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Video editing is something that is becoming ever more prevalent in our world today. A free and powerfull video editor is absolutely crucial; both to the aspiring young director, and the mom who just wants to save some old memories. Most retail video editors cost hundreds of dollars. What's more is that many of these programs are so complex that the average user has no idea how to use it. Thankfully, there are many free programs that can fill the need for any task. There's many options in the world of video editing. Ever since it was possible to transfer videos from your pc to your computer, people and corporations began designing tools to cut and edit these videos. But our ever present challenge as frugal consumers is to find the perfect free tool that does the job! |
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Avidemux lets you do just about everything under the sun. It supports many file types, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs. Avidemux is available for Linux, BSD, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows under the GNU GPL license. |
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The package is however not complete without the additional filters. A comprehensive collection of third party filters, 74 Filters for VirtualDub, is available from a French site. Just click on the "Download VD filters (1.72MB)" panel/button to download the complete set of filters (RAR pack). Once all the filters are installed, delete the "PCVideo Image Processor" filter, as the installation instructions are missing a step. |
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The software itself is very flashy and contains many usefull features. However, many features are blocked and even omitted in the free version. For this reason it is not my most highly rated software. But for the user who is just looking to do simple editing, the program works fine. It comes packed with many preinstalled titles and credits. |
First on the list is a great tool named 
Another major contendor in the world of video editors is a corporation named Pinnacle. Pinnacle is a software company that creates high quality video editing software for professionals and individuals alike. Recently they introduced a freeware program called |
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162mb  2.0  Restricted Freeware (full commercial version available)  Windows XP with SP2, or Vista |
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I have just downloaded a trial of trakAxPC. It seems so good that I brought the full version straight away. It is very cheap, but the free version is very good to use although some of the most handy features, as far as I am concerned anyway, are locked.
I have tried all the ones mentioned and I admit that I am too dumb to use them, but this kit was so easy to use and comes packaged with free video tutorials and I swear it has to go down as the easiest to use out of everything I have tried. Someone who knows about this stuff, please check it out and give us a better review of it that I am able to
:o)
Here is the link:
http://www.trakax.com/software/pc/
Avidemux screwed up the sound!
The hummingbird chirps sounded like burps!
You should include "Free Video Dub" in this test !!
Are you talking about video dub from DvdVideoSoft?
Do any of these video editors have the ability to capture video from an integrated camera say on your laptop?
it would have helped if you had mentioned before I went through all of the trouble of downloading and installing avidemux that it does not support fire wire capture. Major drawback that other software does not have. Next time you write another technical article how about including actual useful data: such as software limitations, instead of just raving about stuff. There's another hour of my life lost that I will never get back.
And I've just wasted 10 seconds of mine reading this.
Just because a simple detail was missed which was useful to you... does not mean that you rubbish the whole effort and hard work of the editor. People like you are ungrateful and unrespectful of others' efforts. Everything cannot be according to your terms, in life. One hour lost of your life... HA!!! Like you do not waste a single minute of your life. I am sure you must be wasting your life on many other things... like you did by writing an ungrateful post. Such comments are often deleted, because they are demeaning to our editors, for no reason at all... and people like you are the ones who complain later on.... that your comment was deleted.
Not that I have to say, but figuratively speaking, I have to say that MidnightCowboy's and Anupam's replies to Anonymous #52467's post are responses of clearly [reasonable] people.
Well said.
Been using Avidemux for quite a while for cutting and splicing videos.
The QT interface has never worked for me though on windows 7. The GTK interface works with no problems.
Have any of the windows 7 users on here been able to get the QT interface to work?
I think Microsoft Movie Maker belongs in this list here. I guess one can say that it's free because it comes with Windows XP. It is still out there to download and works great with Windows Vsta and 7 as well.
What I like about Movie Maker is its timeline base GUI. There is no more intutive way to edit movies I think. None of the above tools (as far as I can tell) offers that. Is there maybe another contender offering timline based editing?
I have an editor named "Video Pad Editor" it's an NCH Software it has timeline editing but the free versoin has very limited transitions.
Also, you have to download the "special effects" seperately.
I agree that movie maker is a good software but i don't really see the point of haveing it up here as you get it already on your pc when you buy it. I will be putting WAX, up on here soon witch i think is a good all round video editor.
I just did a little searching for WAX. Softpedia has a download for WAX 2.0e, which was uploaded there in 2007, and Softpedia's link for the author's website is debugmode.com. That website says the most recent version of WAX is 2.0e and doesn't say when it was released, but one of the download links that website provides is at CNET download, where it says 2.0e was released and added there for download in July 2005.
Does that mean that it's not a well or regularly maintained app. or tool, or that it was already working without any bugs or flaws in July 2005?
Not if You have Win7...The best OS to date!
lol, LINUX open suse is better :)
or really i got xp when i get paid i am going to get windows 7. but thanks for that i might put it after all.
When you do, take a look at:
http://www.brighthub.com/multimedia/video/articles/22658.aspx
He has 5(!) version of MovieMaker running on Windows 7.
Hi!
I wanted to know which has full support for "frame-by-frame" editing?
Thanks for reply.
-am
I recently came across a facebook app called Cuemongous. It is an online video editor. Lets you edit pieces from multiple youtube videos, sequence them, and create your own new video that actually streams parts of the original video! Now, I just upload all my videos blindly into youtube and use the Cuemongous online editor to pick the pieces I want and create my own video instead of mucking around with MovieMaker or such. The app is called Cuemongous and is available on facebook.
I will have a look in to it and test it out thanks for the suggestion.
Jason.
I am starting a youtube account. I've always been interested in videos and editing but I dont have any software. Any ideas?
hello mate I have downloaded and tested the 3 software above and the avidemux is the best one in my opinion its easy to use and has a lot of options.
This article lists software for video editing. Please try them out.
i like simple stuff with very good effects and transitions like for mmusic videos. Any one recomend a video editor?
Hi - can anyone recommend a program that can most easily add a high quality audio (steroe) track to a video. Has to be sync-able (music performances)
Is there a chroma key plugin available for NCH VideoPad?
SUPER © is great for converting wmv/asf. Vdub never works well with these, even with the plugin or old/mod version.
Let`s face it...there`s no really good free video editor that will do all the things you want it to do.
Yes there is, it is called LiVES.
- http://lives.sourceforge.net
Isn't LiVES for Linux only (no Windows version)?
The Web site says LiVES can be installed on Windows and Mac, insteal of only Linux. The following quote is from the downloads page at lives.sourceforge.net.
"Windows and Mac (Intel) users
Windows and Mac (Intel) users can try out LiVES by downloading and burning a dyne:bolic bootable CD, and then installing the LiVES module. See here for more information. "
The instructions for installing the LiVES module on a Windows system, or Mac, are very simple and there aren't many steps; only a few. And "dyne:bolic ..." is hyperlinked to the website for downloading the ISO.
Softpedia has a download page for Dyne:bolic GNU/Linux 2.5.2 and the download link is for downloading from ftp.gnu.org.
I don't think booting linux from a CD and then running LiVES can be considered "running on Windows".
Which is the best for editing with layers.
Example: Im in the front walking...and theres a backgorund video where There are bombs exploding everywhere.
Which freeware can do this?
WAX
Hi TheGutterTech.
A visitor left this link on my category but i can't use it. Maybe you can?
http://www.trakax.com/software/pc/
Have a good one.
grf
AviSynth another powerful video editing tool.
The VLC team is working on a cross platform video editor. Details here :
http://lifehacker.com/5432946/vlc-team-working-on-a-cross+platform-video...
It has limited features. Anyway thanks
Bishan Chakraborty
For the future editor of this category: try checking out Jashaka, it has been mentioned by CNET
Is there a freeware video editor that lets you chromakey? (Use green or blue screen)
I have never used VirtualDub but i have used Avidemux and Mediacoder and both of hese softwares are good. Both are available at Sourceforge.net
Great post mate :)
Will be updating soon
make sure to check back regularly!
I use the free "Video Spin" by Avid/Pinnacle, for my home DV editing.
It's adware and crippled in some export formats. I use "Quick Media Converter" to get around that.
I used to do professional video editing with Avid software but sometimes a lighter product is better.
If all you want is cuts, fades, simple audio control -- then Video Spin might be good enough for you. It's a stable product and it's free!
For me best free video editor is Blender.
Tutorial 1
Tutorial 2
Tutorial 2
Hey guys are there any good video editing software for vista?
Yeah there are many but i have videospin and i like it try it out.
Hi all,
There seems to be a lot of free video editing tools available, but I am a novice and have one simple wish - I want to stitch separate videos together to make one long video. I need something easy to understand that will just join all the files together. Any ideas? And thanks.
I'm a novice myself, but I think you may find HJSplit what you're looking for. It does join video files.
Avidemux for the win. I was mainly using it for simple editing and found it much easier for my purposes then Virtua Dub. I didn't think it could join video but a quick google led me to loads of tutorials and it does the job nicely.
If they are wmv files though Microsofts Movie Maker does the job very easily, you may have it installed.
I have seen several reviews for various free video editors, but have not found one that has a specific function I need. I have a co-worker that gave me a camera to download the video from, and make a DVD movie. All went well, except that part of the time she held the camera sideways. This means to properly view the movie, you need to either lay down, or have your head cocked way over and end up with a very stiff neck afterward. Now for my need: is there any free video editor that would take a video clip and rotate it ninety degrees, either right or left; similar to the way a photo editor will?
If anyone knows of one, I would greatly appreciate knowing about it. Thanks.
Avidemux (No.1 on this page) will rotate 90 degress...Video-Filters-Rotate
I haven;t tried Avidemux but i like videospin and probably will use videospin anyway, should i get Avidemux?
Please have a look here at the software:
http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/products/dvd/Free-Video-Flip-and-Rotate.htm
Its a freeware from DvdVideoSoft. I haven't tried the software myself, but it may serve your purpose. Give it a try, and please do share the results here.
Also, if you have further questions, posting in TechSupportAlert freeware forum, will be good :).
Anupam Shriwatri, India
Thanks for the suggested software. I tried it, and it works great, it is extremely easy to use. It definitely is what I needed. The only limitation I have found is the output format is limited to an avi, but I can live with that. I can always take the avi and convert it later. It will accept a lot of formats as input.
The site also has a lot of other free apps that look very interesting that I want to try when I have time, as well.
I apologize for posting my question in the wrong place. I guess I was too focused on my immediate problem to realize there was a forum to ask the questions in. I just registered, and put my question in the area I was interested in. I will go to the forum to see what is there.
Again, thanks for the advice.
Hii.. thanks for posting back. And great to hear that the program served your purpose. Yes, the site has many other nice freewares too.
Yeah, you can always convert the video to another format. If you need some names of freeware converters, do let know :).
And hey, no need to apologize... please. It was just an advice about posting in forums. Not meant to make u feel u did a mistake. Just wanted to let you know about the forums, that have just got a new look and started afresh :).
Take care buddy :)
Anupam Shriwatri, India
thx to the editors for providing all this info.
I was wondering if there is an open-source and/or freeware video editor that comes close to or is better than Avid, Final Cut Pro or Premiere?
Hmmm, you forgot Avidemux,
a really good, stable, fast, user-friendly, linear video editor,
for all basic (...and more) tasks.
You should give it a try....
uh...can't believe wax hasn't been mentioned :)
http://www.debugmode.com/wax/
Give Pinnacle VideoSpin a try. I have tried every other proram menioned in this post and found them either extremely unintuitive or difficult to figure out. I was very impressed with VideoSpin. Nice interface, simple functions, easy to understand, and intuitive.
Here is a list of what PC Magazine considers the best free video editors:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2329226,00.asp
I was going to download Video Dub but when I clicked on the link to download the filters I got a price tag. Apparently they are no longer freeware.
I used the free program from NCH Software called Videopad. Not great, not bad. Something to consider.
This is great piece of free software. Thanks for info!
VideoPad - it's more than "something to consider". I tried about 5 different video editors, all of them are similar to VideoDub; and the VideoPad is by far the most convenient for any kinds of job and the most illustrative. I strongly recommend at least to try it.
I would like to take an existing DVD movie, edit it (delete parts, add other parts), then create a new DVD. I have a DVD burner and software (Roxio Creator DE). Can I use Virtual Dub or AviDemux to do this?
This is the best software site ever... You test, then recommend... Thanks!
How cool that you test first before commenting and posting for us. Many thanks. Such a great site, one I've come back to repeatedly. Good on you for sharing.
wow,great tools,there are list more free video editor:)
Free video editor for mac/windows/linux machine
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