The following is a list of
video editing software
Video editing software or a video editor is software used for performing the post-production video editing of digital video sequences on a non-linear editing system (NLE). It has replaced traditional flatbed celluloid film editing tools and analo ...
.
The criterion for inclusion in this list is the ability to perform
non-linear video editing
Non-linear editing (NLE) is a form of offline editing for audio, video, and image editing. In offline editing, the original content is not modified in the course of editing. In non-linear editing, edits are specified and modified by speciali ...
. Most modern
transcoding
Transcoding is the direct digital-to-digital conversion of one encoding to another, such as for video data files, audio files (e.g., MP3, WAV), or character encoding (e.g., UTF-8, ISO/IEC 8859). This is usually done in cases where a target ...
software supports transcoding a portion of a
video clip
Video clip may refer to:
*Short videos, especially short-form content
** Video clip (online media), a short snippet of a video uploaded on the internet
*A music video
A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that ...
, which would count as
cropping and trimming. However, items in this article have one of the following conditions:
# Can perform other non-linear video editing function such as
montage or
compositing
Compositing is the process or technique of combining visual elements from separate sources into single images, often to create the illusion that all those elements are parts of the same scene. Live action, Live-action shooting for compositing ...
# Can do the trimming or cropping without transcoding
Free (libre) or open-source
The software listed in this section is either
free software
Free software, libre software, libreware sometimes known as freedom-respecting software is computer software distributed open-source license, under terms that allow users to run the software for any purpose as well as to study, change, distribut ...
or
open source
Open source is source code that is made freely available for possible modification and redistribution. Products include permission to use and view the source code, design documents, or content of the product. The open source model is a decentrali ...
, and may or may not be
commercial
Commercial may refer to:
* (adjective for) commerce, a system of voluntary exchange of products and services
** (adjective for) trade, the trading of something of economic value such as goods, services, information or money
* a dose of advertising ...
.
Active and stable
*
Avidemux
Avidemux is a free and open-source software application for non-linear video editing and transcoding multimedia files. The developers intend it as "a simple tool for simple video processing tasks" and to allow users "to do elementary things in ...
(Linux, macOS, Windows)
*
Losslesscut (Linux, macOS, Windows)
*
Blender VSE (Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, Windows)
*
Cinelerra (Linux, FreeBSD)
*
FFmpeg
FFmpeg is a free and open-source software project consisting of a suite of libraries and programs for handling video, audio, and other multimedia files and streams. At its core is the command-line ffmpeg tool itself, designed for processing vide ...
(Linux, macOS, Windows) –
CLI CLI may refer to:
Computing
* Call Level Interface, an SQL database management API
* Command-line interface, of a computer program
* Command-line interpreter or command language interpreter; see List of command-line interpreters
* CLI (x86 instruc ...
only; no visual feedback
*
Flowblade (Linux)
*
Kdenlive (Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, Windows)
*
LiVES
Lives may refer to:
* The plural form of a ''life''
* Lives, Iran, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
* The number of lives in a video game
* ''Parallel Lives'', aka ''Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans'', a series of biographies of famous m ...
(BSD, IRIX, Linux, Solaris)
*
Olive
The olive, botanical name ''Olea europaea'' ("European olive"), is a species of Subtropics, subtropical evergreen tree in the Family (biology), family Oleaceae. Originating in Anatolia, Asia Minor, it is abundant throughout the Mediterranean ...
(Linux, macOS, Windows) - ''currently in alpha''
*
OpenShot (Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, Windows)
*
Pitivi (Linux, FreeBSD)
*
Shotcut (Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, Windows)
Inactive
*
Kino (Linux, FreeBSD)
*
VirtualDub
VirtualDub is a free and open-source video capture and video processing utility for Microsoft Windows written by Avery Lee. It is designed to process linear video streams, including filtering and recompression. It uses AVI container format to s ...
(Windows)
*
VirtualDubMod (Windows)
*
VideoLan Movie Creator (VLMC) (Linux, macOS, Windows)
Proprietary (non-commercial)
The software listed in this section is
proprietary, and
freeware
Freeware is software, often proprietary, that is distributed at no monetary cost to the end user. There is no agreed-upon set of rights, license, or EULA that defines ''freeware'' unambiguously; every publisher defines its own rules for the free ...
or
freemium
Freemium, a portmanteau of the words "free" and "premium", is a pricing strategy by which a basic product or service is provided free of charge, but money (a premium) is charged for additional features, services, or virtual (online) or physical ( ...
.
Active
*
Clipchamp
Clipchamp is a freemium Video editing software, video editing tool developed by Australia, Australian company Clipchamp Proprietary company, Pty Ltd., a subsidiary of Microsoft. It is a Web application, web-based, Non-linear editing, non-linear ed ...
(
Web app
A web application (or web app) is application software that is created with World Wide Web, web technologies and runs via a web browser. Web applications emerged during the late 1990s and allowed for the server to Dynamic web page, dynamically ...
)
*
DaVinci Resolve
DaVinci Resolve is a proprietary color grading, color correction, visual effects, and audio post-production video editing application for macOS, Windows, and Linux, developed by Australian company Blackmagic Design. It was originally deve ...
(macOS, Windows, Linux, iPadOS)
*
Freemake Video Converter (Windows)
*
iMovie
iMovie is a free video editing software, video editing application made by Apple Inc., Apple for the Mac (computer), Mac, the iPhone, and the iPad. It includes a range of video effects and tools like color correction and image stabilization, b ...
(iOS, macOS)
*
ivsEdits (Windows)
*
Lightworks
Lightworks is a freemium non-linear editing system, non-linear editing system (NLE) for editing and mastering digital video. It was an early developer of computer-based non-linear editing systems, and has been in development since 1998. The dev ...
(Windows, Linux, macOS)
*
VideoPad Home Edition (Windows, macOS, iPad, Android)
*
VSDC Free Video Editor (Windows)
*
WeVideo (Web app)
*
YouTube Create (Android)
Discontinued
*
Adobe Premiere Express (
Web app
A web application (or web app) is application software that is created with World Wide Web, web technologies and runs via a web browser. Web applications emerged during the late 1990s and allowed for the server to Dynamic web page, dynamically ...
)
*
Pixorial (
Web app
A web application (or web app) is application software that is created with World Wide Web, web technologies and runs via a web browser. Web applications emerged during the late 1990s and allowed for the server to Dynamic web page, dynamically ...
)
*
VideoThang (Windows)
*
Microsoft Photos Legacy (Windows)
*
Windows Movie Maker
Windows Movie Maker (known as Windows Live Movie Maker for the 2009 and 2011 releases) is a discontinued video editing software program by Microsoft. It was first included in Windows Me on September 14, 2000, and in Windows XP on October 25, 200 ...
(Windows)
Proprietary (commercial)
The software listed in this section is
proprietary and
commercial
Commercial may refer to:
* (adjective for) commerce, a system of voluntary exchange of products and services
** (adjective for) trade, the trading of something of economic value such as goods, services, information or money
* a dose of advertising ...
.
Active
*
Adobe After Effects
Adobe After Effects is a digital visual effects, motion graphics, and compositing application developed by Adobe Inc.; it is used for animation and in the post-production process of film making, video games and television production. Amo ...
(macOS, Windows)
*
Adobe Premiere Elements
Adobe Premiere Pro is a video editing application developed by Adobe Inc. and is distributed as part of the Adobe Creative Cloud suite. It is primarily used for producing high-quality videos across various industries.
History Original A ...
(macOS, Windows)
*
Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe Premiere Pro is a video editing application developed by Adobe Inc. and is distributed as part of the Adobe Creative Cloud suite. It is primarily used for producing high-quality videos across various industries.
History Original A ...
(macOS, Windows)
*
Adobe Presenter Video Express (macOS, Windows) – Also
screencast software
*
Avid Media Composer (Windows, macOS)
*
AVS Video Editor (Windows)
*
Blackbird (macOS, Windows, Linux)
*
Camtasia (Windows, macOS) – Also
screencast software
*
CapCut (Windows, macOS, iOS, Android)
*
Corel VideoStudio (Windows)
*
Cyberlink PowerDirector (Windows, macOS, iOS, Android)
*
DaVinci Resolve Studio (macOS, Windows, Linux)
*
Edius (Windows)
*
Wondershare Filmora (Windows, macOS, iOS, Android)
*
Final Cut Pro (macOS, iPadOS)
*
Kaltura (Web app)
*
Magix Movie Edit Pro (Windows)
*
Media 100 Suite (macOS)
*
muvee Reveal (Windows, macOS)
*
Nacsport Video Analysis Software (Windows)
*
Pinnacle Studio (Windows)
*
Roxio Creator (Windows)
*
Retouch4me Heal OFX, Dodge&Burn OFX, Color Match OFX (Windows, macOS)
*
ScreenFlow (macOS)
*
Vegas Pro (Windows) – previously Sony Vegas
*
VideoPad Master's Edition (Windows, macOS, iPadOS, Android)
*
Xedio (Windows)
Discontinued
*
ArcSoft ShowBiz (Windows)
*
Autodesk Smoke (macOS)
*
Avid DS (Windows)
*
Clesh (Java on OS X, Windows, Linux)
*
Final Cut Express (OS X)
*
LoiLoScope (Windows)
*
MPEG Video Wizard DVD (Windows)
*
Serif MoviePlus (Windows)
*
Pinnacle Videospin (Windows)
*
Video Toaster
The NewTek Video Toaster is a combination of hardware and software for the editing and production of NTSC standard-definition video. The plug-in expansion card initially worked with the Amiga 2000 computer and provides a number of BNC connect ...
(Windows, hardware suite)
*
Xpress Pro
Avid Xpress Pro was a non-linear video editing software aimed at professionals in the TV and movie industry. It was available for Microsoft Windows PCs and Apple Macintosh computers.
Features
Xpress Pro included many of the high-end editing fe ...
(Windows, OS X)
References
See also
*
Comparison of video editing software
*
Comparison of video converters
*
Photo slideshow software
*
Video editing
Video editing is the post-production and arrangement of video shots. To showcase excellent video editing to the public, video editors must be reasonable and ensure they have a thorough understanding of film, television, and other sorts of videog ...
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