Top 10 Free Video Editors for Ubuntu Linux

Nice, didn’t realize there were so many options.

Great share, but are there any apps for linux that compare to After Effects?

Outstanding, Dude I think you may be onto something here!

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I’m an editor and nothing on Linux matches professional software on any level. And believe me, I love love love Linux and so want there to be a good, free video editing software. Everything I’ve tried on Linux has been unintuitive and buggy. I’m hoping Adobe brings its creative suite over to Linux one day.

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Great! not everyone needs all the Adobe’s After Effects resources anyway.

A software to be considered good do not need to be the best on planet. And for most people a simple software with less and more efective resources may be better. Not everyone is a professional.

Just to remember: most of these software are available to others operating systems, like MS Windows too.

Don’t worry, Linux will be competing on the professional stage very shortly.

http://www.lumiera.org

Another one is the sequencer in Blender.

http://www.blender.org

Have you used any of these?

@Bob C:

Your opinions are entirely ill-informed.

“[...] nothing on Linux matches professional software on any level.” and then you go on to reference Adobe. This is laughable. Do you know what an online is? Are you aware that in feature film production the percentage of offline editing sits at around 60/40 split between Avid and FCP? Are you also aware that neither of those apps are used to output motion picture footage? Indeed, one of the most significant online tools in the professional industry exists almost exclusively on Linux. Yes, it is _not_ free, but please don’t cloud the situation with your ill-informed speculation. http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=5561833

With regard to the original article, I’d forward Blender as possibly the best hobby grade editor available as Free Software. It is stable and works wonderfully. Coupled with the nodal compositor, you can achieve quite amazing results. No ripple edits, L edits, etc., but those shortcomings could very well be addressed in the future.

very nice write up on options for video edition on ubuntu.

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Hi bob.

I wouldn’t doubt that you are a prof. But why do I then se more reports on Linux having the largest marketshare in Hollywod?

Blender – yes, its a 3D authoring tool – but its possible to edit videos using it.

So many choices, so little that are actually usable.

Kdenlive is the only one I would bother with. Even that is not mature software yet. It is the only one that I would consider functional.

Kino is also great but very, very basic.

The rest have horrible interfaces, missing functionality or stability problems.

I have tried them all.

One can probably also get the Hollywood software they use on Linux… but that’ll be outside the price range of many.

great list, do they make any of these for linux, or just ubuntu?

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don’t forget about pitivi. http://www.pitivi.org Its gstreamer based and shows a _lot_ of promise.

Also there is the emerging web based open source video editors kaltura.com, moviemasher.com etc. Firefox 3.1 video tag should help open up that space as well :)

Why are these all claimed to be Ubuntu specific? Don’t get me wrong, I have not installed each of these packages but I’m sure you could get them to run on most any Linux distro…Not only Ubuntu!

Blender, Blender, Blender…often overlooked.

Check out editing/compositing with Blender (for Linux, Mac, Windows, …): http://indiworks.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/editing-with-blender-ubuntu-screenshots-workflow-from-my-notic-nastic-live-clip/

Nice list.

Another one I know of (but never trie yet) is Open Movie Editor – http://www.openmovieeditor.org/. Check it out!

I think its great someone came up with a list, but I wish they would have ranked the software from best to worst. I am also an Adobe guru but would love to find a free editor for linux.

Nice list. Thanks

Great list and description. What do you think is the best editor to use if I want to capture a short segment (say 2-5 minutes) from a DVD movie that I own so I can play it from my desktop.

Thanks

Thanks for the list. I have tried many of them and am currently using KDEnlive (with some experimentation with FFmpeg and Blender). My needs are fairly basic, add music and be able to fade from one scene to another. What I am looking for is a way to colour correct my underwater videos (I use the GIMP for my pictures). Does anyone know how this can be accomplished for video?

Nice post! Kudos. Also, some of them are included on this list (which also has extra apps like 2D/3D graphic, comics and other multimedia): http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/top-100-of-the-best-useful-opensource-applications/

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“I wish they would have ranked the software from best to worst”

My take on this as someone who wants to do semi pro editing.

1) Kdenlive

2) Kino

3) Blender

4) Cinepaint

5) Cinelerra

6) Pitivi

7) Lives

8) Avidemux

9) Slideshow creator

10) Vivia

11) Jahshaka

In time Lumiera will develop into a great bit of software.

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Nice list! Thanks for the roundup.

Recommendations?

I have no problems paying for software as long as it runs well on Ubuntu,is easy to install and easy to use.

I have a bunch of VHS tapes I have watched in the past by wiring an old VRC to analog/digital converter and connecting that to a TV card on my computer.

I would like a piece of software that will let me watch the VHS, capture the content,trim the content down, and then put it on to a DVD.

Any recommendations?

trying out Kdenlive live now

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type you mean “download kino” not “download kine”

great post

Nice list. But I think you need to drop the “Ubuntu” in your headline. These are nowhere near Ubuntu-exclusive.

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The above video editors are cool!
I tried most of them but “open shot” impressed me the most it has a bundle of more advantages than lot others….
Anyone wanting to install “openshot” can simply go to

–’Applications’->’Accessories’->’Terminal’
–In the terminal type the following
–sudo apt-get install openshot
–And there you are with the best editor

Regards,
EvNix

For those wanting a comparable (actually better) video editor to Movie Maker, KdenLive fits the bill greatly.