Analysis+Reflection+of+open+source+video+editing+software

After numerous attempts in searching for open-source, user-friendly and free video editing software, I finally narrowed to this three programs. The first being PiTiVi, which does have a good list of features but seems to be only basic features which any and all video editing programs already have. The features seemed to be limited when compared to the two other programs. However because it works together with another program “GStreamer” it is able to be expanded via the plugin system. LiVES had a good number of features but most of them were imported from another program via the plugin system. Accordingly it is simple to use only when use on a fully cross platform for GNU/Linux. One item not seen on other programs was the full crash recovery. Its text support was available in multi-languages. Its support was based on discussion groups or frequently asked questions, there was no telephone support or email. The final video editing software program I reviewed was AVS4You, which I did download onto my PC with windows application and it works fine. It does have a great number of features which are great for the first-time users and some in-depth features for the professional video person. The program does have a number of “How to” online videos. Accordingly one would get fast/competent response within 48 hours through the internet email, however there is no telephone support. After reviewing an assortment of video editing software programs, I would say for now that I would use AVS4You because of its simplicity, user-friendly operation of the program. I viewed several of the “How to” videos which seemed to answer most of my questions and got me started. I feel that this program would be easy for my students to use in several of their class projects. This program would help a beginner experienced video editing and still has the capability of turning the person into a professional video maker.