Re:Shotcut is a free, open-source, cross-platform video editor
by IshKebab on Thursday June 09, 2022 @05:32PM
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I've tried every open source video editor. They're all pretty awful. Even something as simple as iMovie is frankly several leagues ahead of them.
The one I always come back to is Blender. It too has serious issues, but it is actually improving fairly rapidly. In the latest releases you can scrub through video without it crawling to a halt (wow I know right!) and it has a non-tedious way to add text, etc.
Basically its interface is ... well if you've used Blender you know what it's like. But it does at least not crash, and you are unlikely to run into "you can't do that" issues, even if doing some simple things like changing the speed of a clip involves several YouTube tutorials and a bunch of caveats.
The one I always come back to is Blender. It too has serious issues, but it is actually improving fairly rapidly. In the latest releases you can scrub through video without it crawling to a halt (wow I know right!) and it has a non-tedious way to add text, etc.
Basically its interface is ... well if you've used Blender you know what it's like. But it does at least not crash, and you are unlikely to run into "you can't do that" issues, even if doing some simple things like changing the speed of a clip involves several YouTube tutorials and a bunch of caveats.
So yeah, open source video editing still sucks.