Goldcut Editor changelog
Goldcut Editor is a video editor: cut and trim video files, add more video, sound and text, and export. Newest first.
2026.11.10.15 Latest
November 12, 2026
- New: start from any video file. The start screen leads with Start from a video file: pick a video and it becomes the first clip of a new video you can cut, add to, and export.
- New: Add media, first on the toolbar: add any video file from your PC (MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM and more) to the end of the video, after the selected clip, or on a layer over the picture. It comes in with its own sound.
- New: sound files as clips. Add media › Sound file puts music, a voice-over or an effect (MP3, WAV, FLAC, M4A, OGG and more, or the sound of a video file) on a Sound row at the playhead. Drag it to move it, drag its ends to trim, press S to cut it, and set its volume and fades in the side panel.
- New: audio tracks. Add track adds an audio track (up to 8); drag a sound up or down to move it between tracks, and double-click a track's name to rename it.
- New: transitions right on the cut. Move the mouse near a cut and a small + appears; click it and pick Dissolve or Dip to black. Click a transition's badge to change its kind or length, or to take it out.
- New: change volume right on the timeline. Hold the left mouse button on the video's sound row and drag up for louder, down for quieter.
- Changed: exporting is one small panel under the Export button: pick a size (720p, 1080p, 1440p or Vertical) and a frame rate, choose Best quality or Smaller file, and see roughly how big the file will be.
- Changed: the Exact preview looks like your export: same size, frame rate and quality.
- Changed: a simpler view: preview, controls and timeline. The side panel is a slim strip of four icons at the right edge; click one, or press Tab, to open it.
- Changed: a cleaner timeline. Each clip is its own rounded card with a clear gap to the next one, and shows just its length, and its name only if you gave it one.
- Changed: every timeline row has a small icon for what it is, and you can rename a row by double-clicking its name.
- Changed: video layers are added when you need them (Add track › Video layer, up to 6). A thin strip above the top layer takes a dropped clip onto a new layer.
- Changed: a new title bar with the program's name and version.
- Fixed: a video that is not widescreen (a phone clip, an old 4:3 video) was stretched to fill the frame in the exported file. It now keeps its shape, centered on black.
- Fixed: a dissolve now shows in the normal preview, not only in the export.
- Fixed: an export could fail on its very last frame when the video ended a fraction of a frame after the footage.
October – November 2026
- Per-clip speed, color and zoom; sped-up or slowed clips keep their sound at the right pitch.
- Layers with picture-in-picture; select, copy and paste on layers; a progress notice when exporting.
- 1440p export, and exports at 60 and 120 frames per second.
- The first version: live sound preview, the Exact preview, music, an audio mix and export.