Video Editing Software

Some of our favorite free and commercial video editing and manipulation software.

Free software downloads at these sites

  • ACIDxpress

    Free, lite version of Sony ACID.
    acidplanet.com

  • Adobe Tryouts

    Try out some of Adobe's products.
    adobe.com

  • Apple QuickTime Download

    One of the big three stream players.
    apple.com

  • Atmosphere

    Generate your own nature sound with this application. A deluxe version with documentation and more sounds is also available.
    relaxingsoftware.com
  • Audacity
    All-purpose audio editor lets you record, play, and edit digital files. For example, rename a VOB file to mpg, play it and record the audio then combine in your editor.Audacity 

  • Audio Level Meter

    Shareware audio level meters for your PC running Windows.
    darkwood.demon.co.uk

  • AVS Software

    Free DVD player, TV capture and disc authoring applications, as well as trial versions of video and audio utilities and video editing software.
    avsmedia.com

  • Boris Demos

    Try Windows and Macintosh versions of RED, Graffiti, FX, AE and Factory--you can do anything but render with them.
    borisfx.com

  • Cinergy Script Editor

    Free script editor that integrates with Cinergy, a complete production management system.
    mindstarprods.com

  • Digigami Demos

    Try out various versions of MegaPEG.
    digigami.com

  • Discreet - cleaner XL Demo

    Try out cleaner XL.
    discreet.com

  • DivX

    Probalby offers the highest quality video experience you can get.
    DivX Player - Info and Download
  • HandBrake
    Easily grab and convert video and audio from a variety of different sources.
    Handbrake

  • Imagine Products TCDetective

    Program that scans DV videotapes and reports number of timecode gaps, to determine integrity of videotapes.
    imagineproducts.com

  • Interactive Solutions MovieWorks Trial Versions

    Get the 30-day trial version or the player for MovieWorks files.
    movieworks.com

  • Leapfrog Productions Demos

    Get a free copy of Burnin, a window dub application, and try out a demo of CCaptionPro, a closed-caption application.
    ccaption.com

  • Livid Batch Export Utility

    lividinstruments.com

  • MediaCoder

    Convert files between many media formats.
    MediaCoder

  • Movavi Online

    Free Online video converter - very cool.
    movavi.com

  • MovieWriterPro

    Free trial of scriptwriting software. Buy an activation key to allow saving.
    reynes.org

  • Nero 8 Ultra Edition

    Full-functioning, time-limited trial of the popular digital media suite for burning, editing, authoring and backup.
    nero.com

  • Prompt!

    A prompting package for Mac and PC. Trial version displays up to 2500 characters.
    movieclip.biz

  • Real Video Player

    . You need to navigate through several pages to find and download the free Real Player8 Basic. It is not easy to find the free stuff but it is there.
    www.real.com

  • RealSystem Producer comparison

    (download links at bottom of page)
    realnetworks.com

  • Scenalyzer Live

    Check out a new DV capture application with scene detection, time-lapse capture and much more. Unregistered version places watermarks on video.
    scenalyzer.com

  • Sony Pictures Digital Trial Versions and Demos

    Demos of Vegas Video, VideoFactory and Sound Forge (among others) await you.
    sonymediasoftware.com

  • Ulead Trial Versions

    30-day full-function trial versions of VideoStudio and MediaStudio Pro, among others.
    ulead.com

  • VideoLAN Client (VLC)

    An open-source, cross-platform multimedia player that plays several formats. Binaries available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
    videolan.org

  • Videac

    Free streaming video hosting - very nice
    Vidoeac.com

  • VirtualDub

    Free, open-source video capture/processing utility.
    virtualdub.org

  • Windows Media-related Downloads

    All kinds of players, encoders, and third-party tools for Windows Media.
    microsoft.com