OpenShot Video Editor

Overview

OpenShot Video Editor is a free, open-source, cross-platform video editor that supports Linux, macOS, and Windows. It can read most video and image formats.

Editing is quick and easy in OpenShot Video Editor with the ability to scale, trim, rotate, snap, and adjust clips along the timeline. You can also animate and resize clips with just a few clicks.

You get over 40 vector title templates with OpenShot, making it easy to add titles to your video projects. Customize titles by adjusting the font, color, and text with the built-in title editor.

You can even create 3D animated titles using the open-source Blender application. Choose from one of more than 20 animations, then adjust the colors, sizes, length, text, and render properties. And voila! You’ve got an eye-catching and unique video title.

Use over 400 transitions that allow you to fade from one clip to another, adjusting them for quickness and sharpness. Automatically transition between clips when you overlap two together.

OpenShot currently offers a range of video effects and plans to add more. It’s easy to add these effects by simply dragging and dropping the effect onto the clip. You can also adjust properties like brightness, hue, grayscale, and more.

With built-in audio features, you can create high-quality audio for your videos right inside OpenShot. Display waveforms on a timeline or render a waveform as part of your video. You also have the ability to split the audio from your video clip and separately adjust each audio channel to your liking.

Overall, OpenShot Video Editor is a simple yet powerful video editor with all the basic features you need to produce high-quality, creative video content. With a user-friendly interface, this program is easy to learn for video editors of all levels.

Pricing

OpenShot Video Editor is open-source and 100% free.

Core features

Trim and slice videos

Animation framework

Unlimited tracks

3D animated titles and effects

Slow motion and time effects

Drag and drop editing

Background removal