see also : Audio Editors -- Video Slideshows -- Video Sharing -- Copyright in Media
Online Video Editors
- aniboom (free)
"Cross-media, cross-platform animation content project" and home of the free online Shapeshifter animation tool. - Devolver Movie Maker (free)
For making quick and easy cartoons online. - Doink (free)
"DoInk is a place to enjoy art and animation, and make your own. Have a great idea, but can't draw? No problem. Are you an amazing artist, and want to share your talent with the world? We love you." - GoAnimate (free/pay)
"An entertainment website that enables the simple creation of unique computer animated stories, satires and sentiments that can be shared with the entire online community." Basic features are free; premium features may be paid for as needed. - JayCut (free)
Online movie and slideshow edtior. - Video Toolbox (free)
Convert, merge, and edit videos of up to 300 MB online with a variety of tools. - Xtranormal (free)
Animations tool. "Our revolutionary approach to movie-making builds on an almost universally held skill—typing. You type something; we turn it into a movie. On the web and on the desktop." - YouTube: TestTube
TestTube is where new YouTube applications come from. Among the offerings there are video editing, video annotating, and video captioning tools.
Desktop Video Editors
These programs all need to be downloaded (or purchased) and installed. However, they work much faster and generally with higher quality than web-based editors.- Adobe Premiere Pro ($$$)
"Capture, edit, and deliver video online, on air, on disc, or on device." (Mac/Win) - Animata (free)
"Animata is an open source real-time animation software, designed to create animations, interactive background projections for concerts, theatre and dance performances." (Mac/Win) - Aviademux (free)
"Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. It supports many file types, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF..." (multi-platform) - Avid Media Composer ($$$$$)
"Unsurpassed creative tools, rock-solid media management, and the highest quality effects and output." (Win/Mac) - AVS Video Editor ($)
"Create your videos in an easiest way. AVS Video Editor is first of all intended for those who are new to video editing." (Win) - Blender (free)
"Free open source 3D content creation suite [animation program], available for all major operating systems." (multi-platform) - CinePaint (free)
"CinePaint is used for motion picture frame-by-frame retouching, dirt removal, wire rig removal, render repair, background plates, and painting 3D model textures." (Linux) - Debut (free)
Video and screen capture program. (Win) - DivX (free)
Create and burn DivX DVDs. - DVD Shrink (free)
Compress and backup DVD files. - Final Cut Pro ($$$$)
"High-performance digital nonlinear editing, native support for virtually any video format, and facility-class extensibility and interoperability." (Mac) - iMovie ($)
Video editor for Mac computers; purchasable separately or as part of the iLife bundle. (Mac) - Movie Storm (free)
"The complete package for creating animated movies - easy to use for novices and fully-featured for advanced moviemakers." Can buy additional features. (Mac/Win) - MPEG Streamclip (free)
"A powerful high-quality video converter, player, editor for MPEG, QuickTime, transport streams, iPod. And now it is a DivX editor and encoding machine, and even a movie downloader." (Win/Mac) - Pencil (free)
"An animation/drawing software... [which] lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics." (multi-platform) - Pinnacle VideoSpin (free)
A nice user-friendly video creator. (Win) - Pixen (free)
Pixal art and animation program. (Mac) - Sony Vegas Pro ($$)
"Professional HD video editing, audio editing, and DVD authoring software." (Win) - Synfig (free)
"Synfig is a powerful, industrial-strength vector-based open-source 2D animation software package, designed from the ground-up for producing feature-film quality animation with fewer people and resources." (multi-platform) - Stykz (free)
"A powerful, easy to learn tool for creating great looking stick figure animations quickly and efficiently." (multiplatform) - Video Pad (free/$)
"This full featured video editor lets you create professional looking videos with transitions, music and narration in just minutes." Available in free and 'pro' versions. (Win) - VS4 Video Editor (free)
"Advanced video editing and compositing software with over 150 built-in video effects." (multi-platform) - Wax (free)
"Wax is a high performance and flexible video compositing and special effects software." (Win) - Windows Movie Maker (free)
Microsoft video editor that comes with Windows XP(SP2) and Vista. See their Using Movie Maker page for usage instructions. (Win)
Free Video Converters
Tools for changing videos from one format to another; for instance, to change YouTube or other flash videos to .avi or .wmv format so they can be embedded in PowerPoint presentations. All programs listed are free.- Tools for Downloading and Converting All In One
- Vixy
Free web interface to convert YouTube videos to other formats. - YouConvertIt
Free web converter (requires email address to send download link to converted video).
- Vixy
- Tools for Downloading Only
- KeepVid
Input a YouTube video address, choose output format and download. - TubeLeecher
Very easy to use - just input a YouTube video address and choose download location. - Video Downloader
A Firefox add-on (extension for Firefox browser) for downloading online videos from a number of sites.
- KeepVid
- Tools for Converting Only
- Any Video Converter
This free desktop program also has clipping and merging tools. - FormatFactory
A nice desktop program for handling many video and audio formats. - Media Coder
An open source desktop program for transcoding many types of audio and video. - Media Convert
An online service for transcoding videos. - Movavi
Another online service for transcoding videos. - Zamzar
A good free online converter; handles many formats.
- Any Video Converter