Top 5 Video Editing Softwares : Free

Whenever it comes to purchasing a software for personal use, one thought that always comes to our minds is, can this be done freely? And hence the following post. This post will list all the free video editing softwares that stand at par to their premium rivals in finishing the job in a neat and sophisticated way.

1. Windows Live Movie Maker : A part of the Windows Live Essentials, this native application will never disappoint the user in delivering a sleek experience in video editing. It provides features such as video effects and transitions, adding titles/credits, audio track, timeline narration, and Auto Movie. The supported file formats are :

Windows Media Video (WMV) files - .wmv

Windows Media files - .asf and .wm

AVCHD files - .m2ts and .m2t

Apple QuickTime files - .mov and .qt

DV-AVI files - .avi

Microsoft Recorded TV Show files - .dvr-ms and .wtv

MPEG-4 movie files - .mp4, .mov,.m4v, .3gp, .3g2, and .k3g

MPEG-2 movie files - .mpeg, .mpg, .mpe, .m1v, .mp2, .mpv2, .mod, and .vob

MPEG-1 movie files - .m1v

Motion JPEG files - .avi and .mov

2. VirtualDub : VirtualDub is a powerful freeware for video editing with several features such as codec compression, video splitting and audio addition. It has batch-processing capabilities for processing large numbers of files and can be extended with third-party video filters. The new version 1.10.2 has some new features apart from fixing the minor bugs. One of the new features is that you can now relocate the program-relative files, like the job list and the crash dump location, to the user profile.

3. Wax : A tool that suits both the professional and home users delivers high performance and a flixibility in video editing. This freeware comes with a variety of features that baffle the users.  You can generate textures, add 3D objects which you can scale, rotate and position in the video. Particles can be used to simulate fire, rain, snow, smoke, etc. It accepts videos in AVI format and renders the output in AVI, MPEG formats.

4. Blender : Blender is the free open source 3D content creation which supports all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License. The featuers include Character Modeling, transforming a model to pose as required, animations, raytrace rendering, etc. It also features real time game creation. This software is powerpacked with all the features a professional video editor would seek and that too for free.

5. Avidemux : Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. It supports various file types, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs. Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue and powerful scripting capabilities.