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This is a comparison of [[non-linear video editing]] [[software]] applications. See also a more complete [[list of video editing software]].

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==General information==

This table gives basic general information about the different editors:

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center"

===Active===

|- style="background: #ececec"

!<div style="max-width:17em"100%; | Programoverflow:auto;">

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: 100%"

! style="width:10em" | Developer

|-

! style="width:7em" | Year of first release

! rowspan="2" | Program

! style="width:7em" | Year of latest release

! stylerowspan="width:8em2" | Latest versionDeveloper

! rowspan="2" | Platform

! style="width:10em" | List price ([[United States dollar|USD]])

! rowspan="2" | Initial release

! style="width:7em" | [[Software license|License]]

! colspan="2" | Latest release

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! rowspan="2" | [[Software license|License]]

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Adobe Premiere Pro|Adobe Premiere/Premiere Pro]]

! rowspan="2" | [[Target audience]]

| [[Adobe Systems]]

|-

| 1991

! Version <!-- stable version -->

| 2008

! Date <!-- YYYY-MM-DD / ISO 8601 -->

| CS4

|-

|$799

! rowspan="2" | [[Adobe Premiere Elements]]

| Proprietary

| rowspan="2" | [[Adobe Inc.]]

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

| macOS

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Adobe Premiere Elements]]

| rowspan="2" | 2004

| [[Adobe Systems]]

| rowspan="2" | 2022

| 2004

| rowspan="2" | 2022

| 2008

| rowspan="2" {{nonfree|[[Trialware]]}}

| 7.0

| rowspan="2" | [[wikt:prosumer#Etymology 2|prosumer]]

| $100

|-

| Proprietary

| Windows

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

|-

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Avid Free DV]]

! rowspan="2" | [[Adobe Premiere Pro]]

| [[Avid]]

| rowspan="2" | [[Adobe Inc.]]

| ?

| ?macOS

| rowspan="2" | 1991

| 1.8

| rowspan="2" | {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q360424|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| Free (No Longer Available)

| rowspan="2" | {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q360424|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| Proprietary

| rowspan="2" {{nonfree|[[Commercial software|Commercial]]}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

| rowspan="2" | [[professional]]

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Avid Xpress DV]]

|-

| [[Avid]]

| 2000Windows

| ?-

! rowspan="2" | [[Autodesk Flame]]

| 4.8

| rowspan="2" | [[Autodesk]]

| No longer Available

| Linux

| Proprietary

| rowspan="2" | 1993

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

| rowspan="2" | 2022

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Avid]] [[Xpress Pro Studio HD]]

| rowspan="2" | 2022

| [[Avid]]

| rowspan="2" {{Nonfree|[[Commercial software|Commercial]]}}

| rowspan="2" | professional ([[vfx]]; finishing system)

|-

| macOS

|-

! rowspan="2" | [[Media Composer|Avid Media Composer]]

| rowspan="2" | [[Avid Technology|Avid]]

| macOS

| rowspan="2" | 1989

| rowspan="2" | 2024.10

| rowspan="2" | 2024

| rowspan="2" {{Nonfree|[[Commercial software|Commercial]]}}

| rowspan="2" | professional

|-

| Windows

|-

! rowspan="2" | [[Media Composer|Avid Media Composer First]]

| rowspan="2" | [[Avid Technology|Avid]]

| macOS

| rowspan="2" | 2017

| rowspan="2" | 2021.9

| rowspan="2" | 2021

| rowspan="2" {{nonfree|[[Freeware]]}}

| rowspan="2" | professional

|-

| Windows

|-

! rowspan="4" | [[Avidemux]]

| rowspan="4" | Mean, Gruntster and Fahr

| BSD

| rowspan="4" |

| rowspan="4" | {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q790931|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| rowspan="4" | {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q790931|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| rowspan="4" {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]}}

| rowspan="4" | basic

|-

| Linux

|-

| macOS

|-

| Windows

|-

! [[AVS Video Editor]]

| Online Media Technologies Ltd.

| Windows

| 2003

| ?9.7.3

| 5.82022

| {{Nonfree|[[Commercial software|Commercial]]}}

| $1695

| prosumer

| Proprietary

|-

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! rowspan="5" | [[Blender (software)|Blender]]{{efn|VSE: Video Sequence Editor.}}

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Avid Liquid]]

| rowspan="5" | [[Blender Foundation]]

| [[Avid]]

| 2003Linux

| rowspan="5" | 2002

| ?

| rowspan="5" | {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q173136|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| 7.2

| rowspan="5" | {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q173136|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| $999

| rowspan="5" {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]}}

| Proprietary

| rowspan="5" | professional

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

|-

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Avid]] [[Media Composer]]

| Irix

| [[Avid]]

|-

| 1989

| 2008macOS

|-

| 3.1.1

| $2495Solaris

|-

| Proprietary

| Windows

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

|-

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Avidemux]]

! rowspan="2" |[[Camtasia]]

|

| rowspan="2" |TechSmith Corporation

|

|Windows

| 2009

| rowspan="2" |2002

| 2.44

| rowspan="2" |v 22

| Free

| rowspan="2" |2022-08-16

| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]

| rowspan="2" {{nonfree|Trialware, Commercial}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

| rowspan="2" |professional, prosumer<ref>{{Cite web |last=G2 |date=August 17, 2020 |title=G2 Best Video Editing Software Rankings |url=http://www.g2.com/categories/video-editing}}</ref>

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

|-

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Cinelerra]]

|macOS

|-

! [[Cinelerra]]

| [[Heroine Virtual]]

| Linux

| 2002

| 7.4<ref>{{cite web |title=Cinelerra HV news|url=http://www.heroinewarrior.com/cinelerra.php |access-date=November 1, 2021}}</ref>

| 2008

| 4.02021

| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]}}

| Free

| professional

| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]

|-

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! [[Cinelerra-GG Infinity]]

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | Dayang [[Montage Extreme]]

| Dayang

| 2007

| 2009

| 1.2

| $898

| Proprietary

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[EditDV | EditDV/Cinestream]]

| [[Radius_(computer) | Radius]]

| 1997

| 2002

| 3.0

| $999

| Proprietary

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Edius]]

| [[Grass_Valley_(company) | Grass Valley]] [[Canopus Corporation|Canopus]]

| 2002

| 2008

| 5.0

| $799

| Proprietary

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Final Cut Express]]

| [[Apple Computer|Apple]]

| 2003

| 2007

| 4.0.1

| $199

| Proprietary

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Final Cut Pro|Final Cut Pro/Studio]]

| [[Apple Computer|Apple]]

| 1999

| 2007

| 6

| $1299

| Proprietary

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Avid Free DV]]

| Avid Technology

| 2001

| 2008

| 7

| $69.95, $119.95

| Proprietary

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[CyberLink PowerDirector]] [http://www.cyberlink.com/multi/products/main_4_en_US.html]

| Cyberlink

|

| 2008

| 7

| $69.95, $119.95

| Proprietary

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[FORscene]]

| [[Forbidden Technologies]]

| 2004

| ?

| 15 April 2007

| from $2/hour

| Proprietary

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[iMovie]]

| [[Apple Computer|Apple]]

| 1999

| 2009

| 8.0.1

| $79 (as part of the [[iLife]] suite); free on new [[Apple Macintosh|Macs]]

| Proprietary

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[PiTiVi]]

| Open Source Community

| 2004

| 2009

| 0.13

| Free

| [[LGPL]]

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Kdenlive]]

| Open Source Community

| Linux

| 2016{{efn|As Cinelerra 5.1.}}

| 2025-03<ref>{{cite web |title=Cinelerra-GG changelog |url=https://cinelerra-gg.org/download/releasenotes.pdf |access-date=2022-09-05}}</ref>

| 2025-03-31

| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]}}

| professional

|-

! [[Corel VideoStudio]]

| [[Corel Corporation]]

| Windows

| 1993{{efn|Under Ulead.}}

| VS 2021

| 2021

| {{nonfree|[[Trialware]]}}

| prosumer

|-

! [[CyberLink]] [[PowerDirector]]

| [[CyberLink]]

| Windows

| 2001

| 20

| 2021

| {{nonfree|[[Commercial software|Commercial]]}}

| prosumer

|-

! rowspan="3" | [[DaVinci Resolve]]

| rowspan="3" | [[Blackmagic Design]]

| Linux

| rowspan="3" | 2004

| rowspan="3" | 20

| rowspan="3" | 2025-05-27

| rowspan="3" {{nonfree|[[Freeware]], [[Commercial software|Commercial]]}}

| rowspan="3" | professional

|-

| macOS

|-

| Windows

|-

! [[Final Cut Pro]]

| [[Apple Inc.]]

| macOS

| 2011

| 11.1.1

| 2025-05-22

| {{nonfree|[[Commercial software|Commercial]]}}

| professional

|-

! [[Edius|EDIUS]]

| [[Grass Valley (company)|Grass Valley]] [[Canopus Corporation|Canopus]]

| Windows

| 2002

| 200910.00

| 0.7.2.12020

| {{nonfree|[[Commercial software|Commercial]]}}

| Free

| professional

| [[GPL]]

|-

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! [[Flowblade]]

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Kino (software)|Kino]]

| Open Source Community

| 2000Linux

| 2012

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q28923878|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q28923878|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-3.0-or-later]]}}

| prosumer

|-

! [[Blackbird (software)|Blackbird]]

| Blackbird PLC

| Cross-platform{{efn|JavaScript, Java, iOS, Android.}}

| 2004

| -

| 2020

| {{nonfree|[[Commercial software|Commercial]]}}

| professional

|-

! rowspan="2" | [[iMovie]]

| rowspan="2" | [[Apple Inc.]]

| iOS

| rowspan="2" | 1999

| rowspan="2" | 10.4.3

| rowspan="2" | 2024-11-13

| rowspan="2" {{nonfree|[[Commercial software|Commercial]]}}

| rowspan="2" | prosumer

|-

| macOS

|-

! [[ivsEdits]]

| Interactive Video Systems

| Windows

| 2008

| 1.35.0.607

| Free2017

| {{nonfree|[[Freeware]], [[Commercial software|Commercial]]}}

| [[GPL]]

| professional (small)?

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

|-

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[LiVES]]

! rowspan="4" | [[SalsamanKdenlive]]

| rowspan="4" | Open Source Community

| BSD

| rowspan="4" | 2002

| rowspan="4" | {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q572226|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| rowspan="4" | {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q572226|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| rowspan="4" {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]}}

| rowspan="4" | prosumer

|-

| Linux

|-

| macOS

|-

| Windows

|-

! rowspan="3" | [[Lightworks]]

| rowspan="3" | LWKS

| Linux

| rowspan="3" | 1989

| rowspan="3" | 2021.1

| rowspan="3" | 2021

| rowspan="3" {{nonfree|[[Freeware]], [[Commercial software|Commercial]]}}

| rowspan="3" | professional

|-

| macOS

|-

| Windows

|-

! rowspan="2" | [[LiVES]]

| rowspan="2" | Gabriel Finch and others

| Linux

| rowspan="2" | 2002

| rowspan="2" | {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q951399|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| rowspan="2" | {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q951399|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| rowspan="2" {{open source|[[GNU General Public License#Version 3|GPL-3.0-or-later]]}}

| rowspan="2" | prosumer

|-

| Unix-like

|-

! rowspan="4" | [[Losslesscut|LosslessCut]]

| rowspan="4" | Mikael Finstad

| BSD

| rowspan="4" | 2016

| rowspan="4" | {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q104771861|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| rowspan="4" | {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q104771861|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| rowspan="4" {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-only]]}}

| rowspan="4" | basic, GOP-boundaries

|-

| Linux

|-

| macOS

|-

| Windows

|-

! [[Magix Movie Edit Pro]]

| [[Magix]]

| Windows

| 2001{{efn|VideoDeluxe 1.0.}}

| 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.provideocoalition.com/movie-edit-pro-2019-new-version-offers-improved-speed-and-new-features/|title=Movie Edit Pro 2019: new version offers improved speed and new features by Jose Antunes|first=ProVideo|last=Coalition|date=August 22, 2018}}</ref>

| 2021

| {{nonfree|[[Commercial software|Commercial]]}}

| prosumer

|-

! rowspan="3" | [[Natron (software)|Natron]]

| rowspan="3" | Alexandre Gauthier<br />Frédéric Devernay

| Linux

| rowspan="3" | 2014

| rowspan="3" | {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q20707858|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| rowspan="3" | {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q20707858|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| rowspan="3" {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]}}

| rowspan="3" | prosumer ? ([[vfx]])

|-

| macOS

|-

| Windows

|-

! [[Nero Video]]

| [[Nero AG]]

| Windows

| 2002

| 20092022

| 0.9.9.72021

| {{nonfree|[[Commercial software|Commercial]]}}

| Free

| prosumer

| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]

|-

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! rowspan="3" | [[OpenShot]]

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[MainActor]]

| rowspan="3" | Open Source Community

| [[MainConcept]]

| 2004Linux

| rowspan="3" | 2008

| 2007

| rowspan="3" | {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q769346|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| 5.5

| rowspan="3" | {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q769346|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| $199 (No longer available)

| rowspan="3" {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-3.0-or-later]]}}

| Proprietary

| rowspan="3" | prosumer

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

|-

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Media 100]]

| macOS

| [[Media 100]] (now part of Boris FX)

|-

| 2006

| ?Windows

|-

| 11.6.3

! [[Microsoft Photos]] Video Editor

| $1495.00

| [[Microsoft Corporation]]

| Proprietary

| Windows

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

| 2017

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Mpeg Video Wizard]]

| 2021

| [[Womble Multimedia]]

| 2021

| {{nonfree|[[Freeware]]}}

| basic

|-

! [[Pinnacle Studio]]

| [[Pinnacle Systems]]

| Windows

| 1999

| 25<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pinnaclesys.com/fr/products/studio/|title=Pinnacle Studio Downloads|website=www.pinnaclesys.com}}</ref>

| 2021

| {{nonfree|[[Commercial software|Commercial]]}}

| prosumer

|-

! [[Pitivi]]

| Open Source Community

| Linux

| 2004

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q387021|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q387021|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| {{open source|[[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL-2.1-or-later]]}}

| prosumer (in development)

|-

! rowspan="4" | [[Shotcut]]

| rowspan="4" | [[Meltytech, LLC]]

| Linux

| rowspan="4" | 2011

| rowspan="4" | {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q21977736|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| rowspan="4" | {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q21977736|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| rowspan="4" {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-3.0-or-later]]}}

| rowspan="4" | prosumer

|-

| macOS

|-

| OpenBSD<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m=159076520528699&w=2|title = 'NOW IN CURRENT: Shotcut' - MARC}}</ref>

|-

| Windows

|-

! [[Vegas Pro]]

| [[Magix]]

| Windows

| 1999

| 22 Build 93

| 2024

| {{nonfree|[[Commercial software|Commercial]]}}

| professional (small)

|-

! rowspan="5" | [[VideoPad]]

| rowspan="5" | [[NCH Software]]

| Android

| rowspan="5" | 2008

| rowspan="5" | 11.22<ref>{{cite web|title=VideoPad Video Editor Versions|url=http://www.nchsoftware.com/videopad/versions.html|publisher=www.nchsoftware.com|access-date=August 1, 2021}}</ref>

| rowspan="5" | 2022

| rowspan="5" {{nonfree|[[Trialware]]}}

| rowspan="5" | prosumer

|-

| iPad

|-

| iPhone

|-

| macOS

|-

| Windows

|-

! [[VSDC Free Video Editor]]

| Flash-Intergro LLC

| Windows

| 2008

| 9.1<ref>{{cite web|title=Download Free Video Editor|url=http://www.videosoftdev.com/free-video-editor/download|publisher=www.videosoftdev.com|access-date=June 1, 2024}}</ref>

| December 2008

| $49.002024

| {{nonfree|[[Freeware]]}}

| Proprietary

| prosumer

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

|-

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Mpeg Video Wizard DVD]]

! [[MiniTool MovieMaker]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Free Video Editing Software|url=https://moviemaker.minitool.com/}}</ref>

| [[Womble Multimedia]]

| MiniTool® Software Limited

| 2006

| 2008Windows

| 2019

| 4.0.4.112

| $698.002

| 2025

| Proprietary

| {{nonfree|[[Freeware]]}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

| prosumer

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Pinnacle Studio|Pinnacle Studio MediaSuite]]

|}

| [[Pinnacle Systems]] (now part of Avid)

</div>

{{notelist}}

===Discontinued / Inactive===

<div style="max-width:100%; overflow:auto;">

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: 100%"

|-

! rowspan="2" | Program

! rowspan="2" | Developer

! rowspan="2" | Platform

! rowspan="2" | Initial release

! colspan="2" | Latest release

! rowspan="2" | [[Software license|License]]

! rowspan="2" | [[Target audience]]

|-

! Version <!-- stable version -->

! Date <!-- YYYY-MM-DD / ISO 8601 -->

|-

! [[Windows Movie Maker]]

| [[Microsoft]]

| Windows

| 2000

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q165777|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q165777|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| {{nonfree|[[Freeware]]}}

| basic

|-

! [[VirtualDubMod]]

|"Belgabor"

| Windows

| 2002

| 1.5.10.3_b2550

| 2007

| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]}}

| 11

| {{dunno}}

| $129.99

|-

| Proprietary

! [[VideoThang]]

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

| VideoThang LLC

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Pinnacle Studio]]

| Windows

| [[Pinnacle Systems]]

| 2007

| 2.0.1

| 2008

| {{nonfree|[[Freeware]]}}

| 12.1

| {{dunno}}

| $129.99

|-

| Proprietary

! rowspan="2" | [[Avid Free DV]]

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

| rowspan="2" | [[Avid Technology|Avid]]

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Serif Europe|Serif]] [[MoviePlus]]

| macOS

| [[Serif (Europe) Ltd.]]

| rowspan="2" {{dunno}}

| rowspan="2" | 1.8.1

| rowspan="2" | 2006

| rowspan="2" {{nonfree|[[Commercial software|Commercial]]}}

| rowspan="2" {{dunno}}

|-

| Windows

|-

! [[Final Cut Express]]

| [[Apple Inc.]]

| macOS

| 2003

| 20084.0.1

| X3 (6.0.1)

| $79.99

| Proprietary

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Sony Vegas]]

| [[Sony Media Software]]

| ?

| 2007

| {{nonfree|[[Commercial software|Commercial]]}}

| 8.0c

| [[prosumer]]

| $449.96

|-

| Proprietary

! [[Final Cut Pro]]

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

| [[Apple Inc.]]

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Ulead MediaStudio Pro]]

| macOS

| [[Ulead Systems]] (now part of [[Corel Corporation]])

| ?1999

| ?7.0.3

| 2009

| {{nonfree|[[Commercial software|Commercial]]}}

| [[professional]]

|-

! [[Pinnacle Studio#VideoSpin|Pinnacle Videospin]]

| Avid

| Windows

| 2009

| 2.0

| 2009

| {{nonfree|[[Freeware]]}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[Ulead MediaStudio Pro]]

| [[Ulead Systems]]{{efn|Now [[Corel]].}}

| Windows

| {{dunno}}

| 8.1

| $399.992006

| {{nonfree|[[Commercial software|Commercial]]}}

| Proprietary

| {{dunno}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

|-

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Ulead VideoStudio|Ulead VideoStudio Plus]]

! [[MoviePlus|Serif MoviePlus]]

| [[Ulead Systems]] (now part of [[Corel Corporation]])

| Serif (Europe) Ltd

| Windows

| 2000

| 2007X6

| 112012

| {{nonfree|[[Commercial software|Commercial]]}}

| $99.99

| [[prosumer]] (basic)

| Proprietary

|-

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! [[MPEG Video Wizard DVD]]

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[VideoThang TM]]

| Womble Multimedia

| VideoThang LLC

| 2007Windows

| {{dunno}}

| 2008

| 25.0.1.105

| Free2012

| {{nonfree|[[Trialware]]}}

| Proprietary

| [[prosumer]]

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

|-

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[VirtualDub]]

! rowspan="2" | [[Xpress Pro]]

| rowspan="2" | [[Avid Technology|Avid]]

| macOS

| rowspan="2" | 2003

| rowspan="2" | 5.8

| rowspan="2" {{dunno}}

| rowspan="2" {{nonfree|[[Commercial software|Commercial]]}}

| rowspan="2" {{dunno}}

|-

| Windows

|-

! rowspan="2" | [[Kino (software)|Kino]]

| rowspan="2" | Open Source Community

| BSD

| rowspan="2" | 2000

| rowspan="2" | {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1742252|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| rowspan="2" | {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1742252|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| rowspan="2" {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]}}

| rowspan="2" {{dunno}}

|-

| Linux

|-

! rowspan="2" | [[MainActor]]

| rowspan="2" | [[MainConcept]]

| Linux

| rowspan="2" | 2004

| rowspan="2" | 5.5

| rowspan="2" | 2007

| rowspan="2" {{nonfree|[[Commercial software|Commercial]]}}

| rowspan="2" {{dunno}}

|-

| Windows

|-

! rowspan="2" | [[EditDV]]

| rowspan="2" | [[Radius (hardware company)|Radius]]

| macOS

| rowspan="2" | 1997

| rowspan="2" | 3.0

| rowspan="2" | 2002

| rowspan="2" {{nonfree|[[Commercial software|Commercial]]}}

| rowspan="2" {{dunno}}

|-

| Windows

|-

! [[VirtualDub]]

| Avery Lee

| Windows

| 2000

| 1.10.4 stable

| 2009

| 1.8.82013

| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]}}

| Free

| [[GPL]]basic

|-

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! [[Cinelerra-CV]]

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[VirtualDubMod]]

| Open Source Community

|

| 2002Linux

| 20062003?

| 2.3

| 1.5.10.2 b2542

| Free2015

| {{open source|[[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]}}

| [[GPL]]

| [[professional]]

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

|-

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Windows Movie Maker]]

|! [[MicrosoftAutodesk Smoke]]

| [[Autodesk]]

| macOS

| {{dunno}}

| 2021

| 2021

| {{Nonfree|[[Commercial software|Commercial]]}}

| professional (vfx; finishing system)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nrsotw.blogspot.com/2011/04/which-software-is-used-to-edit-movies.html|title=Smoke on the Water: Which software is used to edit Movies?|first=Neil|last=Roberts|date=April 25, 2011}}</ref>

|-

! [[Vegas Movie Studio]]

| [[Magix]]

| Windows

| 2000

| ?17

| 2020

| 6.0.6000.16386

| {{nonfree|[[Commercial software|Commercial]]}}

| Bundled with Windows

| prosumer

| Proprietary

|- class="sortbottom" style="background: #dcecfc"

|

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[MAGIX Movie Edit Pro]]

| [[MAGIX]]

| 2000

| 2009

| 15

| 60$

| Proprietary

|}

</div>

{{notelist}}

====Definition====

* professional: used for full length Hollywood movies;

* professional (small): mainly used for paid commercials, short films or podcasts/YouTube channels;

* prosumer: Mainly targeting private use, anything that can do more than just trimming a film;

* basic: trimming a film;

== System requirements ==

This table lists the [[operating system]]s 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.

<div style="max-width:100%; overflow:auto;">

{| class="sortable" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 85%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center; margin: 0 auto;"

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: 100%"

|- style="background: #ececec"

|-

! style="width:15em" |

!

! style="width:8em" | [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]

! [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]

! style="width:8em" | [[Mac OS X]]

! [[macOS]]

! style="width:8em" | [[Unix-like|*nix]]

! [[Unix-like]]

! style="width:8em" | [[CPU|Processor]]

! [[Central processing unit|Processor]]

! style="width:8em" | [[RAM]]

! [[Random-access memory|RAM]]

! style="width:8em" | [[Hard disk drive|HDD]]

! [[Dual-ported video RAM|VRAM]]

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! [[Hard disk drive|HDD]]

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Adobe Premiere Pro]]

|-

! [[Adobe Premiere Pro]] CC

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Yes (as of CS3)}}

| {{no}}

| [[Skylake (microarchitecture)|Skylake]] or later<ref name="pp-reqs">[https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/system-requirements.html Adobe Premiere Pro system requirements] Adobe Systems</ref>

| 1.4 [[Gigahertz|GHz]], [[SSE2]] compatible processor

| 18 [[Gigabyte|GB]]<ref name="pp-reqs"/ 2 [[Gigabyte|GB]] when editing HD>

| 42 [[Gigabyte|GB]]<ref name="pp-reqs"/>

| 8 [[Gigabyte|GB]]<ref name="pp-reqs"/>

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

|-

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Adobe Premiere Elements]]

! [[Adobe Premiere Elements]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Yes (as of v9)}}

| {{no}}

| 2&nbsp;GHz+ with [[SSE2]] support

| {{no}}

| 2 GB

| [[SSE2]] compatible processor

|

| 512 MB

| 4.5 GB

|-

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! [[Media Composer|Avid Media Composer]]

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Avid Free DV]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| 933 MHz [[Pentium]], 667 MHz [[PowerPC|PPC]]

| 1 GB

| ?

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Avid]] [[Xpress DV]]

| {{yes}}

| SSE 4.1 support<ref name="amc-reqs"/>

| 16 GB<ref name="amc-reqs">[http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/Compatibility/Media-Composer-System-Requirements Media Composer System Requirements] Avid</ref>

|

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[Avidemux]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| 933 MHz [[Pentium]], 667 MHz [[PowerPC|PPC]]

| 1 GB

| 20 GB

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Avid]] [[Xpress Pro HD]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{nodunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| [[Pentium 4]], [[PowerMac G5]]

|

| 1 GB

| {{dunno}}

| 20 GB

|-

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! [[AVS Video Editor]]

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Avid Liquid]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| [[Pentium 4Intel]] / AMD compatible at 2500&nbsp;MHz or higher

| 1 GB

|

| 20 GB

| 1 GB

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

|-

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Avid]] [[Media Composer]]

! [[Blender (software)|Blender]] (VSE : Video Sequence Editor)

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| 2&nbsp;GHz+ with [[SSE2]] support<ref name="blender-reqs">[https://www.blender.org/download/requirements/ Requirements] Blender Foundation</ref>

| 2 GB<ref name="blender-reqs"/>

| 512 MB<ref name="blender-reqs"/>

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[Cinelerra]]

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| [[Pentium 4]] or higher

| 2 GB

| 20 GB

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Avidemux]]

| {{yes}}

| [[x86-64]] compatible processor

| 256 MB

|

| 0.25 GB

|-

! [[Cinelerra-GG Infinity]]

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| [[x86-64]] compatible processor,<br> recommended minimum: 2&nbsp;GHz, 4 cores

| 8 GB recommended for HD editing

|

| 0.25 GB

|-

! [[Corel VideoStudio]]

| {{yes}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Cinelerra]]

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 3.0&nbsp;GHz<ref name="vs-reqs">[http://help.corel.com/videostudio/en/user-guide/videostudio-2019.pdf VideoStudio Ultimate 2019 User Guide] P.10 Corel</ref>

| 4 GB<ref name="vs-reqs"/>

| 256 MB<ref name="vs-reqs"/>

| 8 GB<ref name="vs-reqs"/>

|-

! [[DaVinci Resolve]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| 500 MHz

| 256 MB

| ?

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Dayang Montage Extreme]]

| {{yes}}

| Modern Intel/AMD/Apple silicon processor

| {{no}}

| 16 GB DDR4, 32 GB DDR4 when using Fusion

| {{no}}

| 2 GB GDDR6

| Pentium 4 or higher

| 13.5 GB

|-

| 20 GB

! [[Edius|EDIUS]]

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Edius | EDIUS]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| [[Intel Core 2]] or later with [[SSSE3]] support<ref name="edius-reqs">[https://www.ediusworld.com/en/support/faq/cat120/cat2_826.html EDIUS 9 system requirements] Grass Valley</ref>

| [[Pentium 4]] 3.0 GHz+

| 1 GB<ref name="edius-reqs"/>

| 1 GB

| 512 MB<ref name="edius-reqs"/>

| 800 MB

| 6 GB<ref name="edius-reqs"/>

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

|-

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Final Cut Express]]

! [[Final Cut Pro X]]

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| 500 MHz

| 4 GB<ref name="fcpx-reqs">[https://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/specs/ Final Cut Pro X - Technical Specifications] Apple</ref>

| 384 MB

| 256 MB<ref name="fcpx-reqs"/>

| 1 GB

| 3.8 GB<ref name="fcpx-reqs"/>

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

|-

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Final Cut Studio]]

! [[Flowblade]]

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| 1.25 GHz G4, [[Intel]] Core Duo or Xeon

| 1 GB

| 4 GB Apps

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[FORscene]]

| {{yes}}

| [[x86-64]] compatible processor

| {{dunno}}

|

| 2.7 GB

|-

! [[Blackbird (software)|Blackbird]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| N/A{{yes}}

| {{N/A|N/A}}

| 256 MB

|

| Any

|-

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! [[iMovie]]

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[iMovie HD]]

| {{no}}

| {{yesincluded}}

| {{no}}

| [[PowerPC G4|PPC G4]] or faster, Intel based Macs

| 256 MB

| 10 GB

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[LiVES]]

| {{no}}

| Intel based Macs or iPhone 4 or later

| 1 GB

|

| 5 GB

|-

! [[Kdenlive]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| 800 MHz

| 128 MB

| 10 GB

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Kdenlive]]

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| 600 &nbsp;MHz

| 256 MB

|

| 1 GB

|-

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! [[Lightworks]]

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[PiTiVi]]

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

| ?

| 2 MB

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Kino_(software) | Kino GTK]]

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[MainActor]]

| {{yes}}

| Intel Core Duo, Intel Xeon or AMD processor

| 2 GB

|

| 200 MB

|-

! [[LiVES]]

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| 700 MHz{{yes}}

| 800&nbsp;MHz

| 128 MB

| ?

| 10 GB

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

|-

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[MPEG Video Wizard]]

! [[Magix Movie Edit Pro]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Dual core processor with 2.0&nbsp;GHz

| 233 MHz

| 321 MBGB

|

| 20 MB

| 2 GB

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

|-

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[MPEG Video Wizard DVD]]

! [[MPEG Video Wizard DVD]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 233 &nbsp;MHz

| 32 MB

|

| 20 MB

|-

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! [[Nero Multimedia Suite]]

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Pinnacle Studio|Pinnacle Studio MediaSuite]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 2&nbsp;GHz AMD or Intel processor

| 1.4 GHz

| 512 MB (1 GB for Windows Vista or Windows 7)<br>2 GB when editing HD

| 512 MB

|

| 1.7 GB

| 5 GB

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

|-

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Pinnacle Studio#VideoSpin|Pinnacle VideoSpin]]

! [[OpenShot Video Editor]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 1.4 GHz

| 512 MB

| 150 MB

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Serif Europe|Serif]] [[MoviePlus]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| [[Pentium II]] or [[AMD Athlon XP]]

| 128 MB

| 149 MB

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Sony Vegas]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| 4 GB (16 GB recommended)

| {{no}}

|

| 1.0 GHz

| 1.0 GB

|-

| 200 MB

! [[Pinnacle Studio]]

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Ulead MediaStudio Pro]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 1.8&nbsp;GHz

| 800 MHz

| 256 MB

| 800 MB

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Ulead VideoStudio|Ulead VideoStudio Plus]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| [[Pentium 4]] or higher, [[SSE2]] when editing HD

| 256 MB

| 1 GB

|

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

| 1.7 GB

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Merging Technologies]] VCube

|-

| {{yes}}

! [[PiTiVi|Pitivi]]

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| [[Pentium 4]] or higher

| 512 MB

| 800 MB

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[VideoThang TM]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}?

| {{no}}?

|

| [[Pentium 4]] or higher

| 5122 MB

|-

| 300 MB

![[Shotcut]]

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

| {{yes}}

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Video Edit Magic]] / [[Video Edit Express|Express]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|2&nbsp;GHz AMD or Intel processor

|2[[Gigabyte|GB]] / 4 [[Gigabyte|GB]] when editing HD

|

|1 GB

|-

![[Vegas Pro]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 2.0&nbsp;GHz

| 500 MHz or higher

| 2561.0 MBGB

|

| 200 MB

| 400 MB

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

|-

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[VirtualDub]]

! [[VideoPad]]

| {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || multicore [[x86]] compatible processor || 1GB || || Any

|-

! [[VirtualDubMod]]

| {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || ? || ? || ? || ?

|-

! [[VSDC Free Video Editor]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| 1.5 [[Gigahertz|GHz]] or higher, [[Intel]] or AMD or compatible processor

| {{?}}

| 512 Mb for the program

| {{?}}

|

| {{?}}

|

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

|-

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Windows Movie Maker]]

! [[MiniTool MovieMaker]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Intel i5 or better, 2GHz+. (Intel 6th Gen or newer recommended)

| 1 GHz for best performance

| 1288 MBGB

|

| 2 GB

|10 GB

|-class="sortbottom" style="background: #ececec"

|-class="sortbottom"

!

! style="width:15em" |

! [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]

! [[Mac OS XmacOS]]

! [[Unix]]

! [[CPUCentral processing unit|Processor]]

! [[Random-access memory|RAM]]

! [[Dual-ported video RAM|VRAM]]

! [[Hard disk drive|HDD]]

|-

|}

</div>

<small>''"Unix" includes the similar [[Linux]], [[BSD]] and [[Unix-like]] [[operating systems]].''</small>

==High definition/High importresolution import==

The table below indicates the ability of each program to import various [[High Definition video]] or High resolution video formats for editing.

<div style="max-width:100%; overflow:auto;">

{| class="sortable" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 85%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center; margin: 0 auto;"

{{sort-under}}

|- style="background: #ececec"

{| class="wikitable sortable sort-under" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: 100%"

! style="width:15em" |

|-

! style="width:8em" | [[720p]] HDV

!

! style="width:8em" | [[1080i]] HDV

! style="width:8em" | DVCPRO HD

! {{verth|va=middle|HD uncompressed}}

! style="width:8em" | Uncompressed HD

! [[AVCHD]]

! style="width:8em" | IMX

! [[XDCAM|XDCAM HD]]

! style="width:8em" | [[AVCHD]]

! [[HDV]]

! style="width:8em" | [[XDCAM HD]]

! {{verth|va=middle|[[AVC-Intra]]}}

! style="width:8em" | [[HDV]]

! [[XAVC]]

! style="width:8em" | [[AVC-1]]

! style="width:8em" | [[DNxHD]]

! [[DNxHR codec|DNxHR]]

! style="width:8em" | [[REDCODE]]

! {{verth|va=middle|DNx uncompressed}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! [[Apple ProRes|ProRes]]

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Adobe Premiere Pro]]

! [[Apple ProRes#ProRes RAW|ProRes RAW]]

! [[RED Digital Cinema|R3D]]

! [[Arri Alexa#ArriRaw|ArriRaw]]

! {{verth|va=middle|X-OCN}}

! [[AV1]]

|-

! [[Adobe Premiere Pro]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}<ref name="pp-formats"/>

| {{yes}}<ref name="pp-formats"/>

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}<ref name="pp-formats"/>

| {{yes}}<ref name="pp-formats"/>

| {{yes}}<ref name="pp-formats">[https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/supported-file-formats.html Premiere Pro supported file formats] Adobe Systems</ref>

| {{yes}}<ref name="pp-formats"/>

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}<ref name="pp-formats"/>

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}<ref name="pp-formats"/>

| {{yes}}<ref name="pp-formats"/>

| {{yes}}<ref name="pp-formats"/>

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[Adobe Premiere Elements]]

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}} (As of 7.0)

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yesdunno}} (3rd party)

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}} (As of CS4, third party in CS3)

| {{yesdunno}} (As of CS3)

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[Avid Technology|Avid]] [[Media Composer]]

| {{yes}}<ref name="avid-formats">[http://resources.avid.com/SupportFiles/attach/Avid_Supported_Video_File_Formats.pdf Avid Supported Video File Formats] Avid</ref>

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}<ref name="avid-formats"/>

| ?

| {{yes}}<ref name="avid-formats"/>

| ?

| {{yes}}<ref (3rd party)name="avid-formats"/>

| {{yes}}<ref name="avid-formats"/>

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

| {{yes}}<ref name="avid-formats"/>

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Adobe Premiere Elements]]

| {{yes}}<ref name="avid-formats"/>

| {{yes}}<ref name="avid-formats"/>

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}<ref name="avid-formats"/>

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}<ref name="avid-formats"/>

| {{yes}}<ref name="avid-formats"/>

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[Avidemux]]

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[AVS Video Editor]]

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}} (Quick Sync and CUDA for decoding)

|-

! [[Blender (software)|Blender]]

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{nodunno}}

| {{nodunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[Cinelerra]]

| {{yes}}

| ?

| {{yes}}

| ?{{no}}

| ?

| ?

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Avid]] [[Media Composer]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[Cinelerra-GG Infinity]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

Line 656 ⟶ 1,062:

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{nodunno}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Avid]] [[Xpress DV]]

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Avid]] [[Xpress Pro]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{nodunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| ?-

! [[DaVinci Resolve]]

| {{partial|Mac with<br />Final Cut<br />Pro X}}<ref name="davinci-formats">[https://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/SupportNotes/DaVinci_Resolve_15_Supported_Codec_List.pdf DaVinci Resolve Supported Formats and Codecs] Blackmagic Design</ref>

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}<ref name="davinci-formats"/>

| ?

| {{yes}}<ref name="davinci-formats"/>

| {{partial|Mac with<br />Final Cut Pro X}}<ref name="davinci-formats"/>

| {{partial|Mac with<br />Final Cut<br />Pro X}}<ref name="davinci-formats"/>

| {{yes}}<ref name="davinci-formats"/>

| {{yes}}<ref name="davinci-formats"/>

| {{yes}}<ref name="davinci-formats"/>

| {{yes|16 or later}}

| {{yes}}<ref name="davinci-formats"/>

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}<ref name="davinci-formats"/>

| {{yes}}<ref name="davinci-formats"/>

| {{yes}}<ref name="davinci-formats"/>

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[Edius|EDIUS]]

| {{yes}}

| ?

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Avid]] [[Avid Liquid|Liquid]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Avidemux]]

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Cinelerra]]

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}<ref name="edius-formats">[https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT200321 Apple ProRes and ProRes RAW Authorized Products] Apple</ref>

| {{yes}}<ref name="edius-formats"/>

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[Final Cut Pro X]]

| {{yes}}<ref name="fcpx-formats">[https://support.apple.com/kb/PH12754?locale=en_US Final Cut Pro X: Final Cut Pro: Supported media formats] Apple</ref>

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}<ref name="fcpx-formats"/>

| {{yes}}<ref name="fcpx-formats"/>

| {{yes}}<ref name="fcpx-formats"/>

| {{yes}}<ref name="fcpx-formats"/>

| {{yes}}<ref name="fcpx-formats"/>

| {{partial}} (3rd party via<br />codec install)

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}<ref name="fcpx-formats"/>

| {{yes}}<ref name="fcpx-formats"/>

| {{yes}}<ref name="fcpx-formats"/>

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[Blackbird (software)|Blackbird]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[iMovie]]

| {{yes}} (3rd party)

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[Lightworks]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (as of Pro 11)

| {{yes}} (as of Pro 11)

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (as of Pro 11)

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}<br />(3rd party)

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}} (as of Pro 11)

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[LiVES]]

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{nodunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

| {{dunno}}

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Dayang Montage Extreme]]

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[Kdenlive]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{yesdunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[Magix Movie Edit Pro]]

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[EDIUS Neo]]

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[MPEG Video Wizard DVD]]

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[Nero Vision|Nero Video]]

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{nodunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

| {{dunno}}

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Edius | EDIUS]]

|-

! [[OpenShot Video Editor]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yesdunno}}

| {{yesdunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| ?

| {{dunno}}

| ?

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Final Cut Express]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[Pinnacle Studio]]

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Final Cut Studio]]

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[PiTiVi|Pitivi]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

![[Shotcut]]

|?

|?

|?

|?

|?

|?

|?

|?

|?

|?

|?

|?

|?

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[Corel VideoStudio]]

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

| {{dunno}}

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[FORscene]]

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

![[Vegas Pro]]

| {{yes}} (3rd party)

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (3rd party)

| ?

| {{dunno}}

| ?

| {{dunno}}

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[iMovie HD]]

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}} (as of Pro 9)

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[VideoPad]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (3rd party)

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[LiVES]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[PiTiVi]]

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| ?

| {{dunno}}

| ?

| {{dunno}}

| ?

|-

! [[VirtualDub]]

| {{yes}}

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Kdenlive]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[VSDC Free Video Editor]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Kino_(software) | Kino GTK]]

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | MainActor

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[MPEG Video Wizard]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

| ?

| ?

| {{no}}

| ?

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| ?

| ?

| ?

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[MPEG Video Wizard DVD]]

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| ?

| {{dunno}}

| ?

| {{dunno}}

| ?

|-

| {{no}}

! [[WeVideo]]

| ?

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| ?

| ?

| ?

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Pinnacle Studio]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[Windows Live Movie Maker]]

| {{no}}

| {{nodunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| ?

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| ?

| {{dunno}}

| ?

| {{dunno}}

| ?

| {{dunno}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

| {{dunno}}

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[PowerDirector]]

| {{dunno}}

| ?

| {{dunno}}

| ?

| {{dunno}}

| ?

| {{dunno}}

| ?

| {{dunno}}

| ?

| {{dunno}}

|- class="sortbottom"

!

! DVCPRO HD

! {{verth|va=middle|HD uncompressed}}

! AVCHD

! XDCAM HD

! HDV

! {{verth|va=middle|AVC-Intra}}

! XAVC

! DNxHD

! DNxHR

! {{verth|va=middle|DNx uncompressed}}

! ProRes

! ProRes RAW

! R3D

! ArriRaw

! {{verth|va=middle|X-OCN}}

! AV1

|}

</div>

==Feature set==

<div style="max-width:100%; overflow:auto;">

{{sort-under}}

{| class="wikitable sortable sort-under" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: 100%"

|-

!

! [[High-definition video|High Definition]] support

! [[Non-linear editing|Non-destructive editing]]

! Multitrack editing

! Full-screen playback

! Storyboard mode

! Video tracks

! Audio tracks / max channels

! [[Linear timecode]] display

! [[General-purpose computing on graphics processing units (software)|GPGPU]] with [[OpenCL]] acceleration

|-

! [[Adobe Premiere Pro]]

| {{yes}}

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Serif Europe|Serif]] [[MoviePlus]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}, By hitting ctrl+~ (CS6 only)

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{no}}

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Sony Vegas]]

| {{yes}}

| Unlimited

| Unlimited

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (3rd party)

| {{yes}}

|-

! [[Adobe Premiere Elements]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

| {{yes}}

| ?

| ?

| {{yes}} (as of Pro 9)

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Ulead MediaStudio Pro]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Unlimited

| ?

| Unlimited

| {{yes}}

| {{nodunno}}

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Ulead VideoStudio|Ulead VideoStudio Plus]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

|-

! [[Avid Technology|Avid]] [[Media Composer]]

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Merging Technologies]] VCube

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| 24 tracks, unlimited layers

| 24 tracks, unlimited layers

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Video Edit Magic]]

| ?

| ?

| {{no}}

| ?

| {{no}}

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[VirtualDub]]

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

|-

! [[Avidemux]]

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Windows Movie Maker]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{nodunno}}

| {{nodunno}}

| {{nodunno}}

| {{no}}1

| 2 / ?

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| ?-

! [[AVS Video Editor]]

| ?

| ?

|- style="background: #ececec" class="sortbottom"

!

! 720p HDV

! 1080i HDV

! DVCPRO HD

! Uncompressed

! IMX

! AVCHD

! XDCAM HD

! HDV

! AVC-1

! DNxHD

! REDCODE

|- style="background: #ececec"

|}

==Feature set==

{| class="sortable" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 85%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center; margin: 0 auto;"

|- style="background: #ececec"

! style="width:15em" |

! style="width:8em" | [[High Definition Video|High Definition]] support

! style="width:8em" | [[Non-destructive editing]]

! style="width:8em" | Full-screen playback

! style="width:8em" | Storyboard mode

! style="width:8em" | Video tracks

! style="width:8em" | Audio tracks / max channels

! style="width:8em" | [[Timecode]] display

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Adobe Premiere Pro]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}, on separate monitor

| {{yes}}

| 99

| 99

| {{yes}}

| 1

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

| 1+

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Adobe Premiere Elements]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (Quick Sync for decoding/encoding, CUDA for decoding)

|-

! [[Blender 3D|Blender]] (VSE : Video Sequence Editor)

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| 99

| 99

| {{yes}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Avid]] [[Xpress DV]]

| ?

| {{yes}}

| 128<ref name="blender128Channels">{{Cite web|url=https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/8fecc2a85254|title = Increase VSE strip channels limit from 32 to 128}}</ref> channels (combined with audio)

| 128<ref name="blender128Channels"/> channels (combined with video)

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|-

| 8 tracks, unlimited layers

! [[Cinelerra]]

| 8 tracks, unlimited layers

| {{yes}} <br>(any resolution)

| {{yes}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Avid]] [[Xpress Pro]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| Unlimited

| Unlimited / 16

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[Cinelerra-GG Infinity]]

| {{yes}} max 8K

| {{yes}}

| 24 tracks, unlimited layers

| 24 tracks, unlimited layers

| {{yes}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Avidemux]]

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| 1

| 2 / {{?}}

| {{?}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Cinelerra]]

| {{yes}} <br>(any resolution)

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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| Unlimited / 16

| {{yes}}

| Some formats, using<br />[[VAAPI]]/[[VDPAU]]/[[CUDA]]<br />for decoding/encoding

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

|-

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Dayang Montage Extreme]]

! [[DaVinci Resolve]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| 99 per sequence

| 99 per sequence

| {{yes}}

| Unlimited

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

| Unlimited

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[EDIUS Neo]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|-

! [[Edius|EDIUS]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| unlimited realtime layers

| unlimited realtime layers

| {{yes}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Edius | EDIUS]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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| unlimited realtime layers

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

|-

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Final Cut Express]]

! [[Final Cut Pro X]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}, with "external video"

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}, in the Media Browser

| {{dunno}}

| 99 per sequence

| {{dunno}}

| 99 / 2 per sequence

| {{nodunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

| {{dunno}}

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Final Cut Studio]]

|-

! [[Blackbird (software)|Blackbird]]

| Input only

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}, with "external video"

| {{yes}}, in the Media Browser

| 99 per sequence

| 99 / 24 per sequence

| {{yes}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[FORscene]]

| Input only

| {{yes}}

| 18

| {{yes}} (podcasts)

| 36

| Beta test

| 2

| 4

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

|-

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[iMovie HD]]

! [[iMovie]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| 1

| 2

| 6

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[Kdenlive]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[PiTiVi]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| Unlimited

| Unlimited

| ?

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Kdenlive]]

| {{yes}}

| {{planned}} through [[Media Lovin' Toolkit|MLT]]

|-

! [[Lightworks]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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| Unlimited

| {{yes}}

| {{planned}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

|-

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Kino_(software) | Kino GTK]]

! [[LiVES]]

| {{?}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[LiVES]]

| {{yes}} <br>(any resolution)

| {{yes}} <br>(multitrack mode only)

| {{yesdunno}}

| {{yes}} <br>(on first, second or all monitors, configurable)

| {{no}}

| Unlimited

| audio per video track + backing audio / 2 channels

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

|-

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[MainActor]]

! [[Magix Movie Edit Pro]]

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[MPEG Video Wizard]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| 32/99 (Plus/Premium)

| 1

| each track may contain audio and video

| 3

| {{?}}

| {{yes}}

|-

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[MPEG Video Wizard DVD]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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| 3

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

|-

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Serif Europe|Serif]] [[MoviePlus]]

! [[Nero Vision|Nero Video]]

| {{Yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}, & on separate monitor or TV

| {{yes}}, partial

| Unlimited

| Unlimited

| {{no}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Sony Vegas]]

| {{Yes}}

(any resolution)

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (CUDA)

|-

! [[OpenShot Video Editor]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Unlimited

| Unlimited/Max Channel 16

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

|-

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Pinnacle Studio]]

! [[Pinnacle Studio]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| 2

| 4

| {{yes}}

| Unlimited

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

| Unlimited

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Ulead MediaStudio Pro]]

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[PiTiVi|Pitivi]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}, on separate monitor

| ?

| 99

| ?

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Ulead VideoStudio|Ulead VideoStudio Plus]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| Unlimited

| Unlimited

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

![[Shotcut]]

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}} (Quick Sync)

|-

! [[Corel VideoStudio]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.videostudiopro.com/en/products/videostudio/pro/|title = VideoStudio Ultimate 2021 &#124; Fast & Fun Video Editing}}</ref>

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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| 9

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (CUDA and Quick Sync)

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

|-

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Merging Technologies]] VCube

![[Vegas Pro]]

| {{Yes}}

(any resolution)

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}, on both PC & TV monitors in realtime

| {{no}}

| Unlimited Tracks and Layers

| Unlimited / 16

| {{yes}}

| {{Yes}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

| Unlimited

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Video Edit Magic]] / [[Video Edit Express|Express]]

| Unlimited/Max Channel 16

| ?

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (as of 11)

|-

! [[VideoPad]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| 2 / 1 (Express)

| 2 / 1 (Express)

| {{no}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[VirtualDub]]

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Windows Movie Maker]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Unlimited

| Unlimited

| {{dunno}}

| {{planned}}

|-

! [[VirtualDub]]

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| 1

| 1

| {{Yes}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[VSDC Free Video Editor]]

| {{yes}}

|- style="background: #ececec" class="sortbottom"

!

! HD

! Non-destructive

! Full-screen

! Storyboard

! Video tracks

! Audio tracks

! Timecode display

|- style="background: #ececec"

|}

==Output options==

{| class="sortable" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 85%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center; margin: 0 auto;"

|- style="background: #ececec"

! style="width:15em" |

! style="width:8em" | [[DVD]]

! style="width:8em" | [[high-definition video|High Definition]]

! style="width:8em" | [[Smart phone]]

! style="width:8em" | [[Java (software)|Java]] phone

! style="width:8em" | [[QuickTime]]

! style="width:8em" | [[Windows Media]]

! style="width:8em" | [[MPEG-4]]

! style="width:8em" | XML/[[Edit decision list|EDL]]

! style="width:8em" | Print to tape

! style="width:8em" | Web, not hosted

! style="width:8em" | Web, hosted

! style="width:8em" | Podcasting

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Adobe Premiere Pro]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (Blu-Ray)

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Unlimited

| Unlimited

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|-

! [[WeVideo]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Adobe Premiere Elements]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (Blu-Ray)

| {{yes}}

| Unlimited

| Unlimited

| {{no}}

| {{yesdunno}}

|-

! [[Windows Live Movie Maker]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| 1

| 2

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[MiniTool MovieMaker]]

| {{Yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Avid]] [[Xpress DV]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| 9

| 2

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|- class="sortbottom"

!

! [[High-definition video|High Definition]] support

! [[Non-linear editing|Non-destructive editing]]

! Multitrack editing

! Full-screen playback

! Storyboard mode

! Video tracks

! Audio tracks

! [[Linear timecode]] display

! [[General-purpose computing on graphics processing units (software)|GPGPU]] with [[OpenCL]] acceleration

|-

|}

</div>

==Output options==

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.

<div style="max-width:100%; overflow:auto;">

{{sort-under}}

{| class="wikitable sortable sort-under" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: 100%"

|-

!

! [[DVD]]

! [[high-definition video|High Definition]]

! [[Smartphone]]

! [[QuickTime]]

! [[Windows Media]]

! [[MPEG-4]]

! XML/[[Edit decision list|EDL]]

! Print to tape

! Web, not hosted

! Web, hosted

! Podcasting

|-

! [[Adobe Premiere Pro]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (Blu-ray)

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| ?

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Avid]] [[Xpress Pro]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (Blu-Ray)

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[Adobe Premiere Elements]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (Blu-ray)

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| ?

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Avidemux]]

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Cinelerra]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|-

! Avid [[Media Composer]]

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[Avidemux]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[AVS Video Editor]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (Blu-ray)

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Dayang Montage Extreme]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|-

! [[Blender 3D|Blender]] (VSE : Video Sequence Editor)

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{?dunno}}

| {{?yes}}

| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|title=EDL Support in Blender|date=February 11, 2009 |url=http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?147999-EDL-Support-in-Blender|publisher=www.blenderartists.org|access-date=July 26, 2016}}</ref>

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

| {{dunno}}

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Edius | EDIUS]]

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[Cinelerra]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| ?

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Final Cut Express]]

| {{yes}}

|-

! [[Cinelerra-GG Infinity]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} max 8K

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} CMX3600

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yesno}} (3rd party)

| {{yes}}

|-

| {{no}} (as of 2.5)

! [[Edius|EDIUS]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

| {{yes}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Final Cut Studio]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[Final Cut Pro X]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (3rd party)

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

| {{dunno}}

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[FORscene]]

| {{nodunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[Flowblade]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[Blackbird (software)|Blackbird]]

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

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| {{yes}} (MPEG 2)

| {{yes}} (MPEG 2)

| {{?dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

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| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|-

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! [[iMovie]]

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[iMovie HD]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (3rd party)

| {{yes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (with [[.Mac]])

| {{yes}}

|-

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! [[Kdenlive]]

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[PiTiVi]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

| ?

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

| ?

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| ?

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Kdenlive]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

Line 1,546 ⟶ 2,060:

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[Lightworks]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (max 720p in free version)

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}} (only in Pro 11)

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}} (only in Pro 11)

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[LiVES]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (AVCHD, Blu-ray)

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Kino_(software) | Kino GTK]]

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{nodunno}}

|-

| {{no}}

! [[Magix Movie Edit Pro]]

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[LiVES]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (AVCHD, Blu-ray)

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| ?

|-

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[MPEG Video Wizard DVD]]

| {{noyes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

| ?

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

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| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|-

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! [[Nero Vision|Nero Video]]

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[MPEG Video Wizard DVD]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (AVCHD, Blu-ray)

| ?

| ?

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{noyes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Serif Europe|Serif]] [[MoviePlus]]

| {{yes}}

| {{?yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|-

! [[OpenShot Video Editor]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{?}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Sony Vegas]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (Blu-Ray)

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|-

! [[Pinnacle Studio]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| ?

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Pinnacle Studio]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|-

! [[PiTiVi|Pitivi]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Ulead MediaStudio Pro]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{nodunno}}

|-

![[Shotcut]]

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[Corel VideoStudio]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (via plug-in)

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (with DropShot)

| {{dunno}}

|-

![[Vegas Pro]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (Blu-ray)

| {{no}}

| ?

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Ulead VideoStudio|Ulead VideoStudio Plus]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (via plug-in)

| {{yes}} (via plug-in)

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[VideoPad]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (with DropShot)

| ?

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Merging Technologies]] VCube

| {{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}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{no}}

| ?

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Video Edit Magic]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|-

! [[WeVideo]]

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|-

! [[Windows Live Movie Maker]]

| {{yes}}

|- style="background: #ececec"

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[VirtualDub]]

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

| {{?}}

|- style="background: #dcecfc"

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | [[Windows Movie Maker]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} ([[WMV]] only)

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|- style="background: #ececec" class="sortbottom"

!

! [[DVD]]

! [[high-definition video|High Definition]]

! [[Smart phoneSmartphone]]

! [[Java (software)|Java]] phone

! [[QuickTime]]

! [[Windows Media]]

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! Podcasting

|}

</div>

==TargetSee marketalso==

* [[List of video editing software]]

* [[Comparison of video converters]]

* [[Photo slideshow software]]

* [[Non-linear editing]]

* [[Comparison of DVD ripper software]]

==References==

{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 85%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center; margin: 0 auto;"

{{reflist}}

|- style="background: #ececec"

! style="width:6em" |

! style="width:14em" | [[Consumer]]

! style="width:14em" | [[Prosumer]]

! style="width:14em" | [[Professional]]

|-

! style="text-align:left; background: #ececec" | Least<br/>expensive<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>Most<br/>expensive

|

[[Kino (software)|Kino]]<br />

[[Pinnacle Studio#VideoSpin|Pinnacle VideoSpin]]<br />

[[Adobe Premiere Elements]]<br />

[[MAGIX Movie Edit Pro]]<br />

[[CyberLink]] [[PowerDirector]]<br />

''[[Avid Free DV]]''<br />

[[Windows Movie Maker]] <br />

[[Clesh]]<br />

[[MPEG Video Wizard]]<br />

[[MPEG Video Wizard DVD]]<br />

[[Ulead VideoStudio]]<br />

[[Grass_Valley_(company) | Grass Valley]] [[EDIUS Neo]]<br />

[[Sony Vegas Movie Studio]]<br />

[[iMovie]]<br />

[[Pinnacle Studio]]<br />

|[[PiTiVi]]<br />

[[Kdenlive]]<br />

[[LiVES]]<br />

[[MainActor]]<br />

[[Final Cut Express]]<br />

[[Avid]] [[Xpress DV]]<br />

[[Grass_Valley_(company) | Grass Valley]] [[Edius | EDIUS]]<br />

[[Adobe Premiere Pro]]<br />

|[[MAGIX Video Pro X]]<br />

[[Cinelerra]]<br />

[[Dayang Montage Extreme]]<br />

[[FORscene]]<br />

[[Ulead MediaStudio Pro]]<br />

[[Sony Vegas|Sony Vegas Pro]]<br />

[[Grass_Valley_(company) | Grass Valley]] [[Edius | EDIUS]]<br />

[[Final Cut Studio]]<br />

[[Avid]] [[Xpress Pro]]<br />

[[Merging Technologies]] [[VCube]]<br />

[[Avid]] [[Media Composer]]

|-

|}

==See also==

*[[List of video editing software]]

*[[Photo slideshow software]]

*[[Non-linear editing system]]

{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Video Editing Software}}

[[Category:Video editing software|*]]

[[Category:SoftwareVideo comparisonsediting software|VideoComparison of video editing software]]

[[Category:Multimedia software comparisons|Video editing software]]