Open source video editing software with lossless codec?

Q. I typically use open source Blender3D's VSE with an AVI wrapper, but the h.264 lossless option in it seems to render me a black screen. I finally get to share one of my little video's on a theater screen and I'd love to make it as sharp as possible, it's 1920x1080, but looks crap against any RED footage so would love to squeeze out any extra bits if I can. Prefer open source alternative, but if Premiere or Avid are the only options I'll bite the bullet and purchase. Thanks for your time. -Will

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Hi, Will.
In my understanding, technically, the so-called "lossless" mode of H.264 is actually lossy. Truly lossless codecs, such as Lagarith, HuffYUV, Camtasia, CamStudio, CorePNG, and the like, while great for encoding and storing intermediates, would be too heavy for presentation playback (even on a fairly capable machine), not to mention the enormity of the file sizes.
To make sure I understood correctly: Your original footage, which is .r3d files shot on a RED camera, drops in quality after converting to h.264, correct? Exactly in what form does the "crappiness" manifest, macro-blocking, blurriness, change in contrast, etc?
Also, the availability of a codec is not dependent on the editing software, if it is installed on your system. If your exporter supports the AVI wrapper, youâll have the option to encode using any of the compatible codecs available on your system.
As for the software, I would strongly recommend Premiere Pro, but if itâs not within your budgetary grasp, thereâs also a free (closed-source) version of an industry-standard editor called LightWorks. You're on Windows, right?
I may be able to better help if you could respond with some clarification.

Good luck.

video edting software for mac?

Q. does anyone know of any video editing soft ware for mac, that is not iMovie or final cut? Please include the url if you can.

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Non-linear video editing software

* Adobe Premiere (Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X)
* Apple Inc.
o Final Cut Express (Mac OS X)
o Final Cut Pro (Mac OS X)
o iMovie (Mac OS X)
* ArcSoft ShowBiz (Microsoft Windows)
* Autodesk Discreet Smoke and Discreet Fire (Linux, IRIX)
* Avid Technology
o Avid DS Nitris (Microsoft Windows)
o Avid Liquid (Microsoft Windows)
o Avid Media Composer (Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X)
o Avid Symphony Nitris (Microsoft Windows)
o Avid Xpress DV (Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X)
o Avid Xpress Pro (Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X)
* CyberLink PowerDirector (Microsoft Windows)
* DeskShare Video Edit Magic (Microsoft Windows)
* Edius
* FORscene (Java on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux)
* Leitch Velocity (Microsoft Windows)
* Lightworks (Custom hardware)
* Magix Movie Edit Pro and Video Deluxe (Microsoft Windows)
* MainConcept EVE, MainVision, and MainActor (Microsoft Windows, Linux (MainActor only))
* Media 100
* Nero 7 Premium (Microsoft Windows)
* Pinnacle (Microsoft Windows)
* Pure Motion Editstudio
* Roxio VideoWave and MyDVD (Microsoft Windows)
* Serif MoviePlus (Microsoft Windows)
* Sony Vegas (Microsoft Windows)
* Ulead Systems MediaStudio Pro and VideoStudio (Microsoft Windows)
* AVIedit (Microsoft Windows)
* Windows Movie Maker (Microsoft Windows)

[edit] Video encoding and conversion tools

* Apple Compressor (Mac OS X)
* AVS Video Converter (Microsoft Windows)
* Canopus Procoder (Microsoft Windows)
* Compression Master
* Digital Media Converter (Microsoft Windows)
* Flash Video Converter Software
* FORlive (Java on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux)
* GEAR Video
* Apple QuickTime Pro (Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows)
* Roxio Easy Media Creator
* Sorenson Squeeze
* Total Movie Converter (Microsoft Windows)
* Video Enhancer (Microsoft Windows)

[edit] Closed-source freeware

[edit] Non-linear video editing software

* Avid Free DV (Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X)
* AviTricks classic
* Clesh (Java on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux)
* Zwei Stein
* AVRA-Quick

[edit] Video encoding and conversion tools

* CleshLoad (Java on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux)
* TMPGEnc (Microsoft Windows)
* Windows Media Encoder (Microsoft Windows)
* MPEG Streamclip (Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X)

[edit] Open software

[edit] Non-linear video editing software

* Blender (cross-platform)
* Cinelerra (Linux)
* Diva (Linux)
* HyperEngine-AV (Macintosh)
* Jahshaka (Cross platform)
* Kdenlive (Linux)
* Kino (Linux)
* LiVES (Linux/BSD/IRIX/OSX-Darwin)
* LIVE (Linux)
* PiTiVi (Linux)

[edit] Video encoding and conversion tools

* Avidemux (cross-platform)
* AviSynth (Microsoft Windows)
* autoGK (auto GordianKnot)
* Cuttermaran
* FFmpeg
* GordianKnot
* MediaCoder
* MEncoder
* mjpegtools
* MP4Box
* Nandub
* RAD Game Tools Bink and Smacker
* Thoggen (Linux)
* Vidomi
* VirtualDub (Microsoft Windows)
* VirtualDubMod (Microsoft Windows) (based on VirtualDub, but with additional input/output formats)


Althou Final Cut Pro isn't FREE some filters for it are. Here is a short list:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/stibsfxscriptsforfinalcutpro.html .
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/dayfornight.html .
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/chvsilkandfog.html .
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/chromaticglow.html .
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/jitterbug.html .
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/eurekafreeplugins.html .
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Apple Final Cut 6
http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/finalcutpro/
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More Info : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_editing_software

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Video editing software?

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For Christmas, I would like to get a video editing software. I have been making Youtube videos and just uploadign them without editing them. I would like to make my future uploads more professional looking. I am a complete beginner at editing. Does anyone have any suggestions on a simnple-to-use, yet professional editing software that I could buy? Thanks!

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Hello Sara, there are several good video-editing app. they are listed below.

1. Windows Movie Maker 2012
Windows Movie Maker is supremely easy to use. Just drag and drop a few clips onto the program (most formats are supported) and immediately they're assembled into order; transitions and special effects are just a click away.

2. Kate's Video Toolkit
While there's nothing too surprising in Kate's Video Toolkit, it does provide some basic but useful editing features. So you can trim files or join them, link two videos with a transition, create a sequence of videos with a custom soundtrack, and there's a simple file format conversion tool as well.

3. Avidemux
Avidemux is a small but capable open source video editor which can help you join clips, cut them (without re-encoding), and apply a lengthy list of useful filters (Add Logo, Crop, Flip, Rotate, Resize, Sharpen, Remove Noise, tweak brightness, contrast colours and more).

4. VSDC Free Video Editor
Non-linear video editors can take some time to learn, and VSDC Free Video Editor is no exception (a lack of useful documentation doesn't help, either).
If you persevere, though, you'll find a capable editor with plenty of functionality: drawing and selection tools, plenty of colour and lighting corrections, some useful filters, transitions, audio effects and more.

Can someone recommend a video editing software?

David

I want it to be similar to windows movie maker but to be compatible with mkv (i tried installing codecs but the subs of the video weren't showing so i want another software).

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Hello David, there are several video editing software similar to windows movie maker but to be compatible with mkv. they are listed below.

1.Kate's Video Toolkit
While there's nothing too surprising in Kate's Video Toolkit, it does provide some basic but useful editing features. So you can trim files or join them, link two videos with a transition, create a sequence of videos with a custom soundtrack, and there's a simple file format conversion tool as well.

2.Avidemux
Avidemux is a small but capable open source video editor which can help you join clips, cut them (without re-encoding), and apply a lengthy list of useful filters (Add Logo, Crop, Flip, Rotate, Resize, Sharpen, Remove Noise, tweak brightness, contrast colours and more).

3.VSDC Free Video Editor
Non-linear video editors can take some time to learn, and VSDC Free Video Editor is no exception (a lack of useful documentation doesn't help, either).
If you persevere, though, you'll find a capable editor with plenty of functionality: drawing and selection tools, plenty of colour and lighting corrections, some useful filters, transitions, audio effects and more.

4. VirtualDub
It looks a little dated now, and only works fully with AVI files, but if that's your format of choice then VirtualDub has plenty to offer.

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What is the best free video editing software?

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Meg Flash

Windows Movie Maker makes my computer ridiculously slow and is infuriating because of the limited number of file formats it supports. Can anyone help me find a free or open-source video editing software that can help get the job done? Thanks!

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pinnacle is by far the best.

but it is pricey you can get the 30 day free trial here http://apps.avid.com/Studio_trial/

or get the free equivalent of pinnacle videospin here http://www.videospin.com/Redesign/

Is there a good open source video editing software I can download?

Return of

I want to do some youtube videos, but I'd like to get some editing software to help me create and edit the videos. Nothing special, just backgrounds and image distortion effects. Is there anything out there that works okay on windows and is open source?

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well theres always windows movie maker!
free on every windows computer
it should be on there anyway if not just download it from there site.

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What's a good software package for video editing?

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MDB

Also, is there any open source video editing software available?

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Photobucket is a great web based and FREE editing tools. The software behind it comes from Adobe who make some of the best commercial ($$$) photo and video editors. Also check out Jaycut which allows you to export and save your videos! If you need/want more features downloading VideoSpin, VideoPad or VideoThang are great options. Still free, but you have to download the software. For under $100 you can buy Adobe Premiere Elements.

There is also new freeware version of Windows Movie Maker that works on Windows Vista, XP and even Windows 7. Microsoft has added and deleted features from each version and this version has all the features from each version plus some extras.

http://www.edit-photos.net/video
http://www.squidoo.com/youtube-video-editing

video editing softwares that can open windows movie maker projects?

Q. I made a video project using movie maker but then it won't let me save it, so i saved it as a project instead. Are there any other video editing softwares that can open movie maker projects?

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Sometimes effects and especially transitions will cause this problem when using different sources. Save the project without effects & transitions and then import that published project and 'split' for adding e & t. Somehow this makes photos and videos more compatible with each other.

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What is some good editing software that is fiarly cheap?

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Sam

I need some editing software because i got a new camera and windows movie maker doesnt support the file.I dont want something really good(or expensive) i just want something that you can do a few cool things with. Also i want it 2 be under 100$. Thank you for reading this.Also put the link 2 buy it in your answer so i dont have 2 search for it.

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For video? Download MediaCoder (its free and open source), convert the files to something windows movie maker can read, and continue using that.

http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/

Barring that, DVDFlick is fairly good DVD authoring tool and also open source (i e free).

http://www.dvdflick.net/

What good open source video editing programs are there for Windows?

Azat S

I want a program that is similar to iMovie on the Mac. I have used Sony Vegas and Windows Movie Maker and I found that Vegas is just too complicated for my purposes and Windows MM is just lacking in features so i was wondering if there is a happy medium out there.
I am going to use it for editing youtube videos (Cutting, adding music, speed up, slow mo etc.)

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Here's a list of some of the free ones:

VirtualDub -- may lack the editing power of a general-purpose editor such as Adobe Premiere, but is streamlined for fast linear operations over video. You can take a captured clip, trim the ends, clean up some of the noise, convert it to the proper frame size, and write out a better one. Remove and replace audio tracks without touching the video. It has extensive video filter set, including blur, sharpen, emboss, smooth, 3x3 convolution, flip, resize rotate, brightness/contrast, levels, deinterlace, and threshold.
http://www.virtualdub.org

Avidemux -- a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. Trim, add filters and even encode video. You can remove the audio portion of a video file, or remove the video portion and retain the audio part, among others. You can even reformat and resize your videos. It's a great and effective free video editing software for those who havenât obtained much, if any, experience in video editing.
http://avidemux.sourceforge.net

Blender -- a 3D graphics video creation program which hosts a variety of features. These include modeling, animation, rendering, post-production and real-time interactive 3D, as well as game creation.
http://www.blender.org/download/get-blender/

Zwei-Stein -- a great free video editing software, but the user interface is very technical. It is full featured, offering many different effects. There are up to 64 effects, which can be chained serially.
http://www.thugsatbay.com/tab/?q=zweistein

Wax -- a high performance and flexible free video editing software program, good for both home users and professionals. It can create 2D & 3D special effects and can work in two modes - as a standalone application which would appeal for home users/beginners, and as a "plug-in" to video editors/NLEs which would be more useful for professional editors.
http://www.debugmode.com/wax

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Does anyone know of a good Completely Free Video editing software?

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Cody

I have been wanting to make some YouTube videos for a while now but the only video editor that i can use without paying is windows movie maker, and that's just terrible. i also have a bunch of other ones, but you have to pay for those to even make them work correctly. so does anyone know any good, completely free, No trial time, video editing software?

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Here are 5 to start that are FREE .
But just look for "Open Source" when looking for free full version programs.

http://www.desktop-video-guide.com/top-5-free-video-editing-software-review.html

Best way to convert WMV to Other Video Formats?

genius

I have several HD .wmv (Windows media video) files that I need to edit on my Mac in Adobe Premiere Pro. What is the best software to convert the files into an MPEG format without losing quality?

I am not willing to pay for software. Open source free programs are usually what I prefer.
I will choose a best answer!

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The best free option is probably FFmpeg.
http://ffmpeg.org/index.html

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