Is Swirl filter going to stay or be removed?

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It has to do with a future upgrade of Qt not supporting WebVfx which is the technology that those listed filters use.

If you’re interested in more about this check out this thread:

What to do if/when WebVfx disappears

This is direct from the Qt website news: Support of Qt 5.9 LTS ends in May 2020. If you are still with Qt 5.9 LTS, update to the soon released Qt 5.15 LTS or Qt 5.12 LTS is recommended. If you can’t update, extended support is available for an additional fee after the standard support ends. Version 5.9 is what MLT-Shotcut currently uses and which is needed for WebVfx. Later versions of Qt do not support Qt-Webkit upon which WebVfx depends. If/when Dan updates MLT-Shotcut to a supported versi…