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{{quotation | Video editing is the process of re-arranging or modifying segments of video to form another piece of video. The goals of video editing are the same as in film editing \u2014 the removal of unwanted footage, the isolation of desired footage, and the arrangement of footage in time to synthesize a new piece of footage.}} ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_editing], retrieved 15:36, 2 April 2007 (MEST))
== Introduction ==


== Links ==
Let's first present a few definitions, taken from various Wikipedia articles.


=== Video editing ===
{{quotation| Video editing is the process of re-arranging or modifying segments of video to form another piece of video. The goals of video editing are the same as in film editing - the removal of unwanted footage, the isolation of desired footage, and the arrangement of footage in time to synthesize a new piece of footage.}} ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_editing Video editing], retrieved 16:46, 2
April 2007 (MEST))
 
{{quotation|Video capture is the process of converting an analog video signal—such as that produced by a video camera or DVD player—to digital video. The resulting digital data are computer files referred to as a digital video stream, or more often, simply video stream. This is in contrast with screencasting, in which previously digitized video is captured while displayed on a digital monitor. TV tuner cards have a television tuner with the capabilities to capture broadcast television.}} ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_capture Video capture], retrieved April 22 2012.)
 
{{quotation|Video converters are computer programs that can change the storage format of digital video in a process called transcoding.}} [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_video_converters Comparison of video converters], retrieved April 22, 2012).
 
{{quotation|A screencast is a digital recording of computer screen output, also known as a video screen capture, often containing audio narration. The term screencast compares with the related term screenshot; whereas screenshot is a picture of a computer screen, a screencast is essentially a movie of the changes over time that a user sees on a computer screen, enhanced with audio narration.}} ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screencasting Wikipedia], retrieved April 2012)
 
This article so far just includes a few software links. See also:
* [[Multimedia container format]] (various file formats)
* [[Codec]] (encoding of video, audio, etc.)
* [[Digital video]]
* [[Video editing]]
* [[Videoconferencing]]
 
== Video editing Software ==
 
=== Video editing introductions and overviews ===
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_editing video editing] (Wikipedia, short overview)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_editing video editing] (Wikipedia, short overview)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-linear_video_editing non-linear video editing] (Wikipedia)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-linear_video_editing non-linear video editing] (Wikipedia)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_editing_software Video editing software] (Wikipedia, Overview)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_video_editing_software Comparison of video editing software] (Wikipedia, '''good comparison''', including price, system requirements, feature sets.)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_editing_software List of videoediting software] (Wikipedia)
* [http://www.pcworld.ca//news/column/c555f7800a01040800109fbf042848e4/pg0.htm low-cost video-editing tools]
=== Free editing software ===
The following are probably the most popular
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMovie IMovie] (Wikipedia) Free on Macs.
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Movie_Maker Windows Movie Maker] (Wikipedia). Discontinued for Win10
Since Movie Maker is discontinued, below is a incomplete list of free video editors made in fall 2017. Not fully explored at this time ([[User:Daniel K. Schneider|Daniel K. Schneider]] ([[User talk:Daniel K. Schneider|talk]]) 20:20, 1 November 2017 (CET)).
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Software
! [http://www.openshot.org/ OpenShot]
! [https://www.shotcut.org/ ShotCut]
! [http://www.videosoftdev.com/ VSDC]
! [http://www.nchsoftware.com/videopad/index.html VideoPAD]
! [https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/ DaVinci Resolve]
! LightWorks
!Kdenlive
![http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/ Avidemux]
|-
! OS
| Linux, Mac, Win.
| Linux, Mac, Win
| Win
| Win, Mac, iPad, Android
| macOS, Win, Linux
|Win, Linux, macOS
|Linux, Mac (?)
|Win, Linux, macOS
|-
!Documentation links
|[http://www.openshot.org/user-guide/ User Guide]
|[https://www.shotcut.org/FAQ/ FAQ]
[https://www.shotcut.org/tutorials/ Tutorials]
|[http://www.videosoftdev.com/how-to-use-free-video-editor How To]
|[http://www.nchsoftware.com/videopad/support.html Videopad support]
|
|
|
|[http://www.avidemux.org/admWiki/doku.php Documentation wiki]
|-
!Ease of use
|Fairly easy, Practical context menu
|Fairly easy, see below.
|Fairly easy. Also includes a "wizard". 
|Most simple to use (compared to the others)
|
|Complex software
|Fairly easy to use. From the little testing I did, I liked this one best in terms of easy/power ratio.
|Very simple
|-
!Problems
!
!Most everything is done with a filter who must be attached to an object. Understanding filters requires reading
!Icons, ribbons and text do not display well on a 4K screen with big fonts.
!This is a trial version for home use, but it will export after ignoring the warning
!Very difficult to install under Debian/Ubuntu.
Registration required.
!
!
!Less functionality than others (but to nice to have for small quick projects)
|-
!Input video formats
|lots (ffmpeg)
|lots
|
|
|
|
|lots
|
|-
!Other media input
|Typical raster formats (JPG, PNG, etc.), various sound
|Most raster image formats, SVG, HTML5, various sound
|Most raster image formats
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!Output formats
|Container formats: MP6(H.264), WebM, OGG, AVI.
Has preset profiles
|lots of supported container formats & codecs
No preset profiles.
|
|Several
|
|
|
|
|-
!Basic editing (cut and trim, delete and move segments)
|yes
|yes
|Right click on the object in the timeline. In the editing video one can set markers and apply splitting.
|
|
|
|
|yes
|-
!Cropping
|yes
|yes (through a filter)
|
|
|
|
|yes (use clip monitor and add edge crop effect)
|yes
|-
!Adding titles
|Yes
|On top of a "color" (open other->color)
|Yes (plus several other "geometric" objects.
|yes
|
|
|yes
|
|-
!Multi-track
|yes
|yes
|yes
|yes
|
|
|yes
|no
|-
!Limitations if freemium ware
!-
!-
!hardware acceleration
!
!
!Restricted to YouTube/Vimeo 720p format
!-
!
|-
!Tested on:
!Nov. 2017:Ubuntu 16, Win8
!Nov. 2017:Ubuntu 16, Win8
!Nov 2017: Win8
!Nov 2017: Win8
!Nov 2017: Win8
!not tested
!Nov 2017: Ubuntu
!Nov 2017: Win8
|}
=== Popular commercial editing software ===
; Cheaper (< $100) systems
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Premiere_Elements Adobe Premiere Elements]
* [http://www.video2x.com/index.html Video2x] Video workshop and converter (not tested).
;Medium-end popular systems, often referred to as the "A-Team":
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avid Avid]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Premiere Adobe Premiere]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Cut_Pro Final Cut Pro] (Apple)
=== Specialized commercial ===
* Software to create Movie Credits [http://www.ElectricHappiness.com VideoTagger]
== Encoders, converters/transcoders ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Video_conversion_software Wikipedia's category of Video conversion software]
=== Free encoders / converters ===
(Note: These should be separated into encoders, converters and multi-purpose tools)
* [http://firefogg.org/ FireOgg] is a Firefox plugin that can convert mp4 to to ogv and webm. Advanced option allows to parametrize codecs, i.e. video (size, framerate, aspect, quality, etc.) and audio quality
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MEncoder MEncoder] (Wikipedia) Free converter)
* [http://www.xmedia-recode.de/index.html XMedia-recode]. Can handle most formats. Page in German, English version of software exists. Read the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMedia_Recode Wikipedia] article
* [http://www.mirovideoconverter.com/ Miro video converter] Converts to mp4, ogg and webm.
* [http://ffmpegx.com/ ffmpegx] for MacIntosh
* [http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html SUPER], Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer. (see also the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUPER_%28software%29 Wikipedia article]).
* [http://www.mplayerhq.hu/ mplayerhq.hu - MEncoder and MPlayer], Win, Linux
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemake_Video_Converter Freemake Video Converter] (Wikipedia)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HandBrake Handbreak], video converter (Wikipedia)
; Online converter services
* [http://www.online-convert.com/ Online-convert.com] Online converter service for various file formats.
* [http://www.onlinevideoconverter.com/ OnlineVideoConverter.com]. On converter. Heavy adds.
; Adware and nagware
* [http://www.mediacoderhq.com/ MediaCoder] for Windows. Read [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaCoder Wikipedia's MediaCoder]. Probably one of the best free programs, but you will have to cope with ad/nagware.
* [http://real-video-editor.rm-converter.qarchive.org/ Real Video Editor] (convertor for some formats)
; Unknown status
* [http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=160&platform=Windows Adobe Media Encoder] (Win). This product comes with Flash and CS5 suites, but it looks like it can be downloaded (not tested).
== Capturing monitor activities ==
; Overviews
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screencasting screencasting] (Wikipedia)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_screencasting_software Comparison of screencasting software]
; Free software (all sorts of licences)
* [http://www.videolan.org/ VLC Media Player] Read [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VLC_media_player VLC media player] (Wikipedia). '''This is probably the best bet'''. The program is stable and includes many features, but then we are not experts - [[User:Daniel K. Schneider|Daniel K. Schneider]] 12:45, 22 April 2012 (CEST)
* [http://camstudio.org/ Camstudio]. Read [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CamStudio CamStudio] (Wikipedia)
* [https://github.com/Freeseer/freeseer/wiki Freeseer Project Home Page]. Read [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeseer Freeseer] (Wikipedia)
* [http://www.techsmith.com/download/jing/ Jing], Read [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jing_(software) Jing] (Wikipedia)
* [http://www.screenpresso.com/ Screenpresso]. Read [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screenpresso Screenpresso] at Wikipedia.
; Commercial
* Adobe Captivate
* Camtasia
* ... others (needs to be completed)
== Other software ==


* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FFmpeg FFmpeg] (Wikipedia). Popular software project that is used in many other open source and commercial products.


=== Video editing software ==
* [http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en MediaInfo] displays information about a video file. Read the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaInfo Mediainfo] Wikipedia article
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_editing_software video editing software] (Wikipedia, Overview)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_editing_software List of video editing software] (Wikipedia)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_video_editing_software Comparison of video editing software] (Wikipedia, best bet)
* [[http://www.pcworld.ca//news/column/c555f7800a01040800109fbf042848e4/pg0.htm low-cost video-editing tools]


=== Free systems ===
* [http://www.headbands.com/gspot/ Gspot] is another nice free tool that displays information about at video file. Unfortunately it is outdated (last upgraded in 2007 as of April 2012), i.e. it can't precisely identify new video formats
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ILife ILife] (Wikipedia) Free on recent Macs.
[[Category:Digital video]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Movie_Maker Windows Movie Maker] (Wikipedia). Free on recent Win systems.
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinelerra Cinélarra] (Wikipedia) Free for Linux
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blender_%28software%29 Blender] (Wikipedia). Multiplatform 3D editor, also can edit videos it seems, but not tested.

Latest revision as of 18:23, 15 January 2019

Draft

Introduction

Let's first present a few definitions, taken from various Wikipedia articles.

“Video editing is the process of re-arranging or modifying segments of video to form another piece of video. The goals of video editing are the same as in film editing - the removal of unwanted footage, the isolation of desired footage, and the arrangement of footage in time to synthesize a new piece of footage.” (Video editing, retrieved 16:46, 2 April 2007 (MEST))

“Video capture is the process of converting an analog video signal—such as that produced by a video camera or DVD player—to digital video. The resulting digital data are computer files referred to as a digital video stream, or more often, simply video stream. This is in contrast with screencasting, in which previously digitized video is captured while displayed on a digital monitor. TV tuner cards have a television tuner with the capabilities to capture broadcast television.” (Video capture, retrieved April 22 2012.)

“Video converters are computer programs that can change the storage format of digital video in a process called transcoding.” Comparison of video converters, retrieved April 22, 2012).

“A screencast is a digital recording of computer screen output, also known as a video screen capture, often containing audio narration. The term screencast compares with the related term screenshot; whereas screenshot is a picture of a computer screen, a screencast is essentially a movie of the changes over time that a user sees on a computer screen, enhanced with audio narration.” (Wikipedia, retrieved April 2012)

This article so far just includes a few software links. See also:

Video editing Software

Video editing introductions and overviews

Free editing software

The following are probably the most popular

Since Movie Maker is discontinued, below is a incomplete list of free video editors made in fall 2017. Not fully explored at this time (Daniel K. Schneider (talk) 20:20, 1 November 2017 (CET)).

Software OpenShot ShotCut VSDC VideoPAD DaVinci Resolve LightWorks Kdenlive Avidemux
OS Linux, Mac, Win. Linux, Mac, Win Win Win, Mac, iPad, Android macOS, Win, Linux Win, Linux, macOS Linux, Mac (?) Win, Linux, macOS
Documentation links User Guide FAQ

Tutorials

How To Videopad support Documentation wiki
Ease of use Fairly easy, Practical context menu Fairly easy, see below. Fairly easy. Also includes a "wizard". Most simple to use (compared to the others) Complex software Fairly easy to use. From the little testing I did, I liked this one best in terms of easy/power ratio. Very simple
Problems Most everything is done with a filter who must be attached to an object. Understanding filters requires reading Icons, ribbons and text do not display well on a 4K screen with big fonts. This is a trial version for home use, but it will export after ignoring the warning Very difficult to install under Debian/Ubuntu.

Registration required.

Less functionality than others (but to nice to have for small quick projects)
Input video formats lots (ffmpeg) lots lots
Other media input Typical raster formats (JPG, PNG, etc.), various sound Most raster image formats, SVG, HTML5, various sound Most raster image formats
Output formats Container formats: MP6(H.264), WebM, OGG, AVI.

Has preset profiles

lots of supported container formats & codecs

No preset profiles.

Several
Basic editing (cut and trim, delete and move segments) yes yes Right click on the object in the timeline. In the editing video one can set markers and apply splitting. yes
Cropping yes yes (through a filter) yes (use clip monitor and add edge crop effect) yes
Adding titles Yes On top of a "color" (open other->color) Yes (plus several other "geometric" objects. yes yes
Multi-track yes yes yes yes yes no
Limitations if freemium ware - - hardware acceleration Restricted to YouTube/Vimeo 720p format -
Tested on: Nov. 2017:Ubuntu 16, Win8 Nov. 2017:Ubuntu 16, Win8 Nov 2017: Win8 Nov 2017: Win8 Nov 2017: Win8 not tested Nov 2017: Ubuntu Nov 2017: Win8

Popular commercial editing software

Cheaper (< $100) systems
Medium-end popular systems, often referred to as the "A-Team"

Specialized commercial

Encoders, converters/transcoders

Free encoders / converters

(Note: These should be separated into encoders, converters and multi-purpose tools)

Online converter services
Adware and nagware
Unknown status
  • Adobe Media Encoder (Win). This product comes with Flash and CS5 suites, but it looks like it can be downloaded (not tested).

Capturing monitor activities

Overviews
Free software (all sorts of licences)
Commercial
  • Adobe Captivate
  • Camtasia
  • ... others (needs to be completed)

Other software

  • FFmpeg (Wikipedia). Popular software project that is used in many other open source and commercial products.
  • Gspot is another nice free tool that displays information about at video file. Unfortunately it is outdated (last upgraded in 2007 as of April 2012), i.e. it can't precisely identify new video formats
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