OpenShot Video Editor

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OpenShot is a free non-linear video editor for GNU/Linux. It is by far the easiest, most versatile editor in the consumer arena today. Designed in the traditional style and following up on the Kino video editor [no new major releases] it brings a whole new range of features and stability to the GNU/Linux video editing arsenal. Some of these features include:

* Support for many video, audio, and image formats (based on FFmpeg)
* Desktop integration (drag and drop support)
* Multiple tracks
* Clip resizing, trimming, snapping, and cutting
* Video transitions with real-time previews
* Compositing, image overlays, watermarks
* Title templates, title creation
* SVG friendly, to create and include titles and credits
* Scrolling motion picture credits
* Solid color clips (including alpha compositing)
* Support for Rotoscoping / Image sequences
* Drag and drop timeline
* Frame stepping, key-mappings: J,K, and L keys
* Video encoding (based on FFmpeg)
* Key Frame animation
* Digital zooming of video clips
* Speed changes on clips (slow motion etc.)
* Custom transition lumas and masks
* Re-sizing of clips (frame size)
* Audio mixing and editing
* Presets for key frame animations and layout
* Ken Burns effect (making video by panning over an image)
* Digital video effects, including brightness, gamma, hue, greyscale, chroma key (bluescreen / greenscreen), and over 20 other video effects
Click here to lend your support to: OpenShot Video Editor - April 2010 and make a donation at <a href="http://www.pledgie.com" title="www.pledgie.com" />www.pledgie.com</a> !

OpenShot provides extensive editing and compositing features, and has been designed as a practical tool for working with high-definition video including HDV and AVCHD.

Similar applications: 
Final Cut Studio, Adobe Premiere, MS Windows Movie Maker
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