Comparison of video editing software
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This is a comparison of non-linear video editing software applications. See also a more complete list of video editing software.
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System requirements
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 | macOS | Unix-like | Processor | RAM | VRAM | HDD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Premiere Pro CC | Yes | Yes | No | Skylake or later[21] | 8 GB[21] | 2 GB[21] | 8 GB[21] |
| Adobe Premiere Elements | Yes | Yes (as of v9) | No | 2 GHz+ with SSE2 support | 2 GB | 4.5 GB | |
| Avid Media Composer | Yes | Yes | Yes | SSE 4.1 support[22] | 16 GB[22] | ? | |
| Avidemux | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | |
| AVS Video Editor | Yes | No | No | Intel / AMD compatible at 2500 MHz or higher | 1 GB | 1 GB | |
| Blender (VSE : Video Sequence Editor) | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2 GHz+ with SSE2 support[23] | 2 GB[23] | 512 MB[23] | ? |
| Cinelerra | No | No | Yes | x86-64 compatible processor | 256 MB | 0.25 GB | |
| Cinelerra-GG Infinity | No | No | Yes | x86-64 compatible processor, recommended minimum: 2 GHz, 4 cores |
8 GB recommended for HD editing | 0.25 GB | |
| Corel VideoStudio | Yes | No | No | 3.0 GHz[24] | 4 GB[24] | 256 MB[24] | 8 GB[24] |
| DaVinci Resolve | Yes | Yes | Yes | Modern Intel/AMD/Apple silicon processor | 16 GB DDR4, 32 GB DDR4 when using Fusion | 2 GB GDDR6 | 3.5 GB |
| EDIUS | Yes | No | No | Intel Core 2 or later with SSSE3 support[25] | 1 GB[25] | 512 MB[25] | 6 GB[25] |
| Final Cut Pro X | No | Yes | No | ? | 4 GB[26] | 256 MB[26] | 3.8 GB[26] |
| Flowblade | No | No | Yes | x86-64 compatible processor | ? | 2.7 GB | |
| Blackbird | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | 256 MB | Any | |
| iMovie | No | Included | No | Intel based Macs or iPhone 4 or later | 1 GB | 5 GB | |
| Kdenlive | Yes | Yes | Yes | 600 MHz | 256 MB | 1 GB | |
| Lightworks | Yes | Yes | Yes | Intel Core Duo, Intel Xeon or AMD processor | 2 GB | 200 MB | |
| LiVES | No | Yes | Yes | 800 MHz | 128 MB | 10 GB | |
| Magix Movie Edit Pro | Yes | No | No | Dual core processor with 2.0 GHz | 1 GB | 2 GB | |
| MPEG Video Wizard DVD | Yes | No | No | 233 MHz | 32 MB | 20 MB | |
| Nero Multimedia Suite | Yes | No | No | 2 GHz AMD or Intel processor | 512 MB (1 GB for Windows Vista or Windows 7) 2 GB when editing HD |
5 GB | |
| OpenShot Video Editor | Yes | Yes | Yes | 4 GB (16 GB recommended) | 1 GB | ||
| Pinnacle Studio | Yes | No | No | 1.8 GHz | 1 GB | 1.7 GB | |
| Pitivi | No | No | Yes | ? | ? | 2 MB | |
| Shotcut | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2 GHz AMD or Intel processor | 2GB / 4 GB when editing HD | 1 GB | |
| Vegas Pro | Yes | No | No | 2.0 GHz | 1.0 GB | 400 MB | |
| VideoPad | Yes | Yes | No | multicore x86 compatible processor | 1GB | Any | |
| VirtualDubMod | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| VSDC Free Video Editor | Yes | No | No | 1.5 GHz or higher, Intel or AMD or compatible processor | 512 Mb for the program | ||
| Windows | macOS | Unix | Processor | RAM | VRAM | HDD | |
"Unix" includes the similar Linux, BSD and Unix-like operating systems.
High definition/High resolution import
The table below indicates the ability of each program to import various High Definition video or High resolution video formats for editing.
| DVCPRO HD | HD uncompressed |
AVCHD | XDCAM HD | HDV | XAVC | DNxHD | DNxHR | DNx uncompressed |
ProRes | ProRes RAW | R3D | ArriRaw | X-OCN |
AV1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Premiere Pro | Yes | Yes | Yes[27] | Yes[27] | Yes | Yes[27] | Yes[27] | Yes[27] | Yes[27] | ? | Yes[27] | ? | Yes[27] | Yes[27] | Yes[27] | ? |
| Adobe Premiere Elements | No | No | Yes (As of 7.0) | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Avid Media Composer | Yes[28] | Yes | Yes[28] | Yes[28] | Yes[28] | Yes[28] | Yes[28] | Yes[28] | Yes[28] | Yes | Yes[28] | ? | Yes[28] | Yes[28] | ? | ? |
| Avidemux | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| AVS Video Editor | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes (Quick Sync and CUDA for decoding) |
| Blender | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | ? |
| Cinelerra | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | ? |
| Cinelerra-GG Infinity | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | Yes |
| DaVinci Resolve | Mac with Final Cut Pro X[29] |
Yes | Yes[29] | Yes[29] | Mac with Final Cut Pro X[29] |
Mac with Final Cut Pro X[29] |
Yes[29] | Yes[29] | Yes[29] | 16 or later | Yes[29] | ? | Yes[29] | Yes[29] | Yes[29] | ? |
| EDIUS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes[30] | Yes[30] | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Final Cut Pro X | Yes[31] | Yes | Yes[31] | Yes[31] | Yes[31] | Yes[31] | Yes[31] | Partial (3rd party via codec install) |
? | ? | Yes[31] | Yes[31] | Yes[31] | ? | ? | ? |
| Blackbird | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| iMovie | Yes (3rd party) | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Lightworks | Yes | Yes | Yes (as of Pro 11) | Yes (as of Pro 11) | Yes | Yes (as of Pro 11) | ? | Yes (3rd party) |
? | ? | ? | ? | Yes (as of Pro 11) | ? | ? | ? |
| LiVES | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Kdenlive | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | ? |
| Magix Movie Edit Pro | No | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| MPEG Video Wizard DVD | ? | ? | No | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Nero Video | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | ? |
| OpenShot Video Editor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | ? |
| Pinnacle Studio | No | No | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Pitivi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Shotcut | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Corel VideoStudio | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Vegas Pro | Yes (3rd party) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes (3rd party) | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes (as of Pro 9) | ? | ? | ? |
| VideoPad | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| VirtualDub | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| VSDC Free Video Editor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| WeVideo | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Windows Live Movie Maker | No | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| DVCPRO HD | HD uncompressed |
AVCHD | XDCAM HD | HDV | AVC-Intra |
XAVC | DNxHD | DNxHR | DNx uncompressed |
ProRes | ProRes RAW | R3D | ArriRaw | X-OCN |
AV1 |
Feature set
| High Definition support | Non-destructive editing | Multitrack editing | Full-screen playback | Storyboard mode | Video tracks | Audio tracks / max channels | Linear timecode display | GPGPU with OpenCL acceleration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Premiere Pro | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, By hitting ctrl+~ (CS6 only) | Yes | Unlimited | Unlimited | Yes | Yes |
| Adobe Premiere Elements | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Unlimited | Yes | ? |
| Avid Media Composer | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | 24 tracks, unlimited layers | 24 tracks, unlimited layers | Yes | ? |
| Avidemux | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | 1 | 2 / ? | ? | Yes |
| AVS Video Editor | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | 1 | 1+ | Yes | Yes (Quick Sync for decoding/encoding, CUDA for decoding) |
| Blender (VSE : Video Sequence Editor) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 128[32] channels (combined with audio) | 128[32] channels (combined with video) | Yes | Yes |
| Cinelerra | Yes (any resolution) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Unlimited | Unlimited / 16 | Yes | ? |
| Cinelerra-GG Infinity | Yes max 8K | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Unlimited | Unlimited / 16 | Yes | Some formats, using VAAPI/VDPAU/CUDA for decoding/encoding |
| DaVinci Resolve | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Unlimited | Yes | Yes |
| EDIUS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, on both PC & TV monitors in realtime | No | unlimited realtime layers | unlimited realtime layers | Yes | ? |
| Final Cut Pro X | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Blackbird | Input only | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 18 | 36 | Yes | ? |
| iMovie | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | 2 | 6 | Yes | ? |
| Kdenlive | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Unlimited | Yes | Planned through MLT |
| Lightworks | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Unlimited | Yes | Planned |
| LiVES | Yes (any resolution) |
Yes (multitrack mode) |
? | Yes (on first, second or all monitors, configurable) |
No | Unlimited | audio per video track + backing audio / 2 channels | Yes | ? |
| Magix Movie Edit Pro | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | 32/99 (Plus/Premium) | each track may contain audio and video | ? | Yes |
| MPEG Video Wizard DVD | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | 1 | 3 | Yes | ? |
| Nero Video | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Yes | Yes | Yes (CUDA) |
| OpenShot Video Editor | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Unlimited | Unlimited | Yes | ? |
| Pinnacle Studio | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Unlimited | Yes | ? |
| Pitivi | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | No | Unlimited | Unlimited | Yes | ? |
| Shotcut | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes (Quick Sync) |
| Corel VideoStudio | Yes | Yes | Yes[33] | Yes | Yes | 7 | 9 | Yes | Yes (CUDA and Quick Sync) |
| Vegas Pro | Yes
(any resolution) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Unlimited/Max Channel 16 | Yes | Yes (as of 11) |
| VideoPad | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Unlimited | ? | Planned |
| VirtualDub | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | 1 | 1 | Yes | ? |
| VSDC Free Video Editor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Unlimited | Yes | Yes |
| WeVideo | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Unlimited | No | ? |
| Windows Live Movie Maker | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | 1 | 2 | ? | ? |
| High Definition support | Non-destructive editing | Multitrack editing | Full-screen playback | Storyboard mode | Video tracks | Audio tracks | Linear timecode display | GPGPU with OpenCL acceleration | |