Comparison of video editing software
This is a comparison of non-linear video editing software applications. See also a more complete list of video editing software.
General information
This table gives basic general information about the different editors:
Program | Platform | Developer | Year of first release | Year of latest release | Latest version | License |
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Adobe Premiere Elements | Windows, Mac | Adobe Systems | 2004 | 2012 | 12 [1] (September 23, 2013 ) [±] | Trialware |
Adobe Premiere Pro | Windows, Mac | Adobe Systems | 1991 | 2014 (Adobe CC 2014) |
CC 2014 (8.0.1)[2] (July 2014 ) [±] | Trialware |
Avid Free DV | Windows, Mac | Avid | ? | ? | 1.8 | Discontinued (Commercial) |
Autodesk Smoke | Mac | Autodesk | ? | ? | 2013 | Commercial |
Xpress Pro | Windows, Mac | Avid | 2003 | ? | 5.8 | Discontinued (Commercial) |
Media Composer | Windows, Mac | Avid | 1989 | 2012 | 8.3.1 (March 16, 2015 ) [±] | Commercial |
Avidemux | Windows, Mac, BSD, Linux | Mean, Gruntster and Fahr | 2014 | 2.6.8 | GPL | |
Blender (VSE : Video Sequence Editor) | Windows, Mac, Solaris, Irix, Linux | Blender Foundation | 2002 | 2014 | 2.70a | GPL |
Cinelerra | Linux, Mac | Heroine Virtual | 2002 | 2014 | 4.6 | GPL |
Corel VideoStudio | Windows | Corel Corporation | 1993 (Under Ulead) | 2015 | X8 | Trialware |
Montage Extreme | Windows | Dayang | 2007 | 2009 | 1.2 | Commercial |
EditDV | Windows, Mac | Radius | 1997 | 2002 | 3.0 | Discontinued (Commercial) |
Edius | Windows | Grass Valley Canopus | 2002 | 2014 | 7.1 | Commercial |
Final Cut Express | Mac | Apple Inc. | 2003 | 2007 | 4.0.1 | Discontinued (Commercial) |
Final Cut Pro | Mac | Apple Inc. | 1999 | 2015 | 10.2 | Commercial |
FORscene | Cross-Platform (Java) | Forbidden Technologies | 2004 | ? | 15 April 2007 | Commercial |
iMovie | Mac, iOS | Apple Inc. | 1999 | 2015 | 10.0.8 | Commercial |
ivsEdits | Windows | Interactive Video Systems | 2008 | 2014 | 3.0.484 | Freeware, Commercial |
Kdenlive | Linux, BSD, Mac | Open Source Community | 2002 | 2014 | 0.9.10 | GPL |
Kino | Linux, BSD | Open Source Community | 2000 | 2009 | 1.3.4 | GPL |
Lightworks | Windows, Linux, Mac | Editshare | 1989 | 2014 | 12.0 | Freeware, Commercial |
LiVES | GNU/Linux, Unix-like | Gabriel Finch and others | 2002 | 2015 | 2.2.8 | GNU GPLv3 + |
Magix Movie Edit Pro | Windows | Magix | circa 2001 (VideoDeluxe 1.0) | 2015 | 2015 Plus | Commercial |
MainActor | Linux, Windows | MainConcept | 2004 | 2007 | 5.5 | Discontinued (Commercial) |
MoviePlus | Windows | Serif (Europe) Ltd | 2000 | 2011 | X5 | Commercial |
MPEG Video Wizard DVD | Windows | Womble Multimedia | ? | 2012 | 5.0.1.105 | Trialware |
VideoPad | Windows, Mac | NCH Software | 2008 | 2013 | 3.61 | Commercial |
Nero Multimedia Suite | Windows | Nero AG | 2002 | 2011 | 11.0 | Commercial |
OpenShot Video Editor | Linux | Open Source Community | 2008 | 2012 | 1.4.3 | GPL |
Pinnacle Studio | Windows | Pinnacle Systems | 1999 | 2014 | 18 | Commercial |
Pinnacle Videospin | Windows | Avid | 2009 | 2009 | 2.0 | Discontinued (Freeware) |
Pitivi | Linux | Open Source Community | 2004 | 2014 | 0.94[3] | LGPL |
Shotcut | Windows, Mac, Linux | Meltytech, LLC | 2011 | 2015 | 15.02 | GPL[4] |
Sony Vegas Pro | Windows | Sony Creative Software | 1999 | 2014 | 13 | Commercial |
Sony Vegas Movie Studio | Windows | Sony Creative Software | 2000 | 2014 | 13.0 | Commercial |
Ulead MediaStudio Pro | Windows | Ulead Systems (now Corel) | ? | 2006 | 8.1 | Discontinued (Commercial) |
VideoThang | Windows | VideoThang LLC | 2007 | 2008 | 2.0.1 | Discontinued (Freeware) |
VirtualDub | Windows | Avery Lee | 2000 | 2013 | 1.10.4 stable | GPL |
VirtualDubMod | Windows | 2002 | 2007 | 1.5.10.3_b2550 | Discontinued (GPL) | |
Windows Movie Maker | Windows | Microsoft | 2000 | 2012 | 2012 (v16.4.3528.0331) (April 17, 2014 ) [±] | Freeware |
System requirements
This table lists the operating systems that different editors can run on without emulation, as well as other system requirements. Note that minimum system requirements are listed; some features (like High Definition support) may be unavailable with these specifications.
Windows | Mac OS X | Unix-like | Processor | RAM | HDD | |
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Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 (32-bit) | Yes | Yes (as of CS3) | No | 1.4 GHz, SSE2 compatible processor | 1 GB / 2 GB when editing HD | 4 GB |
Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 (64-bit) | Yes | Yes | No | multicore x64 compatible processor | 2 GB | 10 GB |
Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 (64-bit) | Yes | Yes | No | multicore x86-64 compatible processor | 2GB / 4 GB when editing HD | 10 GB |
Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 (64-bit) | Yes | Yes | No | multicore x64 compatible processor | 8 GB | 10 GB |
Adobe Premiere Elements | Yes | Yes (as of v9) | No | 2 GHz with SSE2 support | 2 GB | 4.5 GB |
Avid Free DV | Yes | Yes | No | 933 MHz Pentium, 667 MHz PPC | 1 GB | ? |
Media Composer | Yes | Yes | No | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.33 GHz processor or faster | 4+ GB | 80 GB |
Xpress Pro | Yes | Yes | No | Pentium 4, PowerMac G5 | 1 GB | 20 GB |
Avidemux | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
Blender (VSE : Video Sequence Editor) | Yes | Yes | Yes | 300 MHz | 128 MB | 20 MB free space |
Cinelerra | No | Yes | Yes | 500 MHz | 256 MB | ? |
Corel VideoStudio | Yes | No | No | Pentium 4 or higher, SSE2 when editing HD | 512 MB | 3 GB |
Montage Extreme | Yes | No | No | Pentium 4 or higher | 1 GB | 20 GB |
EditDV | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Edius | Yes | No | No | Pentium 4 3.0 GHz+ | 1 GB | 800 MB |
Final Cut Express | No | Yes | No | 500 MHz | 384 MB | 1 GB |
Final Cut Studio | No | Yes | No | 1.25 GHz G4, Intel Core Duo or Xeon | 1 GB | 4 GB Apps |
FORscene | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | 256 MB | Any |
iMovie | No | Yes | No | Intel based Macs or iPhone 4 or later | 1 GB | 5 GB |
Kdenlive | No | Yes | Yes | 600 MHz | 256 MB | 1 GB |
Kino | No | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
Lightworks | Yes | Yes (planned) | Yes | Intel Core Duo, Intel Xeon or AMD processor | 2 GB | 200 MB |
LiVES | No | Yes | Yes | 800 MHz | 128 MB | 10 GB |
Magix Movie Edit Pro | Yes | No | No | Dual core processor with 2.0 GHz | 1 GB | 2 GB |
MainActor | Yes | No | Yes | 700 MHz | 128 MB | ? |
MoviePlus | Yes | No | No | Pentium II or AMD Athlon XP | 128 MB | 149 MB |
MPEG Video Wizard DVD | Yes | No | No | 233 MHz | 32 MB | 20 MB |
VideoPad | Yes | Yes | No | multicore x86 compatible processor | 1GB | Any |
Nero Multimedia Suite | Yes | No | No | 2 GHz AMD or Intel processor | 512 MB (1 GB for Windows Vista or Windows 7) / 2 GB when editing HD | 5 GB |
OpenShot Video Editor | No | Yes | Yes | 600 MHz | 256 MB | 1 GB |
Pinnacle Studio | Yes | No | No | 1.8 GHz | 1 GB | 1.7 GB |
Pinnacle VideoSpin | Yes | No | No | 1.4 GHz | 512 MB | 150 MB |
Pitivi | No | No | Yes | ? | ? | 2 MB |
Sony Vegas Pro | Yes | No | No | 2.0 GHz | 1.0 GB | 400 MB |
Ulead MediaStudio Pro | Yes | No | No | 800 MHz | 256 MB | 800 MB |
VirtualDub | Yes | No | No | i486 | 16 MB | 3 Mb |
VirtualDubMod | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
Windows Movie Maker | Yes | No | No | 1 GHz for best performance | 128 MB | 10 Mb |
Windows | Mac OS X | Unix | Processor | RAM | HDD | |
"Unix" includes the similar Linux, BSD and Unix-like operating systems.
High definition import
The table below indicates the ability of each program to import various High Definition video formats for editing.
720p HDV | 1080i HDV | DVCPRO HD | Uncompressed HD | IMX | AVCHD | XDCAM HD | HDV | AVC-Intra | DNxHD | R3D | |
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Adobe Premiere Pro | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (3rd party) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (third party via codec install) | Yes |
Adobe Premiere Elements | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes (As of 7.0) | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
Avid Media Composer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Avid Xpress Pro | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? |
Avidemux | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Blender | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No[5] |
Cinelerra | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Dayang Montage Extreme | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
EDIUS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
Elecard AVC HD Editor | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
Final Cut Express | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Final Cut Studio | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (third party via codec install) | Yes |
FORscene | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
iMovie HD | Yes | Yes | Yes (3rd party) | No | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Lightworks | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (as of Pro 11) | Yes (as of Pro 11) | Yes (as of Pro 11) | Yes | Yes (as of Pro 11) | Yes (3rd party) | Yes (as of Pro 11) |
LiVES | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
Magix Movie Edit Pro | Yes | Yes | No | ? | No | Yes | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? |
Pitivi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Kdenlive | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Kino GTK | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
MainActor | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
VideoPad | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
MPEG Video Wizard DVD | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | No | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
Nero Vision Xtra/ Nero Video Premium HD | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
OpenShot Video Editor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Pinnacle Studio | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
Serif MoviePlus | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
Sony Vegas | Yes | Yes | Yes (3rd party) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes (as of Pro 9) |
Ulead MediaStudio Pro | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Ulead VideoStudio Plus | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
VirtualDub | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
WeVideo | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
Windows Live Movie Maker | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
Windows Movie Maker | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
720p HDV | 1080i HDV | DVCPRO HD | Uncompressed | IMX | AVCHD | XDCAM HD | HDV | AVC-1 | DNxHD | R3D | |
Feature set
High Definition support | Non-destructive editing | Multitrack editing | Full-screen playback | Storyboard mode | Video tracks | Audio tracks / max channels | Linear timecode display | GPGPU with OpenCL acceleration | |
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Adobe Premiere Pro | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, By hitting ctrl+~ (CS6 only) | Yes | Unlimited | Unlimited | Yes | Yes |
Adobe Premiere Elements | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Unlimited | Yes | ? |
Avid Xpress Pro Media Composer | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | 24 tracks, unlimited layers | 24 tracks, unlimited layers | Yes | ? |
Avidemux | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | 1 | 2 / ? | ? | ? |
Blender (VSE : Video Sequence Editor) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Unlimited | Yes | ? |
Cinelerra | Yes (any resolution) |
Yes | ? | Yes | No | Unlimited | Unlimited / 16 | Yes | ? |
Corel VideoStudio | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | 6 | 4 | Yes | ? |
Dayang Montage Extreme | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | 99 per sequence | 99 per sequence | Yes | ? |
EDIUS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, on both PC & TV monitors in realtime | No | unlimited realtime layers | unlimited realtime layers | Yes | ? |
Elecard AVC HD Editor | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
Final Cut Express | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes, with "external video" | Yes, in the Media Browser | 99 per sequence | 99 / 2 per sequence | No | ? |
Final Cut Studio | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes, | Yes, in the Media Browser | 99 per sequence | 99 / 24 per sequence | Yes | Yes |
FORscene | Input only | Yes | ? | Yes (podcasts) | Beta test | 2 | 4 | Yes | ? |
iMovie | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | 2 | 6 | Yes | ? |
Pitivi | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | No | Unlimited | Unlimited | Yes | ? |
Kdenlive | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Unlimited | Yes | ? |
Kino GTK | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Lightworks | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Unlimited | Yes | Planned |
LiVES | Yes (any resolution) |
Yes (multitrack mode) |
? | Yes (on first, second or all monitors, configurable) |
No | Unlimited | audio per video track + backing audio / 2 channels | Yes | ? |
Magix Movie Edit Pro | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | 32/99 (Plus/Premium) | each track may contain audio and video | ? | Yes |
MainActor | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
VideoPad | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Unlimited | ? | Planned |
MPEG Video Wizard DVD | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | 1 | 3 | Yes | ? |
Nero Vision Xtra/Nero Video Premium HD | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Yes | Yes | Yes (CUDA) |
OpenShot Video Editor | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | Unlimited | Unlimited | Yes | ? |
Pinnacle Studio | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Unlimited | Yes | ? |
Serif MoviePlus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, & on separate monitor or TV | Yes, partial | Unlimited | Unlimited | No | ? |
Sony Vegas Pro | Yes
(any resolution) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Unlimited | Unlimited/Max Channel 16 | Yes | Yes (as of 11) |
Ulead MediaStudio Pro | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes, on separate monitor | ? | 99 | ? | Yes | ? |
Ulead VideoStudio Plus | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | 7 | 9 | Yes | ? |
VirtualDub | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | 1 | 1 | Yes | ? |
WeVideo | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | No | 1 | Unlimited | No | ? |
Windows Live Movie Maker | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Windows Movie Maker | Yes | No | ? | Yes | Yes | 1 | 2 | Yes | ? |
High Definition support | Non-destructive editing | Multitrack editing | Full-screen playback | Storyboard mode | Video tracks | Audio tracks | Linear timecode display | GPGPU with OpenCL acceleration | |
Output options
Please note that recording to Blu-ray does not imply 1080@50p/60p . Most only support up to 1080i 25/30 frames per second recording. Also not all formats can be output.
DVD | High Definition | Smart phone | Java phone | QuickTime | Windows Media | MPEG-4 | XML/EDL | Print to tape | Web, not hosted | Web, hosted | Podcasting | |
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Adobe Premiere Pro | Yes | Yes (Blu-ray) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Adobe Premiere Elements | Yes | Yes (Blu-ray) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Avid Xpress Pro | Yes | Yes (Blu-ray) | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
Avidemux | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Blender (VSE : Video Sequence Editor) | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes[6] | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Cinelerra | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Dayang Montage Extreme | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No |
EDIUS | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
Elecard AVC HD Editor | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes (Part 10) | No | No | No | No | No |
Final Cut Express | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes (3rd party) | Yes | No (as of 2.5) | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes |
Final Cut Studio | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes (3rd party) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes |
FORscene | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes (MPEG 2) | Yes (MPEG 2) | ? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
iMovie HD | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes (3rd party) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes (with .Mac) | Yes |
Pitivi | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | No | ? |
Kdenlive | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Kino GTK | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Lightworks | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes (only in Pro 11) | ? | Yes (only in Pro 11) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
LiVES | Yes | Yes (AVCHD, Blu-ray) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | ? |
Magix Movie Edit Pro | Yes | Yes (AVCHD, Blu-ray) | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes | No | ? |
VideoPad | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
MPEG Video Wizard DVD | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Nero Vision Xtra/Nero Video Premium HD | Yes | Yes (AVCHD, Blu-ray) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
OpenShot Video Editor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Serif MoviePlus | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Sony Vegas | Yes | Yes (Blu-ray) | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
Pinnacle Studio | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Ulead MediaStudio Pro | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
Ulead VideoStudio Plus | Yes | Yes | Yes (via plug-in) | Yes (via plug-in) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes (with DropShot) | ? |
VirtualDub | No | No | Yes (Via passthru) | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes (Via passthru) | No | No |
WeVideo | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Windows Live Movie Maker | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
Windows Movie Maker | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes (WMV only) | No | No |
DVD | High Definition | Smart phone | Java phone | QuickTime | Windows Media | MPEG-4 | XML/EDL | Print to tape | Web, not hosted | Web, hosted | Podcasting |
See also
- List of video editing software
- Comparison of video converters
- Photo slideshow software
- Non-linear editing system
- Comparison of DVD ripper software
References
- ↑ Gager, Bob (September 23, 2013). "Introducing Photoshop Elements & Premiere Elements 12". Retrieved June 14, 2014.
- ↑ "Premiere Pro CC 2014 (8.0.1)!".
- ↑ http://jeff.ecchi.ca/blog/2014/11/02/tricks-or-tracebacks-pitivi-0-94-is-here/
- ↑ https://github.com/mltframework/shotcut/blob/master/COPYING
- ↑ "OpenCL Status". Dev:2.6. Blender Wiki. 30 May 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
- ↑ http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?147999-EDL-Support-in-Blender