This is a comparison of non-linear video editing software applications. See also a more complete list of video editing software.
This table gives basic general information about the different editors:
Program | Developer | Platform | Initial release | Latest release | License | Target audience | |
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Version | Date | ||||||
Adobe Premiere Elements | Adobe Inc. | macOS | 2004 | 2022 | 2022 | Trialware | prosumer |
Windows | |||||||
Adobe Premiere Pro | Adobe Inc. | macOS | 1991 | 24.2 [1] | 2024-02 | Commercial | professional |
Windows | |||||||
Autodesk Flame | Autodesk | Linux | 1993 | 2022 | 2022 | Commercial | professional (vfx; finishing system) |
macOS | |||||||
Avid Media Composer | Avid | macOS | 1989 | 2024.6 | 2024 | Commercial | professional |
Windows | |||||||
Avid Media Composer First | Avid | macOS | 2017 | 2021.9 | 2021 | Freeware | professional |
Windows | |||||||
Avidemux | Mean, Gruntster and Fahr | BSD | 2.8.1 [2] | 2022-09-21 | GPL-2.0-or-later | basic | |
Linux | |||||||
macOS | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
AVS Video Editor | Online Media Technologies Ltd. | Windows | 2003 | 9.7.3 | 2022 | Commercial | prosumer |
Blender [lower-alpha 1] | Blender Foundation | Linux | 2002 | 4.2.0 [3] | 2024-07-16 | GPL-2.0-or-later | professional |
Irix | |||||||
macOS | |||||||
Solaris | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
Camtasia | TechSmith Corporation | Windows MacOS | 2002 | v 22 | 2022-8-16 | Trialware, Commercial | professional, prosumer [4] |
Cinelerra | Heroine Virtual | Linux | 2002 | 7.4 [5] | 2021 | GPL-2.0-or-later | professional |
Cinelerra-GG Infinity | Open Source Community | Linux | 2016 [lower-alpha 2] | 2022-08 [6] | 2022-08-31 | GPL-2.0-or-later | professional |
Corel VideoStudio | Corel Corporation | Windows | 1993 [lower-alpha 3] | VS 2021 | 2021 | Trialware | prosumer |
CyberLink PowerDirector | CyberLink | Windows | 2001 | 20 | 2021 | Commercial | prosumer |
DaVinci Resolve | Blackmagic Design | Linux | 2004 | 18.6.4 Build 6 | 2024 | Freeware, Commercial | professional |
macOS | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
Final Cut Pro | Apple Inc. | macOS | 2011 | 10.6.1 | 2021 | Commercial | professional |
EDIUS | Grass Valley Canopus | Windows | 2002 | 10.00 | 2020 | Commercial | professional |
Flowblade | Open Source Community | Linux | 2012 | 2.16.3 [7] | 2024-06-10 | GPL-3.0-or-later | prosumer |
Blackbird | Blackbird PLC | Cross-platform [lower-alpha 4] | 2004 | - | 2020 | Commercial | professional |
iMovie | Apple Inc. | iOS | 1999 | 10.4 | 2023-11-30 | Commercial | prosumer |
macOS | |||||||
ivsEdits | Interactive Video Systems | Windows | 2008 | 5.0.607 | 2017 | Freeware, Commercial | professional (small)? |
Kdenlive | Open Source Community | BSD | 2002 | 24.08.0 [8] | 2024-09-02 | GPL-2.0-or-later | prosumer |
Linux | |||||||
macOS | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
Lightworks | LWKS | Linux | 1989 | 2021.1 | 2021 | Freeware, Commercial | professional |
macOS | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
LiVES | Gabriel Finch and others | Linux | 2002 | 3.2.0 [9] | 2020-11-08 | GPL-3.0-or-later | prosumer |
Unix-like | |||||||
LosslessCut | Mikael Finstad | BSD | 2016 | 3.59.1 [10] | 2023-12-22 | GPL-2.0-only | basic, GOP-boundaries |
Linux | |||||||
macOS | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
Magix Movie Edit Pro | Magix | Windows | 2001 [lower-alpha 5] | 2019 [11] | 2021 | Commercial | prosumer |
Natron | Alexandre Gauthier Frédéric Devernay | Linux | 2014 | 2.5.0 [12] | 2022-11-26 | GPL-2.0-or-later | prosumer ? (vfx) |
macOS | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
Nero Video | Nero AG | Windows | 2002 | 2022 | 2021 | Commercial | prosumer |
OpenShot | Open Source Community | Linux | 2008 | 3.2.1 [13] | 2024-07-11 | GPL-3.0-or-later | prosumer |
macOS | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
Microsoft Photos Video Editor | Microsoft Corporation | Windows | 2017 | 2021 | 2021 | Freeware | basic |
Pinnacle Studio | Pinnacle Systems | Windows | 1999 | 25 [14] | 2021 | Commercial | prosumer |
Pitivi | Open Source Community | Linux | 2004 | 2023.03.0 [15] | 2023-03-26 | LGPL-2.1-or-later | prosumer (in development) |
Shotcut | Meltytech, LLC | Linux | 2011 | 24.06.26 [16] | 2024-06-26 | GPL-3.0-or-later | prosumer |
macOS | |||||||
OpenBSD [17] | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
Vegas Pro | Magix | Windows | 1999 | 19.0 | 2021 | Commercial | professional (small) |
VideoPad | NCH Software | Android | 2008 | 11.22 [18] | 2022 | Trialware | prosumer |
iPad | |||||||
iPhone | |||||||
macOS | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
VSDC Free Video Editor | Flash-Intergro LLC | Windows | 2008 | 9.1 [19] | 2024 | Freeware | prosumer |
Program | Developer | Platform | Initial release | Latest release | License | Target audience | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Version | Date | ||||||
Windows Movie Maker | Microsoft | Windows | 2000 | 16.4.3528.0331 [20] [21] | 2014-04-07 | Freeware | basic |
VirtualDubMod | Windows | 2002 | 1.5.10.3_b2550 | 2007 | GPL-2.0-or-later | ? | |
VideoThang | VideoThang LLC | Windows | 2007 | 2.0.1 | 2008 | Freeware | ? |
Avid Free DV | Avid | macOS | ? | 1.8.1 | 2006 | Commercial | ? |
Windows | |||||||
Final Cut Express | Apple Inc. | macOS | 2003 | 4.0.1 | 2007 | Commercial | prosumer |
Final Cut Pro | Apple Inc. | macOS | 1999 | 7.0.3 | 2009 | Commercial | professional |
Pinnacle Videospin | Avid | Windows | 2009 | 2.0 | 2009 | Freeware | ? |
Ulead MediaStudio Pro | Ulead Systems [lower-alpha 1] | Windows | ? | 8.1 | 2006 | Commercial | ? |
Serif MoviePlus | Serif (Europe) Ltd | Windows | 2000 | X6 | 2012 | Commercial | prosumer (basic) |
MPEG Video Wizard DVD | Womble Multimedia | Windows | ? | 5.0.1.105 | 2012 | Trialware | prosumer |
Xpress Pro | Avid | macOS | 2003 | 5.8 | ? | Commercial | ? |
Windows | |||||||
Kino | Open Source Community | BSD | 2000 | 1.3.4 [22] | 2009-09-08 | GPL-2.0-or-later | ? |
Linux | |||||||
MainActor | MainConcept | Linux | 2004 | 5.5 | 2007 | Commercial | ? |
Windows | |||||||
EditDV | Radius | macOS | 1997 | 3.0 | 2002 | Commercial | ? |
Windows | |||||||
VirtualDub | Avery Lee | Windows | 2000 | 1.10.4 stable | 2013 | GPL-2.0-or-later | basic |
Cinelerra-CV | Open Source Community | Linux | 2003? | 2.3 | 2015 | GPL-2.0-or-later | professional |
Autodesk Smoke | Autodesk | macOS | ? | 2021 | 2021 | Commercial | professional (vfx; finishing system) [23] |
Vegas Movie Studio | Magix | Windows | 2000 | 17 | 2020 | Commercial | prosumer |
This table lists the operating systems that different editors can run on without emulation, as well as other system requirements. Note that minimum system requirements are listed; some features (like High Definition support) may be unavailable with these specifications.
Windows | macOS | Unix-like | Processor | RAM | VRAM | HDD | |
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Adobe Premiere Pro CC | Yes | Yes | No | Skylake or later [24] | 8 GB [24] | 2 GB [24] | 8 GB [24] |
Adobe Premiere Elements | Yes | Yes (as of v9) | No | 2 GHz+ with SSE2 support | 2 GB | 4.5 GB | |
Avid Media Composer | Yes | Yes | Yes | SSE 4.1 support [25] | 16 GB [25] | ? | |
Avidemux | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | |
AVS Video Editor | Yes | No | No | Intel / AMD compatible at 2500 MHz or higher | 1 GB | 1 GB | |
Blender (VSE : Video Sequence Editor) | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2 GHz+ with SSE2 support [26] | 2 GB [26] | 512 MB [26] | ? |
Cinelerra | No | No | Yes | x86-64 compatible processor | 256 MB | 0.25 GB | |
Cinelerra-GG Infinity | No | No | Yes | x86-64 compatible processor, recommended minimum: 2 GHz, 4 cores | 8 GB recommended for HD editing | 0.25 GB | |
Corel VideoStudio | Yes | No | No | 3.0 GHz [27] | 4 GB [27] | 256 MB [27] | 8 GB [27] |
DaVinci Resolve | Yes | Yes | Yes | Modern Intel/AMD/Apple silicon processor | 16 GB DDR4, 32 GB DDR4 when using Fusion | 2 GB GDDR6 | 3.5 GB |
EDIUS | Yes | No | No | Intel Core 2 or later with SSSE3 support [28] | 1 GB [28] | 512 MB [28] | 6 GB [28] |
Final Cut Pro X | No | Yes | No | ? | 4 GB [29] | 256 MB [29] | 3.8 GB [29] |
Flowblade | No | No | Yes | x86-64 compatible processor | ? | 2.7 GB | |
Blackbird | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | 256 MB | Any | |
iMovie | No | Included | No | Intel based Macs or iPhone 4 or later | 1 GB | 5 GB | |
Kdenlive | Yes | Yes | Yes | 600 MHz | 256 MB | 1 GB | |
Lightworks | Yes | Yes | Yes | Intel Core Duo, Intel Xeon or AMD processor | 2 GB | 200 MB | |
LiVES | No | Yes | Yes | 800 MHz | 128 MB | 10 GB | |
Magix Movie Edit Pro | Yes | No | No | Dual core processor with 2.0 GHz | 1 GB | 2 GB | |
MPEG Video Wizard DVD | Yes | No | No | 233 MHz | 32 MB | 20 MB | |
Nero Multimedia Suite | Yes | No | No | 2 GHz AMD or Intel processor | 512 MB (1 GB for Windows Vista or Windows 7) 2 GB when editing HD | 5 GB | |
OpenShot Video Editor | Yes | Yes | Yes | 4 GB (16 GB recommended) | 1 GB | ||
Pinnacle Studio | Yes | No | No | 1.8 GHz | 1 GB | 1.7 GB | |
Pitivi | No | No | Yes | ? | ? | 2 MB | |
Shotcut | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2 GHz AMD or Intel processor | 2GB / 4 GB when editing HD | 1 GB | |
Vegas Pro | Yes | No | No | 2.0 GHz | 1.0 GB | 400 MB | |
VideoPad | Yes | Yes | No | multicore x86 compatible processor | 1GB | Any | |
VirtualDubMod | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? |
VSDC Free Video Editor | Yes | No | No | 1.5 GHz or higher, Intel or AMD or compatible processor | 512 Mb for the program | ||
Windows | macOS | Unix | Processor | RAM | VRAM | HDD | |
"Unix" includes the similar Linux, BSD and Unix-like operating systems.
The table below indicates the ability of each program to import various High Definition video or High resolution video formats for editing.
DVCPRO HD | HD uncompressed | AVCHD | XDCAM HD | HDV | AVC-Intra | XAVC | DNxHD | DNxHR | DNx uncompressed | ProRes | ProRes RAW | R3D | ArriRaw | X-OCN | AV1 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adobe Premiere Pro | Yes | Yes | Yes [30] | Yes [30] | Yes | Yes [30] | Yes [30] | Yes [30] | Yes [30] | ? | Yes [30] | ? | Yes [30] | Yes [30] | Yes [30] | ? |
Adobe Premiere Elements | No | No | Yes (As of 7.0) | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Avid Media Composer | Yes [31] | Yes | Yes [31] | Yes [31] | Yes [31] | Yes [31] | Yes [31] | Yes [31] | Yes [31] | Yes | Yes [31] | ? | Yes [31] | Yes [31] | ? | ? |
Avidemux | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
AVS Video Editor | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes (Quick Sync and CUDA for decoding) |
Blender | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | ? |
Cinelerra | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | ? |
Cinelerra-GG Infinity | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | Yes |
DaVinci Resolve | Mac with Final Cut Pro X [32] | Yes | Yes [32] | Yes [32] | Mac with Final Cut Pro X [32] | Mac with Final Cut Pro X [32] | Yes [32] | Yes [32] | Yes [32] | 16 or later | Yes [32] | ? | Yes [32] | Yes [32] | Yes [32] | ? |
EDIUS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes [33] | Yes [33] | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Final Cut Pro X | Yes [34] | Yes | Yes [34] | Yes [34] | Yes [34] | Yes [34] | Yes [34] | Partial (3rd party via codec install) | ? | ? | Yes [34] | Yes [34] | Yes [34] | ? | ? | ? |
Blackbird | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
iMovie | Yes (3rd party) | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Lightworks | Yes | Yes | Yes (as of Pro 11) | Yes (as of Pro 11) | Yes | Yes (as of Pro 11) | ? | Yes (3rd party) | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes (as of Pro 11) | ? | ? | ? |
LiVES | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Kdenlive | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | ? |
Magix Movie Edit Pro | No | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
MPEG Video Wizard DVD | ? | ? | No | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Nero Video | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | ? |
OpenShot Video Editor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | ? |
Pinnacle Studio | No | No | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Pitivi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Shotcut | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Corel VideoStudio | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Vegas Pro | Yes (3rd party) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes (3rd party) | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes (as of Pro 9) | ? | ? | ? |
VideoPad | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
VirtualDub | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
VSDC Free Video Editor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
WeVideo | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Windows Live Movie Maker | No | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
DVCPRO HD | HD uncompressed | AVCHD | XDCAM HD | HDV | AVC-Intra | XAVC | DNxHD | DNxHR | DNx uncompressed | ProRes | ProRes RAW | R3D | ArriRaw | X-OCN | AV1 |
High Definition support | Non-destructive editing | Multitrack editing | Full-screen playback | Storyboard mode | Video tracks | Audio tracks / max channels | Linear timecode display | GPGPU with OpenCL acceleration | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adobe Premiere Pro | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, By hitting ctrl+~ (CS6 only) | Yes | Unlimited | Unlimited | Yes | Yes |
Adobe Premiere Elements | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Unlimited | Yes | ? |
Avid Media Composer | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | 24 tracks, unlimited layers | 24 tracks, unlimited layers | Yes | ? |
Avidemux | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | 1 | 2 / ? | ? | Yes |
AVS Video Editor | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | 1 | 1+ | Yes | Yes (Quick Sync for decoding/encoding, CUDA for decoding) |
Blender (VSE : Video Sequence Editor) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 128 [35] channels (combined with audio) | 128 [35] channels (combined with video) | Yes | Yes |
Cinelerra | Yes (any resolution) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Unlimited | Unlimited / 16 | Yes | ? |
Cinelerra-GG Infinity | Yes max 8K | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Unlimited | Unlimited / 16 | Yes | Some formats, using VAAPI/VDPAU/CUDA for decoding/encoding |
DaVinci Resolve | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Unlimited | Yes | Yes |
EDIUS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, on both PC & TV monitors in realtime | No | unlimited realtime layers | unlimited realtime layers | Yes | ? |
Final Cut Pro X | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Blackbird | Input only | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 18 | 36 | Yes | ? |
iMovie | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | 2 | 6 | Yes | ? |
Kdenlive | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Unlimited | Yes | Planned through MLT |
Lightworks | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Unlimited | Yes | Planned |
LiVES | Yes (any resolution) | Yes (multitrack mode) | ? | Yes (on first, second or all monitors, configurable) | No | Unlimited | audio per video track + backing audio / 2 channels | Yes | ? |
Magix Movie Edit Pro | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | 32/99 (Plus/Premium) | each track may contain audio and video | ? | Yes |
MPEG Video Wizard DVD | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | 1 | 3 | Yes | ? |
Nero Video | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Yes | Yes | Yes (CUDA) |
OpenShot Video Editor | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Unlimited | Unlimited | Yes | ? |
Pinnacle Studio | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Unlimited | Yes | ? |
Pitivi | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | No | Unlimited | Unlimited | Yes | ? |
Shotcut | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes (Quick Sync) |
Corel VideoStudio | Yes | Yes | Yes [36] | Yes | Yes | 7 | 9 | Yes | Yes (CUDA and Quick Sync) |
Vegas Pro | Yes (any resolution) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Unlimited/Max Channel 16 | Yes | Yes (as of 11) |
VideoPad | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Unlimited | ? | Planned |
VirtualDub | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | 1 | 1 | Yes | ? |
VSDC Free Video Editor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Unlimited | Yes | Yes |
WeVideo | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Unlimited | No | ? |
Windows Live Movie Maker | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | 1 | 2 | ? | ? |
High Definition support | Non-destructive editing | Multitrack editing | Full-screen playback | Storyboard mode | Video tracks | Audio tracks | Linear timecode display | GPGPU with OpenCL acceleration | |
Please note that recording to Blu-ray does not imply 1080@50p/60p . Most only support up to 1080i 25/30 frames per second recording. Also not all formats can be output.
DVD | High Definition | Smartphone | QuickTime | Windows Media | MPEG-4 | XML/EDL | Print to tape | Web, not hosted | Web, hosted | Podcasting | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adobe Premiere Pro | Yes | Yes (Blu-ray) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Adobe Premiere Elements | Yes | Yes (Blu-ray) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Avid Media Composer | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Avidemux | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
AVS Video Editor | Yes | Yes (Blu-ray) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Blender (VSE : Video Sequence Editor) | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes [37] | No | ? | ? | ? |
Cinelerra | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Cinelerra-GG Infinity | Yes | Yes max 8K | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes CMX3600 | No | Yes | No | Yes |
EDIUS | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
Final Cut Pro X | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Flowblade | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Blackbird | No | Yes | Yes | Yes (MPEG 2) | Yes (MPEG 2) | ? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
iMovie | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (3rd party) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (with .Mac) | Yes |
Kdenlive | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Lightworks | Yes | Yes (max 720p in free version) | ? | Yes (only in Pro 11) | ? | Yes (only in Pro 11) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
LiVES | Yes | Yes (AVCHD, Blu-ray) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | ? |
Magix Movie Edit Pro | Yes | Yes (AVCHD, Blu-ray) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes | No | ? |
MPEG Video Wizard DVD | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Nero Video | Yes | Yes (AVCHD, Blu-ray) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
OpenShot Video Editor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Pinnacle Studio | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Pitivi | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | No | ? |
Shotcut | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Corel VideoStudio | Yes | Yes | Yes (via plug-in) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes (with DropShot) | ? |
Vegas Pro | Yes | Yes (Blu-ray) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
VideoPad | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
VirtualDub | No | No | Yes (Via passthru) | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes (Via passthru) | No | No |
VSDC Free Video Editor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
WeVideo | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Windows Live Movie Maker | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
DVD | High Definition | Smartphone | QuickTime | Windows Media | MPEG-4 | XML/EDL | Print to tape | Web, not hosted | Web, hosted | Podcasting |
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Avid Media Composer is a video editing application or non-linear editing software solution (NLE) developed by Avid Technology. Since its initial adoption in the 1990s, Media Composer has become the dominant non-linear editing system used by Hollywood film studios, broadcast television networks, and streaming service productions.
CorelDRAW is a vector graphics editor developed and marketed by Alludo. It is also the name of the Corel graphics suite, which includes the bitmap-image editor Corel Photo-Paint as well as other graphics-related programs. It can serve as a digital painting platform, desktop publishing suite, and is commonly used for production art in signmaking, vinyl and laser cutting and engraving, print-on-demand and other industry processes. Reduced-feature Standard and Essentials versions are also offered.
WebP is a raster graphics file format developed by Google intended as a replacement for JPEG, PNG, and GIF file formats. It supports both lossy and lossless compression, as well as animation and alpha transparency.
The following is a comparison of major desktop publishing software.
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