Free Video Editing Software List

  • Lightworks — Windows, MacOS, and Linux. Lightworks is by far the most fully featured video editor on our list, however, it’s also the one that requires the user to be the most tech-savvy to truly tap into its powerful framework and flagship feature set. On that note, check out the best graphics cards arounds, too.
  • Looking for a Windows 10 Video Editor? Check out the list of 7 programs available for free VSDC - Free Windows 10 video editor of our choice Download. OpenShot - Windows 10 video editor which is open-source. Shotcut - a decent Windows 10 video editor for Chroma keying. Avidemux - ultra-simplistic.
  • Jun 05, 2019  Free video editing software often comes with legal and technical limitations, however. Some widely used codecs require licensing fees on the part of.
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The following is a list of video editing software

The criterion for inclusion in this list is the ability to perform non-linear video editing. Most modern transcoding software supports transcoding a portion of a video clip, which would count as cropping and trimming. However, items in this article have one of the following conditions:

Fortunately for marketers around the world, video editing tools make it easy for users to digitally edit video and audio files to create promotional materials, educational guides, and feature length films, to name a few. Free video editing software for Mac, Windows, iOS and Android can provide the tools users need, on any device.

Free easy video editing software
  1. Can perform other non-linear video editing function such as montage or compositing
  2. Can do the trimming or cropping without transcoding
  • 1Free and open-source
  • 2Proprietary
  • 3Commercial

Free and open-source

Free video editing software for mac

Active and stable

  • Avidemux (Linux, macOS, Windows)
  • Blender VSE (Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, Windows)
  • Cinelerra (Linux, FreeBSD)
  • FFmpeg (Linux, macOS, Windows) – CLI only; no visual feedback
  • Kdenlive (Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, Windows)
  • LiVES (BSD, IRIX, Linux, Solaris)
  • OpenShot Video Editor (FreeBSD, Linux, macOS, Windows)
  • Olive (Linux, macOS, Windows)
  • Pitivi (Linux, FreeBSD)
  • Shotcut (Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, Windows)

Inactive

  • Kino (Linux, FreeBSD)
  • VirtualDub (Windows)
  • VirtualDubMod (Windows)
  • VideoLan Movie Creator (VLMC) (Linux, macOS, Windows)

Proprietary

Freeware or Freemium products

Active

  • ActivePresenter (Windows) – Also screencast software
  • DaVinci Resolve (macOS, Windows, Linux)
  • Freemake Video Converter (Windows)
  • iMovie (iOS, macOS)
  • ivsEdits (Windows)
  • Lightworks (Windows, Linux, macOS)
  • Microsoft Photos (Windows)[1]
  • Screencast-O-Matic (Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Chrome OS)[2]
  • showbox.com (Windows, macOS)
  • VideoPad Home Edition (Windows, macOS, iPad, Android)
  • VSDC Free Video Editor (Windows)
  • WeVideo (Web app)

Discontinued

  • Adobe Premiere Express (Web app)
  • Debugmode Wax (Windows)
  • Pixorial (Web app)
  • VideoThang (Windows)
  • Windows Movie Maker (Windows)

Commercial

Active

Video Editor software, free download

  • Adobe After Effects (macOS, Windows)
  • Adobe Premiere Elements (macOS, Windows)
  • Adobe Premiere Pro (macOS, Windows)
  • Adobe Presenter Video Express (macOS, Windows) – Also screencast software
  • Autodesk Flame
  • Autodesk Smoke
  • Avid Media Composer (Windows, Linux, macOS)
  • AVS Video Editor (Windows)
  • Camtasia (Windows, macOS) – Also screencast software
  • Corel VideoStudio (Windows)
  • Cyberlink PowerDirector (Windows)
  • DaVinci Resolve Studio (macOS, Windows, Linux)
  • Edius (Windows)
  • Final Cut Pro X (macOS)
  • FORscene (macOS, Windows, Linux)
  • Harris Broadcast Velocity (Windows)
  • iMovie (macOS)
  • Kaltura (Web app)
  • Magix Movie Edit Pro (Windows)
  • Magix Vegas Pro (Windows) - previously Sony Vegas Pro
  • Media 100 Suite (macOS)
  • MPEG Video Wizard DVD (Windows)
  • muvee Reveal (Windows, macOS)
  • Pinnacle Studio (Windows)
  • Roxio Creator (Windows)
  • Video Toaster (Windows, hardware suite)
  • VideoPad Masters Edition (Windows, macOS, iPad, Android)
  • Xedio (Windows)

Discontinued

  • Xpress Pro (Windows, OS X)
  • Pinnacle Videospin (Windows)
  • Final Cut Express (OS X)
  • Serif MoviePlus (Windows)
  • ArcSoft ShowBiz (Windows)
  • Avid DS (Windows)
  • Clesh (Java on OS X, Windows, Linux)

See also

References

  1. ^'Introducing Story Remix in Windows 10'. YouTube. Microsoft. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  2. ^Benson, Thor (20 April 2014). 'Best screencasting programs for Windows and Mac'. Digital Trends. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

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