Many people believe that video editing is done best with purchased software such as Adobe. What they don’t realize is there is some great video editors that can achieve the same effects that are completely free. These programs are open source, the full version, and with no watermarks.
1. Kdenlive
Kdenlive is free video editing software for both personal and professional use. It’s designed to be quick, intuitive, and compatible with a wide range of media formats. Perfect for films, broadcasts, YouTube content, gaming videos, and more.
Features
- Transitions and Effects
- Professional Audio Tools
- Key Frame effects
- Multi-track Editing
- Cross Platform
2. Shotcut
Shotcut is free video editing software for both personal and professional use. It’s designed to be quick, intuitive, and compatible with a wide range of media formats. Perfect for films, broadcasts, YouTube content, gaming videos, and more.
Features
- Multi-track Editing
- 4K Exporting
- Transitions and Effects
- Professional Audio Tools
- Cross Platform
3. OpenShot
OpenShot is free video editing software for both personal and professional use. It’s designed to be quick, intuitive, and compatible with a wide range of media formats. Perfect for films, broadcasts, YouTube content, gaming videos, and more.
Features
- Multi-track Editing
- Transitions and Effects
- Chroma Keying
- Simple Design
- Cross Platform
4. Natron
Natron is free video compositing software for both personal and professional use. It’s designed to be quick, and intuitive. Perfect for videos, YouTube content, gaming videos, and more! Natron allows node editing making compositing how you want it.
Features
- Compositing
- Node Editing
- Chroma Key
- Key Framing
- Cross Platform
5. Blender
Even though Blender is mainly a 3D animation program Blender can also be a very powerful video editor. You can select the video editing option which makes Blender look like a video editor. You have you project bin to the left, your timeline down below, and effects to you right. You can create different transitions and effects with your videos.
Features
- Multiple Video and Audio Tracks
- Key Framing
- Transitions
- Tracking
- Cross Platform
6. OBS
OBS is free video screen recording and streaming software for both personal and professional use. It’s designed to be quick, and intuitive. Perfect for broadcasts, YouTube content, gaming videos, and more.
Features
- Screen Recording
- Streaming
- Overlays
- Transitions
- Cross Platform