General information
This table gives basic general information about the different editors:
Active
Discontinued / inactive
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
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware, software resources, and provides common services for computer programs.
Time-sharing operating systems schedule tasks for efficient use of the system and may also i ...
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.
''"Unix" includes the similar Linux
Linux ( or ) is a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged as a Linux distribution, w ...
, BSD and Unix-like
A Unix-like (sometimes referred to as UN*X or *nix) operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, although not necessarily conforming to or being certified to any version of the Single UNIX Specification. A Unix-li ...
operating systems.''
High definition/High resolution import
The table below indicates the ability of each program to import various
High Definition video
High-definition video (HD video) is video of higher resolution and quality than standard-definition. While there is no standardized meaning for ''high-definition'', generally any video image with considerably more than 480 vertical scan lines ( ...
or High resolution video formats for editing.
Feature set
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.
See also
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List of video editing software
The following is a list of video editing software.
The criterion for inclusion in this list is the ability to perform non-linear video editing. Most modern transcoding software supports transcoding a portion of a video clip, which would count as ...
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Comparison of video converters
Video converters are computer programs that can change the storage format of digital video. They may recompress the video to another format in a process called transcoding, or may simply change the container format without changing the video for ...
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Photo slideshow software
Photo slideshow software is computer software used to display a range of digital photos, images and video clips in a predefined order. In most cases the output file is a standard video file or an executable file which contains all the sound and ...
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Non-linear editing system
Non-linear editing is a form of offline editing for audio, video, and image editing. In offline editing, the original content is not modified in the course of editing. In non-linear editing, edits are specified and modified by specialized sof ...
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Comparison of DVD ripper software
This article lists DVD ripper software capable of ripping and converting DVD discs, ISO image files or DVD folders to computer, mobile handsets and media players supported file formats.
General information
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References
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Comparison of video editing software
General information
This table gives basic general information about the different editors:
Active
Discontinued / inactive
Definition
* professional: used for full length Hollywood movies;
* professional (small): mainly used for paid ...
Video editing software
Video editing software, or a video editor is software used performing the post-production video editing of digital video sequences on a non-linear editing system. It has replaced traditional flatbed celluloid film editing tools and analog video ...