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5 best open source video editing tools

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CIOL Bureau
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BANGALORE, INDIA: Open Source undoubtedly offers best platform for

experimentation. Here, even videos can be edited, making them more

presentable than their original format. But there are many Open Source

video editing tools and the user needs to make a conscious choice.

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So, here is a list of open source video editors that you can easily

download and use:

Avidemux: This program is developed over the C/C++ programming platform

with the help of the GTK+ graphics package. One advantage is that

Avidemux is platform independent and can be used over all C/C++, GTK+

and SpiderMonkey ECMAScript scripting engines. For Windows and Mac

users, an Avidemux Win32 variant is available.

Click here to download now

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Kino: Kino is present by default in various GNU/Linux distributions.

Users can make use of Kino for basic video editing and assembling

activities. You can also import raw AVI, DV files and various raw1394,

dv1394 libraries can be used to capture video footages from various

digital recorders. Click here to download the Kino now.

LiVES: LiVES lets you edit videos irrespective of their various formats.

This open source video editor is widely used by Vjs and high-end video

editors throughout the world. With this, users can edit clips, trim them

down to size, navigate between clips directly from the keyboard and even

combine multiple clips. LiVES also enables you to record your own

performances and thereby create a new clip/recording. Click here to

download LiVES now

Cinelerra: Another professional free video editing software, Cinelerra

is a non-linear video editing system. Cinelerra has a free video

composing engine through which users can freely edit/enhance the quality

of their respective videos. Operations such as Keying and Mattes can be

successfully carried out with the help of this open source software. The

Cinelerra is primarily targeted at professionals. Click here to download

now.

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Jalashaka: Probably one of the best cross-platform video editors,

Jalashaka is a cheap solution to video editing. It can be used as an

effective morphing tool as well. With Jalashaka, you can edit complex

HDTV videos as well. With plenty of special effects offered to you, a

need for a compromise doesn't arise. Another important thing about the

editor is that it can run on the slowest of the slow processor as well.

Click here to download now and use.

Thus, the above open source image editors not only improve the quality

of images, but they turn you into a professional multi-format video

editor in no time.

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