Today I’m going to write about some of the best Video editing tools for Ubuntu Linux because Linux itself doesn’t offer any default or built-in video editor application but there are tens of third party software for Linux you can use to add effects to your videos and do a lot more. On the top of my head I have

AvideMUX

AvideMUX is one of the most widely used Video application for Ubuntu Linux. It allows you to easily cut, filter and encode your tasks. It supports all the major video formats including AVI, DVD compatible MPEGfiles, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs.

These tasks can be automated using projects, job queue and powerful scripting capabilities. Avidemux is available for Linux, BSD, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows under the GNU GPL license.

Download Avidemux

CinePaint

CinePaint is an easy to use Ubuntu Video application that has a support for 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit color channels of deep paint. It offers High Dynamic Range that allows images to go brighter than white.

It is often used to retouch feature films and in pro photography. It can also be used for motion picture for frame-by-frame retouching, dirt removal, wire rig removal, render repair, background plates, and painting 3D model textures.

Cinelerra

A Video editor and compositor for Ubuntu Linux that offers 3 major features including capturing, compositing,  and editing audio and video with sample level accuracy.

Download CineLerra

Kino

Kino features excellent integration with IEEE-1394 for capturing videos, VTR control and recording back to the camera. It allows you to load multiple video clips, cut and paste portions of video/audio, and save it to an edit decision list.

Also, Kino can export the composite movie in a number of formats: DV over IEEE 1394, Raw DV, DV AVI, still frames, WAV, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4. Still frame import and export uses gdk-pixbuf, which has support for BMG, GIF, JPEG, PNG, PPM, SVG, Targa, TIFF, and XPM. MP3 requires lame. Ogg Vorbis requires oggenc. MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 require mjpegtools or ffmpeg. MPEG-4 requires ffmpeg.

Key features include

• Capturing
• Editing
• Export
• special effects
• video filters
• Video transitions
• Audio filters and
• Audio Transitions

Download Kine

Jahshaka

A video editor with the ability to edit with flexibility and speed. Jahshaka allows you to create effect in real time and animate with unlimited features.

Download Jahshaka

Slideshow Creator

With Slideshow Creator and dvd-slideshow you can transform your pictures in a beautiful dvd-quality slide show rich of fascinating effects like ken burns, pan and  animated transitions. Adding a musical soundtrack too you will have a really cool result!

Key features include

• Slideshow Time and Audio Time
• Music Prelistening in every Row
• Subwindow Zooming Preview
• Direct Create slide show and Preview
• Selection only Create and preview

Download Slideshow Creator

LiVES

LiVES mixes realtime video performance and non linear editing in one application. It allows you to start editing and making your videos right away without having to worry about formats, frame sizes and framerates.

It offers tons of features and offers you to record your performance in real time, and then edit it further or render it straight away as a new clip.

Download LiVES

Vivia

Vivia is a video editing program for Linux and Windows that offers very user-friendly editing of DV video materia. It allows you to arrange your clips for your movie using TimeLine feature. ou can add a clip to your movie by dragging a file from the Files window onto the Timeline. You can edit a clip directly on the Timeline with the tools that appear when a clip is selected.

Key features include

• Efficient and easy editing of clips and transitions
• “Multi-cam” edit mode: support for natural editing of scenes that were recorded by multiple cameras simultaneously, as is typical in music videos and interviews
• Support for multiple “scenes” in a single movie project

Download Vivia

KDEnlive

KDEnlive is a free open source video editor for Linux that is also available for various desktop managers in Linux. It supports a wide variety of file formats, as well as a wide range of camcorders and cameras.

Just like LiVES, it allows multitrack editing of unlimited video and audio tracks.

Download KDEnlive

FFmpeg

FFmpeg is another open source video editor for Linux that allows you to record, convert and stream audio and video. FFmped is a command line tool that is composed of a collection of open-source libraries. With these sets of libraries, one can easily record, convert and stream digital audio/video in numerous formats.

Download FFmpeg

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