What's new in the latest Bolide® Movie Creator version

Bolide Movie Creator v4.2 Build 1145

added GUI translation to Chinese Simplified, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese
updated existing GUI translations
fixed some minor issues

Bolide Movie Creator v4.2 Build 1144

added the dialog where you can adjust video playback speed with the slider. The speed multiplier range is from 0.1x to 10x. Click on the operations on visual blocks button and select "Speed change" popup menu item
now you can adjust playback speed by dragging the block edge while CTRL key is pressed!
added new text block type - Ticker! Click on the small triangle near "T" button to select the desired text block
added button for quick clear text and paste from clipboard to the scrollable long text dialog
fixed displaying sound level percentage for the block when only two key points defined (start and end)
added Dutch translation
minor bug fixes and improvements

Bolide Movie Creator v4.1 Build 1143

added the ability to save the project as a template using menu item "Project - Save as a template...". After that, you can easily create new projects with the saved template using the menu item "Project - New project from a template"
now the audio and video/photo libraries related to one project only. If you need previous files for your new project as well, use "Open recent" button on the toolbar
now you can drop the transitions to the non-intersected but connected blocks too. The program will intersect them for you
restored the ability to intersect audio blocks in the same track with auto fade-out/fade-in mixing
added "Redo" button next to "Undo". Use it if your last click on Undo was unwanted
fixed issue with splitting blocks with added key points for sound levels
now you can select the key point in the volume edit mode and precisely move it with up/down keys to change the sound level
added Instagram resolutions to the list of predefined project resolutions

Bolide Movie Creator v4.0 Build 1142

now you can apply Chromakey to selected area of the frame only, all outside area will be considered transparent
added Cancel button for crop&zoom
fixed a bug with non-exact block splitting introduced in previous build, sorry
added icon to the volume slider in the preview area
fixed several minor issues

Bolide Movie Creator v4.0 Build 1141

added the ability to set start/end effects to the visual blocks in the timeline. Use "Start/End Effects" menu to set default Fade in/out effect. To change the effect click with the right mouse button over the effect area.
you can change the start/end effect duration by selecting its rectangle and dragging its internal side
several fixes related to a new drag&drop functionality
fixed reverse video function for some rare files
fixed "Blurred background" effect
fixed a bug with custom project resolutions in the popup menu
fixed several issues according to automatically sent bug reports

Bolide Movie Creator v4.0 Build 1140

added the ability to reverse video!
added the ability to save the entire project as an audio file, menu item "Project - Save audio file"
added the ability to save the selected video block's audio to an MP3 file. Click with the right mouse button over the desired block and select "Save audio to file" popup menu item
added showing media info for the files in Audio and Video/Photo libraries. Click with the right mouse button over the file and select "Show media info" popup menu item
new popup menu for the files in Audio Library and Photo/Video Library tabs
now you can start playback by double-click on the file in the local Video/Audio libraries
now it is possible to change the selected photo duration with right-click popup menu
added the ability to save the current frame to the image file or copy it to the clipboard using "Project - Current frame" menu
now when you split any block, all applied effects exist in both parts of the split block
changed the way of drag and drop blocks, now it is possible to drop block between others
"File" menu renamed to "Project"

Bolide Movie Creator v3.9 Build 1136

added the ability to fine-tune audio level with up and down keys
fixed the issue with the increased/decreased playback speed
fixed the issue with changing the noise reduction level
a few minor fixes

Bolide Movie Creator v3.9 Build 1135

added the ability to multi-select blocks in the project by drawing a rectangle
fixed several issues related to video deshaking function
fixed editing text block settings
fixed a bug with recording several audio files in a row with the microphone
fixed several issues according to automatically sent bug reports

Bolide Movie Creator v3.9 Build 1134

added video stabilization (deshaking) function. Can be applied either to block in a project or to the file in a library
added the ability to set exact intersection time in right-click popup menu over the intersection
added quick access to the latest custom resolution for the project to the popup menu
in audio levels edit mode now you can select a range and click Del key to make it silent (or use popup menu with right mouse button)
added recording level (volume) for the selected microphone in record audio dialog
improved quality for saving to an animated GIF file
the buttons for setting a project's resolution to the selected block resolution or the maximum resolution among all blocks (available in the Custom project settings dialog)
fixed crop frame function
fixed a lot of minor issues

Bolide Movie Creator v3.8 Build 1133

frame width and height now can be any even value
fixed selected language restore on restart
added menu item "Language - Translate..." for helping us to translate the program
Hungarian translation updated
fixed a dozen minor issues according to your bug reports

Bolide Movie Creator v3.8 Build 1132

added "Pitch shift" effect for audio, can be used for the voice change or other cool things
grouped Audio operations under one button in the toolbar
added the ability to keep audio tone when changing the audio/video block's speed (like on YouTube when you select faster/slower playback)
added 1.25 and 0.75-speed multipliers (available with right-click menu)
now you can add video to "Audio" tab if you have to use the only audio track from the file
added the ability to quickly mute entire track or block in the project
added the ability to add all videos or photos from the library in random order to the project
added sticking to the edges of the frame when moving a block in the preview area (hold Shift key pressed to avoid sticking)

Bolide Movie Creator v3.7 Build 1131

fixed several bugs, including the bug with saving pan&zoom photos with turned off hardware acceleration

Bolide Movie Creator v3.7 Build 1130

added "crop and zoom" button for arbitrary cropping of the blocks
operations on visual blocks are grouped under one button now
much better quality of the pan-and-zoom effect
added saving and restoration of the text settings dialogs
sticking when moving a block in the frame for easier centering
added batch pan-and-zoom effect under "Automate" button
some minor improvements

Bolide Movie Creator v3.6 Build 1129

added pan&zoom effect for the images. Available in the popup menu (right click over the image)
the block in the frame now can be round/ellipse
better contrast when drawing the sound levels in the block
several bugs were fixed

Bolide Movie Creator v3.5 Build 1128

added the ability to remove transition effect (select the intersection and press Del)
fixed saving 4K videos with AMD encoder
fixed pre-listening to the improved sound in the sound improve dialog
fixed splitting of the video blocks with changed volume
saving with the 4k resolution now available to AVI as well
autorotate of photos according to their EXIF tags
bottom scroller will never hide due to many tracks used
A LOT of minor issues were fixed

Bolide Movie Creator v3.5 Build 1127

added the ability to truncate video blocks with drag-and-drop
added the ability to apply effects to round/ellipse areas
added support for animated GIF files as input
improved time marks in the timeline
added a button to apply the selected transition to the selected intersection (in the Transitions tab)
optimized memory usage when dealing with large files
fixed issue with the noise reduction introduced in the previous version
fixed issue with the empty lines in the text block
fixed issues with the transition effects between the photo/photo and video/photo blocks
a lot of minor improvements and fixes

Bolide Movie Creator v3.4 Build 1126

found several more cases when BMC can hang during encoding the video and fixed them
several minor issues were fixed

Bolide Movie Creator v3.4 Build 1125

translation files were updated
"Undo" function now doesn't change the timeline scale
added *.flac audio files support
Automate button now works for the selected track only, not for the entire project
a dozen minor issues was fixed

Bolide Movie Creator v3.4 Build 1124

added the extended audio encoding options. Leave defaults if you don't need them :)
implemented simple voice recorder, check "Audio" tab
added the ability to scroll large amounts of text (classic titles)
now you can resize blocks in the preview either without proportions or select between 4:3/16:9/original
the time scale is visible now even if you have a dozen tracks in the project
fixed a rare bug with hanging during the video encoding
several minor issues were fixed

Bolide Movie Creator v3.3 Build 1123

fixed quite a critical bug with hanging on some files

Bolide Movie Creator v3.3 Build 1122

added the ability to add frame counter, stopwatch, and timer in the text block
added the ability to set round corners radius for the text background
added the ability to split the entire project by dragging the cursor with the right mouse button
added the ability to move selected blocks frame-by-frame using CTRL+cursor left and right keys
added a lot of new key shortcuts - https://moviecreator.app/video-editing-guide/key-shortcuts.html
added the ability to set default photo block duration in Settings menu
added "Copy" button to the toolbar to copy the selected blocks to the clipboard
added the ability to change video speed in 8 times in the right-click popup menu
added ability to change the color balance for the video/photo blocks (press CTRL-P)
fixed a dozen issues

Bolide Movie Creator v3.2 Build 1121

added OGG audio format support
added the ability to set background color and transparency for text blocks
added "Blurred background" option in the popup menu. Useful for the rotated video
now split function works for all the selected blocks in the timeline
added the ability to select the audio track for the video blocks with the multiple audio tracks
added menu item "File - Transfer project..." for transferring the entire project (including all source files) to another folder/drive/computer

Bolide Movie Creator v3.1 Build 1120

several bugs were fixed
updated translation files: Turkish, Hungarian, German

Bolide Movie Creator v3.1 Build 1119

added the ability to apply the effects to the selected frame area only
added noise reduction and volume normalization tool. Works great for microphone recordings!
added Chromakey effect
added Hungarian translation
fixed some Windows compatibility issues

Bolide Movie Creator v3.0 Build 1118

another bug fixing
fixed program start in Windows Vista
fixed weird stripe that can rarely appear on some source video clips

Bolide Movie Creator v3.0 Build 1117

fixed several bugs, thank you for the reports!

Bolide Movie Creator v3.0 Build 1116

added more than 50 effects that can be used with any photo/video block in the timeline. Check "Effects" tab
added the ability to save video as animated GIF file
added .h264 encoding hardware acceleration support for AMD chips as well (AMD VCE)
fixed a large memory leak during encoding introduced in v2.9
as usual, a lot of minor improvements and fixes

Bolide Movie Creator v2.9 Build 1115

fixed saving to AVI format
fixed several minor issues according to your bug reports

Bolide Movie Creator v2.9 Build 1114

now BMC can use hardware acceleration of NVidia (nvenc) and Intel (quicksync) graphics! Get your project saved MUCH faster
added the ability to select and move multiple blocks in the timeline. Hold CTRL key to select several blocks
added the ability to select empty space blocks and delete them
added the ability to add a track to the bottom of the project. Useful when you decided to add some background.
added the ability to manually set a bitrate for video encoding. Automatic options are still there too!
when you dragging a volume line, the program displays volume level percentage
fixed a volume control for playing audio and video files from the local library

Bolide Movie Creator v2.8 Build 1113

several fixes according to your bug reports

Bolide Movie Creator v2.8 Build 1112

fixed a problem with the audio files introduced in the previous build.

Bolide Movie Creator v2.8 Build 1111

added the ability to freeze frame on given amount of seconds
added the ability to navigate by single frames - either with the buttons under the preview or with the keyboard Left and Right keys
the blocks in the project are sticks to each other now. To avoid sticking, you can hold Shift key pressed
improved images resizing in the preview area
fixed clearing clipboard after you paste the block
several minor improvements and bug fixes

Bolide Movie Creator v2.7 Build 1110

fixed several bugs. If you have a problem with the end of saved video files, please update

Bolide Movie Creator v2.7 Build 1109

added very flexible sound volume editing for any clip in the timeline
fixed several issues

Bolide Movie Creator v2.6 Build 1108

fixed several issues according to your bug reports

Bolide Movie Creator v2.6 Build 1107

improved support of the video with high fps (even 120 fps!)
you can manually set framerate up to 60 fps now in the project settings
added the ability to make video slower or faster up to 4 times (Check "Speed" menu item when click with the right mouse button over the video clip)
added the ability to set audio fade-in and fade-out for the video clips. Check popup menu by clicking right mouse button over the video clip
several bug fixes and UI improvements

Bolide Movie Creator v2.5 Build 1106

more thumbnails are displayed for the video tracks
audio levels displayed for the audio tracks
improved seeking speed for video clips
fixed several minor bugs

Bolide Movie Creator v2.4 Build 1105

improved "Text settings" dialog. Predefined colors, appearance and disappearance animation
added zoom-out/zoom-in animation for text blocks
added more transition effects: Pinwheel, Radial Wipe, Plane Explode, Glow-Soft, Cross-Zoom
fixed several minor bugs

Bolide Movie Creator v2.3 Build 1104

added the ability to preview video/photo/audio from the local library
added two more animations for text blocks - Slide upward/downward
added the link to online Video Editing Guide
added automatic reopening of the last project after the crash
fixed a bug with drag and dropping the effects to the timeline
fixed several more issues, usability related

Bolide Movie Creator v2.2 Build 1103

added support of UltraHD resolution
now you can animate text blocks too - right click over "fade" part of the block and select the desired animation
now every single letter in text blocks can have its own font and color settings
fixed several minor issues

Bolide Movie Creator v2.1 Build 1102

added great zoom-in/zoom-out effect
added five new transition effects
easier installation process (less steps)
fixed several issues

Bolide Movie Creator v2.0 Build 1101

- updated Spanish, French and German translations - fixed installation - in some cases no "virtual screen" examples were visible - fixed several issues according to your bug reports

Bolide Movie Creator v2.0 Build 1100

now all the tracks in the timeline are universal - you can place video, photo, music to the same track
now you can mix as many tracks as you want
added the ability to rotate video
added "virtual screen" effect with several pre-defined templates. You can add your own too

Bolide Movie Creator v1.7 Build 1010

fixed a lot of issues (especially on Windows XP)
removed the time limit for the trial version, now it is unlimited

Bolide Movie Creator v1.6 Build 1009

added marks for the clips in the local library, that are already added to the project
fixed changing the volume of the audio track when a photo comes after the video
now you can scroll the timeline with the mouse wheel. Hold Shift key to change the scale with the wheel
added Turkish translation
fixed issues on systems with larger system font
fixed several minor issues

Bolide Movie Creator v1.6 Build 1008

added support for editing the clips recorded with PlayClaw program (experimental)
added ability to add image overlays, so you can add your logotype or watermark now
added an ability to highlight the given rectangle in the video clip
added French interface translation
several bugs were fixed

Bolide Movie Creator v1.5 Build 1007

added ability to change the speed of the video clips. Use popup menu (right click over the video clip in the timeline)
added German and Spanish translations
fixed several sudden hangs

Bolide Movie Creator v1.4 Build 1006

added "split" button for splitting video/audio clips and text
added multi-level "Undo" feature
added cut/paste feature for the objects in the timeline

Bolide Movie Creator v1.3 Build 1005

added ability to fade-in and fade-out for text comments
added Polish interface translation
fixed bugs according to your bug reports

Bolide Movie Creator v1.2 Build 1004

minor update with several non-critical bugs fixed

Bolide Movie Creator v1.2 Build 1003

we have added 21 new transition effects!
many bugs were fixed, including the memory related ones

Bolide Movie Creator v1.1 Build 1002

added transition effects
improved timeline (multi-select, selection of the transitions, etc.)
several bugs were fixed

Bolide Movie Creator v1.0 Build 1001

first public release

Latest Version

4.2 Build 1145

June 02, 2024

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Bolide Movie Creator - All clear!
"Overall, Bolide Movie Creator is an excellent video editing software program that is easy to use and offers a wide range of features."
Carmen Becker - Rating: 4.6 - 19 Nov 2024

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