Comparison of Video Editing software

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General information

This table gives basic general information about the different editors:

Program	Platform	Developer	Year of first release	Year of latest release	Latest version	List price (USD)	License
Adobe Premiere Elements	Windows/Mac	Adobe Systems	2004	2011	10.0	$100	Proprietary
Avidemux	Windows/Mac/BSD/Linux	Mean		2011	2.5.6	$0.00	GPL
AVS Video Editor	Windows	Online Media Technologies Ltd.	2004	2012	6.2.1.222	$59 (Unlimited access)	Proprietary
Blender (VSE : Video Sequence Editor)	Windows/Mac/Solaris/Irix/Linux	Blender Foundation	2002	2012	2.63a	$0.00	GPL
Corel VideoStudio	Windows	Corel Corporation	1993 (Under Ulead)	2012	x5	$79.99, $99.99	Proprietary
CyberLink PowerDirector	Windows	Cyberlink	2001	2011	10	$69.95, $99.95	Proprietary
Elecard AVC HD Editor	Windows	Elecard	2008	2010	v. 1.0.100705	$49.95	Proprietary
Lightworks	Windows/Linux	Editshare	1989	2012	11	$0.00	Open Core
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro	Windows	MAGIX	circa 2001 (VideoDeluxe 1.0)	2011	17 plus	$59.99 - $99.99	Proprietary
MoviePlus	Windows	Serif (Europe) Ltd	200	2011	X5	$79.99	Proprietary
NCH VideoPad	Windows	NCH Software				Non-free	Proprietary
Nero Vision Xtra/Nero Video Premium HD	Windows	Nero	2002	2011	11.0	$29.99 - $109.99	Proprietary
Pinnacle Studio	Windows	Pinnacle Systems	1999	2011	15	$49.99 - $129.99	Proprietary
Pinnacle Videospin	Windows	Avid	2009	2009	2.0	$0.00	Proprietary
Sony Vegas Movie Studio	Windows	Sony Creative Software	2000	2011	11.0	$45–$125	Proprietary
VirtualDub	Windows	Avery Lee	2000	2010	1.9.10	$0.00	GPL
Windows Live Movie Maker	Windows	Microsoft	2009	2011	15.4.3538.0513	Bundled with Windows Live Essentials as free of charge	Proprietary
Windows Movie Maker	Windows	Microsoft	2000	2006	6.0.6000.16386	Bundled with Windows 2000, XP and Vista. Dropped in Windows 7.	Proprietary

The following is a list of video editing software.

Open source software

Non-linear video editing software

• Avidemux (cross-platform)
• AviSynth (Windows)
• Blender VSE (cross-platform)

Freeware (free proprietary software)

Non-linear video editing software

• Lightworks (Windows)

Proprietary software

Non-linear video editing software

• Adobe Systems
  • Premiere Elements (Mac OS X, Windows)
  • Premiere Pro (Mac OS X, Windows)
  • After Effects (Mac OS X, Windows)
  • Adobe Premiere Express (Adobe Flash Player)
• AVS Video Editor (Windows)
• Avid Technology
  • Avid DS (Windows)
  • Media Composer (Windows, Mac OS X)
  • Avid NewsCutter
  • Avid Symphony (Windows, Mac OS X)
  • Avid Studio (Windows)
• Camtasia Studio (Also Screencast software)
• Corel (formerly Ulead Systems)
  • VideoStudio (Windows)
• CyberLink PowerDirector (Windows)
• Edius from Thomson Grass Valley, formerly Canopus Corporation (Windows)
• Elecard AVC HD Editor
• EVS Broadcast Equipment
  • Xedio CleanEdit (Windows)
• FORscene (Java on Mac OS X, Windows, Linux)
• FXhome Limited (HitFilm) (Windows)
• Magix
  • Video easy
  • Movie Edit Pro
  • Video Pro X
• Montage Extreme (Windows)
• muvee Technologies
  • muvee Reveal X (Windows)
• NCH Videopad (Windows)
• Nero Vision (Windows)
• NewTek
  • Video Toaster (Windows, hardware suite)
• Panopto
• Pinnacle Studio (Windows)
• Quantel
  • iQ (Windows)
  • eQ (Windows)
  • sQ (Windows)
  • Newsbox (Windows)
• Roxio
  • Creator and MyDVD (Windows)
• 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 editing

• Avidemux
• AviSynth
• Blender
• Cinelerra
• DScaler
• DVD Flick
• Jahshaka formerly known as CineFX
• Kaltura
• Kino
• Kdenlive
• LiVES
• OpenShot Video Editor
• PiTiVi
• VirtualDub
• VirtualDubMod