• Fixed Mask: Draw (Glaxnimate) filter, Operation > Subtract for 8-bit processing mode (broke in version 25.12).
• Fixed using Size, Position & Rotate with Mask: Apply filters (broke in version 25.12).
• Improved audio quality by removing a conversion to 16-bit integer and keeping the pipeline in 32-bit float.
• Fixed LV2 external audio plugins not loading on Windows (unless LV2_PATH environment var set explicitly).
• Fixed VA-API HEVC hardware encoder on Linux.
• Fixed Show in Folder not working with non-ASCII characters on Linux.
• Fixed Import Subtitles from File not working on Windows.
• Fixed Subtitles view shows incorrect duration (broke in version 26.8).
• Fixed moving Timeline clip next to another with snap while zoomed out may insert 1 blank frame.
• Fixed copy and pasting a Timeline transition corrupt audio in the pasted transition.
• Fixed window title bar missing on Linux with Settings > Display Method > Vulkan.
• Fixed marker unexpectedly deleted when moving a clip to the left with Ripple Markers on.
• Fixed keyframes on Timeline > Split after a transition.
• Fixed Export job may report failure even though file was completed successfully.
• Fixed some buffer overflow security issues in PGM/wipe reading in MLT and Set Equirectangular in Shotcut.
• Fixed projects deleted from disk still appear in Projects.
• Fixed Ctrl+Up and Ctrl+Down cannot change current track when Timeline loses focus.
• Changed Settings > Leave Safe Mode to an always-present Allow External Plugins checkbox that defaults to off.
  This helps prevent the problem that some VST2 plugins on Windows and macOS are causing startup and shutdown (including export) problems.
• Detect a stuck application startup to automatically disable external plugins.
• Added Automatic Ducking for audio to timeline track Properties.
• Changed Adjust Clip Gain for timeline clips to require Ctrl+Alt (option+command on macOS) to drag.
  This makes it safe from inadvertent changes while selecting and dragging clips. So, now that setting
  defaults on again. Also, a tooltip was added to the clip's audio line.
• Added volume control and audio level meter/indicator to Timeline track headers.
  This effectively makes the track header column a mixing console without needing to clutter the UI with a new panel.
  The gain filter this adds to the track is keyframable.
• Added Timeline > Generate > Adjustment Clip. This is a dummy video clip that contributes no video.
  Instead, its filters apply to the composite of all video tracks below it.
• Added application.triggerAction(name), multitrack.clipStart(), and timeline.split() functions for scripts.
• Improved the performance of the Timeline: moving clips to another track, zooming, undo for many operations (except for ripple move/trim).
• Improved the appearance of the user interface to be more modern with rounded corners in many places.
• New logo
• Upgraded FFmpeg to version 9.0