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1 hot for the new Speech to Text model downloader
2 hots for the new System Fusion and improved System UI themes
3 hots for your CPU cooking on the new Outline video filter!

• Added a Whisper.cpp (GGML) model downloader to the Speech to Text dialog.
  A model is no longer included in the download and installation reducing their sizes.

• Improved the System theme to follow the operating system palette on Windows (darker and more contrast), and improved its appearance on macOS dark mode.

• Added Settings > Theme > System Fusion that combines the operating system palette with the monochrome, symbolic icons of the Fusion themes.

• Added an Outline video filter that uses the input alpha channel--useful with rich text or assets with a transparent background.
  This means that, like Drop Shadow, it will not work as expected when used after a text filter on a video or image clip. Rather, you must use a text clip (transparent color generator with text filter) on an upper track.

Other New Features

• Added the ability to drag the waveform peak line to adjust audio gain.
• Added Settings > Timeline > Adjust Clip Gain/Volume to turn off the above.
• Added rolling an edit/trim to Timeline:
  Hold Ctrl (command on macOS) while trimming to simultaneously trim the neighbor clip.
• Added a Soft Focus filter set.
• Added Audio/Video duration to the Slideshow Generator dialog, defaults to 4 hours.
  This facilitates using Slideshow Generator to make transitions between everything when including both video and images. (It still respects the source duration and in & out points; duration here is a maximum.)

Surround Sound Mixing Improvements

• Added fader and surround balance to the Balance audio filter if channels > 2.
• Added Channels toggle buttons to many audio filters:
• Band Pass
• Compressor
• Delay
• Downmix
• Equalizer: 3-Band
• Equalizer: 15-Band
• Equalizer: Parametric
• Expander
• Gain/Volume
• High Pass
• Low Pass
• Limiter
• Mute
• Noise Gate
• Notch
• Added support for 4 channels in the Copy Channel audio filter.

For example, now you can: - Copy stereo music to the rear channels and use the fader in the Balance filter to reduce its volume, - Downmix spoken word into the center channel and apply a Band Pass filter to it, and - Route music or sound effects to the low-frequency channels and apply a Low Pass filter to it.

Other Improvements

• Changed the default Export > Audio > Rate control to Average Bitrate for AAC, Opus, and MP3.
• Added the ability to add/use multiple Mask: Apply filters.
• Added support for Scrub While Dragging to trimming on the timeline.
• Added hold Shift to ripple-trim when Ripple is turned off.
• Added French (Canadian) and Lithuanian translations.

Fixes

• Fixed Mask: Apply with multiple Mask: Simple Shape (broke in v25.05)
• Fixed exporting projects containing only Generator clips on Windows (broke in v25.05).
• Fixed converting 10-bit full to limited range (broke in v25.01).
• Fixed dropdown menus using Settings > Theme > System on Windows.
• Fixed Balance and Pan audio muted channels if audio channels > 2.
• Fixed Export > Use hardware encoder fails with H.264 on macOS 15.
• Fixed Properties > Convert or Reverse for iPhone 16 Pro videos with Ambisonic audio.
• Fixed a single frame fade out filter would either mute or make black.
• Fixed repairing a project (e.g. broken file links) with proxy turned on.
• Fixed doing Freeze Frame on the first frame of a clip.