2026-06-22 Jonathan Thomas Preserve live recording timestamps
• 23ca3d4 2026-06-21 Jonathan Thomas Polish macOS recording UI defaults
• ca305c9 2026-06-21 Jonathan Thomas Enable recording UI for macOS AVFoundation
• d7a08d4 2026-06-20 Jonathan Thomas Tune Windows live video recording defaults
• 7b39075 2026-06-20 Jonathan Thomas Remove ffmpeg camera enumeration fallback
• fe03eb2 2026-06-20 Jonathan Thomas Stabilize Windows recording selectors
• ee26371 2026-06-19 Jonathan Thomas Add Windows recording region selectors
• a6f8d6c 2026-06-19 Jonathan Thomas Enable recording UI for Windows capture
• a109ff7 2026-06-19 Jonathan Thomas Set MSIX publisher display name
• 3c4351c 2026-06-18 Jonathan Thomas Name MSIX artifact like installer
• ed97edc 2026-06-18 Jonathan Thomas Allow MSIX templates without publisher
• bd40b08 2026-06-18 Jonathan Thomas Set MSIX publisher before signing
• 1c069f7 2026-06-18 Jonathan Thomas Avoid packaging MSIX source installer
• 67751b1 2026-06-18 Jonathan Thomas Retry GitHub release lookup by tag
• 2e25f7d 2026-06-17 Jonathan Thomas Stop uploading MSIX packaging log artifact
• 42ad144 2026-06-17 Jonathan Thomas Fix MSIX manifest rewrite and quiet signing logs
• ffc8f90 2026-06-17 Jonathan Thomas Fix Windows MSIX signer subject lookup
• bf09de2 2026-06-17 Jonathan Thomas Align live recording start and preview thumbnails
• 8cbd2f3 2026-06-17 Jonathan Thomas Fix live recording frame copy
• 174efae 2026-06-17 Jonathan Thomas Fix live recording capture edge cases
• dbe3838 2026-06-17 Jonathan Thomas Quiet MSIX packaging job output
• 8e64883 2026-06-17 Jonathan Thomas Harden MSIX signer subject detection
• 3236456 2026-06-17 Jonathan Thomas Preserve live recording frame order
• 7f908d2 2026-06-17 Jonathan Thomas Align MSIX publisher before cloud signing
• cd7b362 2026-06-17 Jonathan Thomas Stop recording when live video capture ends
• 38a8b15 2026-06-17 Jonathan Thomas Simplify recording screen controls on Wayland
• 7567a7c 2026-06-17 Jonathan Thomas Fix PowerShell manifest log interpolation
• 81184f0 2026-06-17 Jonathan Thomas Enable recording screen source on Wayland
• fa3316c 2026-06-17 Jonathan Thomas Resolve MSIX Packaging Tool app execution alias
• 2846cf6 2026-06-16 Jonathan Thomas Add Windows MSIX packaging CI step
• 4e62271 2026-06-16 Jonathan Thomas Update Linux packaging for Wayland capture
• 13a70d0 2026-06-15 Jonathan Thomas Patch Qt6 text interaction enum aliases
• c2c6156 2026-06-13 Jonathan Thomas Add live multi-source recording timeline previews
• af3caf6 2026-06-12 Jonathan Thomas Expand recording dock for screen and webcam capture
• eee3996 2026-05-28 Jonathan Thomas Add Recording View and audio recording dock
• 06c5503 2026-05-24 Jonathan Thomas Merge pull request #6052 from OpenShot/tilt-scroll-wheel
• 9e59b90 2026-05-24 Jonathan Thomas Merge pull request #6051 from OpenShot/file-import-order
• 0682256 2026-05-22 Jonathan Thomas Merge pull request #6050 from OpenShot/object-mask-effect
• 6ef5965 2026-05-21 Jonathan Thomas Fixing icons on region.py (point, rectangle, trash) to use cosmic dusk higher resolution images.
• ddcea28 2026-05-21 Jonathan Thomas Fix protobuf asset persistence for processed effects
• df3bcc8 2026-05-21 Jonathan Thomas Fixed the off-by-one source in src/windows/video_widget.py
• 895ff01 2026-05-20 Jonathan Thomas Merge pull request #6047 from OpenShot/object-detection-v2