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The following is a list of video editing software. This table gives basic general information about the different editors.




==General information==
ALL of the entries in this table must conform to the following criteria:
This table gives basic general information about the different editors:
* Must be able to run on Windows
* Must be low cost, free, or open-source
* Must work (at least be installable)
* Must be functional
 
 
==List of Video Editors==
 


{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: auto"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: auto"
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Program'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Developer'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Platform'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''List price (USD)'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Remarks'''
|-
| Adobe Premiere Elements||Adobe Systems||Windows/Mac||$100 ||
|-
| Avidemux||Mean||Windows/Mac/BSD/Linux||Open source software||
|-
| AVS Video Editor||Online Media Technologies Ltd.||Windows||$59 (Unlimited access)||
|-
| Blender (VSE : Video Sequence Editor)||Blender Foundation||Windows/Mac/Solaris/Irix/Linux||Open source software||
|-
| Corel VideoStudio||Corel Corporation||Windows||$79.99, $99.99||
|-
| CyberLink PowerDirector||Cyberlink||Windows||$69.95, $99.95||
|-
| Elecard AVC HD Editor||Elecard||Windows||$49.95 ||
|-
| Lightworks||Editshare||Windows/Linux||||
|-
| MAGIX Movie Edit Pro||MAGIX||Windows||$59.99 - $99.99||
|-
| MoviePlus||Serif (Europe) Ltd||Windows||$79.99 ||
|-
| NCH VideoPad||NCH Software||Windows||||
|-
| Nero Vision Xtra/Nero Video Premium HD|||Nero||Windows||$29.99 - $109.99||
|-
| VideoSpin||Pinnacle Studio (Avid)||Windows||||
|-
|-
! Program
| Sony Vegas Movie Studio||Sony Creative Software||Windows||$45–$125||
! Platform
! Developer
! Year of first release
! Year of latest release
! Latest version
! List price ([[United States dollar|USD]])
! [[Software license|License]]
|-
|-
|-
! | [[Adobe Premiere Elements]]
| VirtualDub||Avery Lee||Windows||Open source software||
| Windows/Mac
|-
| [[Adobe Systems]]
| Windows Live Movie Maker||Microsoft||Windows||Free, in Windows Live Essentials (Vista, 7)||Import from camera functionality was removed
| 2004
|-
| 2011
| Windows Movie Maker||Microsoft||Windows||Free, in Microsoft Windows XP||
| 10.0
|-
| {{nonfree|$100}}
| Cinelerra||||||||
| {{proprietary}}
|-
|-
| DScaler||||||||
|-  
|-
! | [[Avidemux]]
| DVD Flick||||||||
| Windows/Mac/BSD/Linux
|-
| Mean
| Kaltura||||||||
|  
|-
| 2011
| Kino||||||||
| 2.5.6
|-
| {{free|$0.00}}
| Kdenlive||||||||
| {{free|[[GPL]]}}
|-
|-  
| LiVES||||||||
! | [[AVS Video Editor]]
|-
| Windows
| OpenShot Video Editor||||||||
| Online Media Technologies Ltd.
|-
| 2004
| PiTiVi||||||||
| 2012
|-
| 6.2.1.222
| VirtualDubMod||||||||
| {{nonfree|$59 (Unlimited access)}}
|-
| {{proprietary}}
| AviSynth||||Windows||Open source software||
|-  
|-
! | [[Blender 3D|Blender]] (VSE : Video Sequence Editor)
| Blender VSE||||cross-platform||Open source software||
| Windows/Mac/Solaris/Irix/Linux
|-
| Blender Foundation
| Premiere Elements||Adobe Systems||Windows, Mac OS X||||
| 2002
|-
| 2012
| Premiere Pro||Adobe Systems||Windows, Mac OS X||||
| 2.63a
|-
| {{free|$0.00}}
| After Effects||Adobe Systems||Windows, Mac OS X||||
| {{free|[[GPL]]}}
|-
|-  
| Adobe Premiere Express (Adobe Flash Player)||Adobe Systems||||||
|-
|-
! | [[Corel VideoStudio]]
| Avid DS||Avid Technology||Windows||||
| Windows
|-
| [[Corel Corporation]]
| Media Composer||Avid Technology||Windows, Mac OS X||||
| 1993 (Under Ulead)
|-
| 2012
| Avid NewsCutter||Avid Technology||||||
| x5
|-
| {{nonfree|$79.99, $99.99}}
| Avid Symphony||Avid Technology||Windows, Mac OS X||||
| {{proprietary}}
|-
|-  
| Avid Studio||Avid Technology||||||
! | [[PowerDirector|CyberLink PowerDirector]]
|-
| Windows
| Camtasia Studio (Also Screencast software)||||||||
| Cyberlink
|-
| 2001
| Corel (formerly Ulead Systems)||||||||
| 2011
|-
| 10
| VideoStudio||||Windows||||
| {{nonfree|$69.95, $99.95}}
|-
| {{proprietary}}
| CyberLink PowerDirector||||||||
|-
|-
|-  
| Xedio CleanEdit||EVS Broadcast Equipment||Windows||||
! | [[Elecard Group|Elecard]] AVC HD Editor
|-
| Windows
| FORscene||||Java on Mac OS X, Windows, Linux||||
| [[Elecard Group|Elecard]]
|-
| 2008
| FXhome Limited (HitFilm)||||Windows||||
| 2010
|-
| v. 1.0.100705
| Video easy||Magix||Windows||||
| {{nonfree|$49.95}}
|-
| {{proprietary}}
| Movie Edit Pro||Magix||||||
|-
|-
|-  
| Video Pro X||Magix||||||
! | [[Lightworks]]
|-
| Windows/Linux
| Montage Extreme||||Windows||||
| Editshare
|-
| 1989
| muvee Reveal X||muvee Technologies||Windows||||
| 2012
|-
| 11
| Video Toaster||NewTek||Windows, hardware suite||||
| {{free|$0.00}}
|-
| Open Core
| Panopto||||||||
|-  
|-
|-
| iQ||Quantel||Windows||||
! | [[MAGIX Movie Edit Pro]]
|-
| Windows
| eQ||Quantel||Windows||||
| [[MAGIX]]
|-
| circa 2001 (VideoDeluxe 1.0)
| sQ||Quantel||Windows||||
| 2011
|-
| 17 plus
| Newsbox||Quantel||Windows||||
| {{nonfree| $59.99 - $99.99}}
|-
| {{proprietary}}
| Creator and MyDVD||Roxio||Windows||||
|-  
|-
|-
| Serif MoviePlus||||Windows||||
! | [[MoviePlus]]
|-
| Windows
| MPEG Video Wizard||Womble Multimedia||Windows||||
| Serif (Europe) Ltd
|-
| 200
| MPEG-VCR||Womble Multimedia||Windows||||
| 2011
|-
| X5
| Clesh ||||Java on Mac OS X, Windows, Linux||||
| {{nonfree|$79.99}}
| {{proprietary}}
|-  
! | NCH [[VideoPad]]
| Windows
| [[NCH Software]]
|  
|  
|  
| {{nonfree}}
| {{proprietary}}
|-  
! | [[Nero (software suite)|Nero Vision Xtra/Nero Video Premium HD]]
| Windows
| Nero
| 2002
| 2011
| 11.0
| {{nonfree|$29.99 - $109.99}}
| {{proprietary}}
|-  
|-
! | [[Pinnacle Studio]]
| Windows
| [[Pinnacle Systems]]
| 1999
| 2011
| 15
| {{nonfree|$49.99 - $129.99}}
| {{proprietary}}
|-  
! | [[Pinnacle Studio#VideoSpin|Pinnacle Videospin]]
| Windows
| Avid
| 2009
| 2009
| 2.0
| {{free|$0.00}}
| {{proprietary}}
|-  
|-
! | [[Sony Vegas Movie Studio]]
| Windows
| [[Sony Creative Software]]
| 2000
| 2011
| 11.0
| {{nonfree|$45–$125}}
| {{proprietary}}
|-  
|-
|-  
! | [[VirtualDub]]
| Windows
| Avery Lee
| 2000
| 2010
| 1.9.10
| {{free|$0.00}}
| {{free|[[GPL]]}}
|-  
|-  
! | [[Windows Live Movie Maker]]
| Windows
| [[Microsoft]]
| 2009
| 2011
| 15.4.3538.0513
| {{free|Bundled with [[Windows Live Essentials]] as free of charge}}
| {{proprietary}}
|-
|-
! | [[Windows Movie Maker]]
| Windows
| [[Microsoft]]
| 2000
| 2006
| 6.0.6000.16386
| {{dropped|Bundled with [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] [[Windows 2000|2000]], [[Windows XP|XP]] and [[Windows Vista|Vista]]. Dropped in [[Windows 7]].}}
| {{proprietary}}
|}
|}
The following is a list of [[video editing software]].
==Open source software==
===[[Non-linear editing system|Non-linear]] video editing software===
{{See also|List of free and open source software packages#Video editing}}
*[[Avidemux]] ([[cross-platform]])
*[[AviSynth]] (Windows)
*[[Blender_(software)|Blender VSE]] ([[cross-platform]])
==Freeware (free proprietary software)==
===[[Non-linear editing system|Non-linear]] video editing software===
*[[Lightworks]] (Windows)
===Video encoding and conversion tools===
*[[FormatFactory]] (Windows)
*[[Ingest Machine DV]] (Windows)
*[[MediaCoder]]
*[[MPEG Streamclip]] (Windows, Mac OS X)
*[[SUPER (software)|SUPER]] (Windows) Frontend for ffmpeg, Mencoder and a few other encoders. Contains DirectShow optimizations as well.
*[[ZConvert]] (Windows)
*[[TMPGEnc]] Commercial Version (Windows)
*[[Windows Media Encoder]] (Windows)
*[[XMedia Recode]]
==Proprietary software==
===[[Non-linear editing system|Non-linear]] video editing software===
*[[Adobe Systems]]
**[[Adobe Premiere Elements|Premiere Elements]]  (Mac OS X, Windows)
**[[Adobe Premiere Pro|Premiere Pro]] (Mac OS X, Windows)
**[[Adobe After Effects|After Effects]] (Mac OS X, Windows)
**[[Adobe Premiere Express]] ([[Adobe Flash Player]])
*[[Apple Inc.]]
**[[Final Cut Express]] (Mac OS X - discontinued)
**[[Final Cut Pro]] (Mac OS X)
**[[iMovie]] (Mac OS X)
*[[ArcSoft ShowBiz]] (discontinued)
*[[AVS Video Editor]] (Windows)
*[[Autodesk Media and Entertainment|Autodesk]] Autodesk Smoke ([[Mac OS X]])
*[[Avid Technology]]
**[[Avid DS]] (Windows)
**[[Media Composer]] (Windows, Mac OS X)
**[[NewsCutter Adrenaline | Avid NewsCutter]]
**[[Avid Symphony]] (Windows, Mac OS X)
**[[Avid Studio]] (Windows)
**[[Xpress Pro]] (discontinued)
**[[Avid Liquid]] (discontinued)
*[[Camtasia Studio]] (Also [[Screencast]] software)
*[[Corel]] (formerly [[Ulead Systems]])
**[[Corel VideoStudio|VideoStudio]] (Windows)
**[[Corel MediaStudio Pro|MediaStudio Pro]] (discontinued)
*[[CyberLink]] [[PowerDirector]] (Windows)
*[[Edius]] from [[Thomson Grass Valley]], formerly [[Canopus Corporation]] (Windows)
*[[Elecard Group|Elecard]] AVC HD Editor
*[[EVS Broadcast Equipment]]
**[[Xedio]] CleanEdit (Windows)
*[[FORscene]] ([[Java platform|Java]] on Mac OS X, Windows, Linux)
*[[FXhome Limited]] (HitFilm) (Windows)
*[[Magix]]
** Video easy
** [[MAGIX_Movie_Edit_Pro|Movie Edit Pro]]
** Video Pro X
*[[Media 100]]
**HD Suite (Mac OS X)
**HDe (Mac OS X)
**SDe (Mac OS X)
**Producer (Mac OS X)
**Producer Suite (Mac OS X)
*[[Montage Extreme]] (Windows)
*[[muvee Technologies]]
** muvee autoProducer 6.0 (Windows - discontinued)
** muvee Reveal X (Windows)
*NCH [[Videopad]] (Windows)
*[[Nero Burning ROM|Nero Vision]] (Windows)
*[[NewTek]]
**[[Video Toaster]] (Windows, hardware suite)
* [[Panopto]]
*[[Pinnacle Studio]] (Windows)
*[[Quantel]]
**iQ (Windows)
**eQ (Windows)
**sQ (Windows)
**Newsbox (Windows)
*[[Roxio]]
**[[Roxio Creator|Creator]] and MyDVD (Windows)
**[[Roxio Toast|Toast]] (Mac)
* [[Serif Europe|Serif]] [[MoviePlus]] (Windows)
*[[SGO Mistika]] (Linux)
*Sony Creative Software
**[[Sony Vegas Movie Studio]] (Windows)
**[[Sony Vegas Pro]] (Windows)
*[[Windows Movie Maker]] (Windows)
*[[Windows Live Movie Maker]] (Windows)
*Womble Multimedia
**[[MPEG Video Wizard DVD]] (Windows)
** MPEG Video Wizard (Windows)
** MPEG-VCR (Windows)
*[[Clesh]] (Java on Mac OS X, Windows, Linux)
===Video encoding and conversion tools===
*[[MPEG Video Wizard DVD]] (Windows)
*[[Cinema Craft Encoder]] (Windows)
*Apple [[Compressor (software)|Compressor]] (Mac OS X)
*iCR from [[Snell & Wilcox]] (Windows)
*[[On2]] Flix (Mac OS X, Windows)
*[[ProCoder]] from [[Thomson Grass Valley]], formerly [[Canopus Corporation]] (Windows)
*Apple [[QuickTime Pro]] (Mac OS X, Windows)
*[[Roxio Creator]] (Windows)
*[[Sorenson Squeeze]]
*[[Telestream Episode]] (Mac OS X, Windows)
*[[TMPGEnc]] (Windows)
*[[Elecard Group|Elecard]] Converter Studio line
===Video editing===
* [[Avidemux]]
* [[AviSynth]]
* [[Blender (software)|Blender]]
* [[Cinelerra]]
* [[DScaler]]
* [[DVD Flick]]
* [[Jahshaka]] formerly known as CineFX
* [[Kaltura]]
* [[Kino (software)|Kino]]
* [[Kdenlive]]
* [[LiVES]]
* [[OpenShot Video Editor]]
* [[PiTiVi]]
* [[VirtualDub]]
* [[VirtualDubMod]]

Latest revision as of 17:45, 6 August 2012

The following is a list of video editing software. This table gives basic general information about the different editors.


ALL of the entries in this table must conform to the following criteria:

  • Must be able to run on Windows
  • Must be low cost, free, or open-source
  • Must work (at least be installable)
  • Must be functional


List of Video Editors

Program Developer Platform List price (USD) Remarks
Adobe Premiere Elements Adobe Systems Windows/Mac $100
Avidemux Mean Windows/Mac/BSD/Linux Open source software
AVS Video Editor Online Media Technologies Ltd. Windows $59 (Unlimited access)
Blender (VSE : Video Sequence Editor) Blender Foundation Windows/Mac/Solaris/Irix/Linux Open source software
Corel VideoStudio Corel Corporation Windows $79.99, $99.99
CyberLink PowerDirector Cyberlink Windows $69.95, $99.95
Elecard AVC HD Editor Elecard Windows $49.95
Lightworks Editshare Windows/Linux
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro MAGIX Windows $59.99 - $99.99
MoviePlus Serif (Europe) Ltd Windows $79.99
NCH VideoPad NCH Software Windows
Nero Vision Xtra/Nero Video Premium HD Nero Windows $29.99 - $109.99
VideoSpin Pinnacle Studio (Avid) Windows
Sony Vegas Movie Studio Sony Creative Software Windows $45–$125
VirtualDub Avery Lee Windows Open source software
Windows Live Movie Maker Microsoft Windows Free, in Windows Live Essentials (Vista, 7) Import from camera functionality was removed
Windows Movie Maker Microsoft Windows Free, in Microsoft Windows XP
Cinelerra
DScaler
DVD Flick
Kaltura
Kino
Kdenlive
LiVES
OpenShot Video Editor
PiTiVi
VirtualDubMod
AviSynth Windows Open source software
Blender VSE cross-platform Open source software
Premiere Elements Adobe Systems Windows, Mac OS X
Premiere Pro Adobe Systems Windows, Mac OS X
After Effects Adobe Systems Windows, Mac OS X
Adobe Premiere Express (Adobe Flash Player) Adobe Systems
Avid DS Avid Technology Windows
Media Composer Avid Technology Windows, Mac OS X
Avid NewsCutter Avid Technology
Avid Symphony Avid Technology Windows, Mac OS X
Avid Studio Avid Technology
Camtasia Studio (Also Screencast software)
Corel (formerly Ulead Systems)
VideoStudio Windows
CyberLink PowerDirector
Xedio CleanEdit EVS Broadcast Equipment Windows
FORscene Java on Mac OS X, Windows, Linux
FXhome Limited (HitFilm) Windows
Video easy Magix Windows
Movie Edit Pro Magix
Video Pro X Magix
Montage Extreme Windows
muvee Reveal X muvee Technologies Windows
Video Toaster NewTek Windows, hardware suite
Panopto
iQ Quantel Windows
eQ Quantel Windows
sQ Quantel Windows
Newsbox Quantel Windows
Creator and MyDVD Roxio Windows
Serif MoviePlus Windows
MPEG Video Wizard Womble Multimedia Windows
MPEG-VCR Womble Multimedia Windows
Clesh Java on Mac OS X, Windows, Linux
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