User:Wdmjeims/Comparison of video editing software

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

General information

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This table gives basic general information about the different editors:

Program Platform Developer Year of first release Year of latest release Latest version List price (USD) License
Adobe Premiere/Premiere Pro Windows/Mac Adobe Systems 1991 2009
2010
CS4 4.2.1 (32-bit)
CS5 (64-bit only)
$799 专有
Adobe Premiere Elements Windows/Mac Adobe Systems 2004 2010 9.0 $100 专有
Avid Free DV Windows/Mac Avid ? ? 1.8 抛弃 专有
Avid Xpress Pro Studio HD Windows/Mac Avid 2003 ? 5.8 $1695 专有
Avid Media Composer Windows/Mac Avid 1989 2011 5.5 $2124 专有
Avidemux Windows/Mac/BSD/Linux Mean 2010 2.5.3 免费 GPL
AVS Video Editor Windows Online Media Technologies Ltd. 2004 2010 5.1 $59(Unlimited) 专有
Blender (VSE : Video Sequence Editor) Windows/Mac/Solaris/Irix/Linux Blender Foundation 2002 2009 2.49b 免费 GPL
Cinelerra Linux/Mac Heroine Virtual 2002 2009 4.2 免费 GPL
Dayang Montage Extreme Windows Dayang 2007 2009 1.2 $898 专有
EditDV/Cinestream Windows/Mac Radius 1997 2002 3.0 $999 专有
Edius Windows Grass Valley Canopus 2002 2008 5.0 $799 专有
Final Cut Express Mac Apple Inc. 2003 2007 4.0.1 $199 专有
Final Cut Pro/Studio Mac Apple Inc. 1999 2009 7 $999 专有
Full Motion Video Win Equuleus Solutions Ltd 1998 2010 6 $29 专有
Avid Free DV Windows/Mac Avid Technology 2001 2008 7 $69.95, $119.95 专有
CyberLink PowerDirector Windows Cyberlink 2001 2009 8 $69.95, $99.95 专有
FORscene Cross-Platform (Java) Forbidden Technologies 2004 ? 15 April 2007 from $2/hour 专有
iMovie Mac Apple Inc. 1999 2010 8.0.6 $79 (as part of the iLife suite); free on new Macs 专有
PiTiVi Linux Open Source Community 2004 2010 0.13.4 免费 LGPL
Kdenlive Linux/BSD/Mac Open Source Community 2002 2010 0.7.8 免费 GPL
Kino Linux/BSD Open Source Community 2000 2009 1.3.4 免费 GPL
Lightworks Windows/Mac/Linux Editshare & soon the Open Source Community 1989 2009 1.3 免费 SOON GPL SOON
LiVES Linux/BSD/Mac Open Source Community 2002 2010 1.3.2 免费 GPL
MainActor Linux/Win MainConcept 2004 2007 5.5 抛弃 专有
Media 100 Mac Media 100 (now part of Boris FX) 2006 2010 1.5.1 $1295.00 专有
OpenShot Video Editor Linux Open Source Community 2008 2010 1.2.2 免费 GPL
Pinnacle Studio Windows Pinnacle Systems 1999 2009 14.0 $49.99 - $129.99 专有
Pinnacle Videospin Windows Avid 2009 2009 2.0 免费 专有
MoviePlus Windows Serif (Europe) Ltd. 2003 2008 X3 (6.0.1) $79.99 专有
Sony Vegas Windows Sony Creative Software 1999 2009 9.0e $599.95 专有
Sony Vegas Movie Studio Windows Sony Creative Software 2000 2010 10.0 $45-125 专有
Ulead MediaStudio Pro Windows Ulead Systems (now part of Corel Corporation) ? 2006 8.1 $399.99 专有
Ulead VideoStudio Plus Windows Ulead Systems (now part of Corel Corporation) 1993 (1.0) 2010 X3 $89.99 专有
Video Studio Express Mac iSkysoft Studio. 2010 2010 1.0 $35 专有
VideoThang TM Windows VideoThang LLC 2007 2008 2.0.1 免费 专有
VirtualDub Windows Avery Lee 2000 2010 1.9.10 免费 GPL
VirtualDubMod Windows 2002 2006 1.5.10.2 b2542 免费 GPL
Windows Movie Maker Windows Microsoft 2000 2007 6.0.6000.16386 Bundled with Windows (Excluding Windows 7) 专有
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro Windows MAGIX circa 2001 (VideoDeluxe 1.0) 2010 16 $49.99 - $89.99 专有
VideoLab Windows Mitov Software 2002 2010 4.3.1 免费 for non commercial or educational
Program Platform Developer Year of first release Year of latest release Latest version List price (USD) License

System requirements

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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 Mac OS X *nix Processor RAM HDD
Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 (32-bit) Yes (as of CS3) 1.4 GHz, SSE2 compatible processor 1 GB / 2 GB when editing HD 4 GB
Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 (64-bit) multicore x86-64 compatible processor 2 GB 10 GB
Adobe Premiere Elements SSE2 compatible processor 512 MB 4.5 GB
Avid Free DV 933 MHz Pentium, 667 MHz PPC 1 GB ?
Avid Media Composer Pentium 4 or higher 2 GB 20 GB
Avid Xpress Pro HD Pentium 4, PowerMac G5 1 GB 20 GB
Avidemux ? ? ?
AVS Video Editor Intel / AMD compatible at 2500 MHz or higher 1 GB 1 GB
Blender (VSE : Video Sequence Editor) 300 MHz 128 MB 20 MB free space
Cinelerra 500 MHz 256 MB ?
CyberLink PowerDirector SSE2 compatible processor 512 MB 2 GB
Dayang Montage Extreme Pentium 4 or higher 1 GB 20 GB
EDIUS Pentium 4 3.0 GHz+ 1 GB 800 MB
Final Cut Express 500 MHz 384 MB 1 GB
Final Cut Studio 1.25 GHz G4, Intel Core Duo or Xeon 1 GB 4 GB Apps
FORscene N/A 256 MB Any
Full Motion Video PIII 1Ghz or Faster 256 MB 15Mb
iMovie HD PPC G4 or faster, Intel based Macs 256 MB 10 GB
Kdenlive 600 MHz 256 MB 1 GB
Kino GTK ? ? ?
Lightworks ? ? ?
LiVES 800 MHz 128 MB 10 GB
MainActor 700 MHz 128 MB ?
Media 100 1.8 GHz G5 or better 2 GB ?
MPEG Video Wizard DVD 233 MHz 32 MB 20 MB
OpenShot Video Editor 600 MHz 256 MB 1 GB
Pinnacle Studio MediaSuite 1.4 GHz 512 MB 1.7 GB
Pinnacle VideoSpin 1.4 GHz 512 MB 150 MB
PiTiVi ? ? 2 MB
Serif MoviePlus Pentium II or AMD Athlon XP 128 MB 149 MB
Sony Vegas 1.0 GHz 1.0 GB 200 MB
Ulead MediaStudio Pro 800 MHz 256 MB 800 MB
Ulead VideoStudio Plus Pentium 4 or higher, SSE2 when editing HD 128 MB 3 GB
VirtualDub ? ? 3 Mb
Windows Movie Maker 1 GHz for best performance 128 MB 10 Mb
Windows Mac OS X Unix Processor RAM HDD

"Unix" includes the similar Linux, BSD and Unix-like operating systems.

High definition import

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

720p HDV 1080i HDV DVCPRO HD Uncompressed HD IMX AVCHD XDCAM HD HDV AVC-1 DNxHD REDCODE
Adobe Premiere Pro 是 (3rd party) 是 (As of CS4, third party in CS3) 是 (As of CS3) ? ? 是 (As of CS5, third party in CS4)
Adobe Premiere Elements ? ? ? ?
Avid Media Composer
Avid Xpress Pro ? ? ?
Avidemux ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
AVS Video Editor ? ? ? ? ? ?
Blender ? ? ? ? ? ?
Cinelerra
CyberLink PowerDirector ? ? ? ? ?
Dayang Montage Extreme
EDIUS ? ?
Final Cut Express ? ? ? ? ?
Final Cut Studio ?
FORscene ? ? ? ? ? ?
Full Motion Video ? ? ? ? ? ?
iMovie HD 是 (3rd party) ? ? ? ? ?
Lightworks ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
LiVES ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
PiTiVi ?
Kdenlive
Kino GTK ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
MainActor ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
MPEG Video Wizard DVD ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
OpenShot Video Editor
Pinnacle Studio ? ? ? ?
Serif MoviePlus ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Sony Vegas 是 (3rd party) ? ? 是 (as of Pro 9)
Ulead MediaStudio Pro ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Ulead VideoStudio Plus ? ? ? ? ? ?
VirtualDub ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Windows Movie Maker ? ? ? ?
720p HDV 1080i HDV DVCPRO HD Uncompressed IMX AVCHD XDCAM HD HDV AVC-1 DNxHD REDCODE

Feature set

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High Definition support Non-destructive editing Full-screen playback Storyboard mode Video tracks Audio tracks / max channels Linear timecode display
Adobe Premiere Pro 是, on separate monitor 99 99
Adobe Premiere Elements 99 99
Avid Xpress Pro 24 tracks, unlimited layers 24 tracks, unlimited layers
Avidemux ? ? 1 2 / ? ?
AVS Video Editor 1 1
Blender (VSE : Video Sequence Editor) Unlimited Unlimited
Cinelerra
(any resolution)
Unlimited Unlimited / 16
CyberLink PowerDirector 10 4
Dayang Montage Extreme 99 per sequence 99 per sequence
EDIUS 是, on both PC & TV monitors in realtime unlimited realtime layers unlimited realtime layers
Final Cut Express 是, with "external video" 是, in the Media Browser 99 per sequence 99 / 2 per sequence
Final Cut Studio 是, 是, in the Media Browser 99 per sequence 99 / 24 per sequence
FORscene Input only 是 (podcasts) Beta test 2 4
Full Motion Video unlimited 2
iMovie HD 1 2
PiTiVi Unlimited Unlimited ?
Kdenlive Unlimited Unlimited
Kino GTK ? ? ? ?
Lightworks ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
LiVES
(any resolution)

(multitrack mode)

(on first, second or all monitors, configurable)
Unlimited audio per video track + backing audio / 2 channels
MainActor ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
MPEG Video Wizard DVD 1 3
OpenShot Video Editor Unlimited Unlimited
Serif MoviePlus 是, & on separate monitor or TV 是, partial Unlimited Unlimited
Sony Vegas

(any resolution)

Unlimited Unlimited/Max Channel 16
Pinnacle Studio 2 4
Ulead MediaStudio Pro 是, on separate monitor ? 99 ?
Ulead VideoStudio Plus 7 9
VirtualDub ? 1 1
Windows Movie Maker 1 2
HD Non-destructive Full-screen Storyboard Video tracks Audio tracks Timecode display

Output options

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Please note that recording to Blu-ray does not imply 1080*50p . Most only support up to 1080i 25 frames per second recording. Also not all formats can be output, so for instance Premiere Pro cannot export AVCHD.

DVD High Definition Smart phone Java phone QuickTime Windows Media MPEG-4 XML/EDL Print to tape Web, not hosted Web, hosted Podcasting
Adobe Premiere Pro 是 (Blu-Ray) ?
Adobe Premiere Elements 是 (Blu-Ray)
Avid Xpress Pro 是 (Blu-Ray) ?
Avidemux ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
AVS Video Editor 是(Blu-Ray)
Blender (VSE : Video Sequence Editor) ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Cinelerra
CyberLink PowerDirector
Dayang Montage Extreme ? ?
EDIUS ? ?
Final Cut Express 是 (3rd party) 否 (as of 2.5) ?
Final Cut Studio 是 (3rd party) ?
FORscene 是 (MPEG 2) 是 (MPEG 2) ?
iMovie HD 是 (3rd party) 是 (with .Mac)
PiTiVi ? ? ? ? ?
Kdenlive ?
Kino GTK
Lightworks ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
LiVES ?
MPEG Video Wizard DVD ? ?
OpenShot Video Editor
Serif MoviePlus ? ? ?
Sony Vegas 是 (Blu-Ray) ?
Pinnacle Studio
Ulead MediaStudio Pro ?
Ulead VideoStudio Plus 是 (via plug-in) 是 (via plug-in) 是 (with DropShot) ?
VirtualDub
Windows Movie Maker 是 (WMV only)
DVD High Definition Smart phone Java phone QuickTime Windows Media MPEG-4 XML/EDL Print to tape Web, not hosted Web, hosted Podcasting

Target market

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Consumer Prosumer Professional High-End Movie Production
Least
expensive




Most
expensive

Kino
Avidemux
PiTiVi
LiVES
Pinnacle VideoSpin
Adobe Premiere Express
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro
CyberLink PowerDirector
Avid Free DV
Windows Movie Maker
AVS Video Editor
MPEG Video Wizard DVD
Ulead VideoStudio
iMovie
Pinnacle Studio
Sony Vegas Movie Studio

Adobe Premiere Elements

OpenShot Video Editor
PiTiVi
Final Cut Express
Ulead MediaStudio Pro

Cinelerra

Blender(VSE)
Kdenlive
Dayang Montage Extreme
FORscene
Grass Valley EDIUS
Avid Xpress Pro

Sony Vegas Pro

Adobe Premiere Pro
Lightworks
Final Cut Studio
Avid Media Composer

See also

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