VSDC Free Video Editor
Topic: Software
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| Developer(s) | Flash-Integro LLC |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 2011 |
| Stable release | 8.2
/ June 7, 2023 |
| Operating system | Windows |
| Size | 124 Mb |
| Available in | 13 languages |
List of languages English, German, French, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Urdu, Farsi, Turkish, Hindi | |
| License | Freeware |
| Website | www |
VSDC Free Video Editor is a non-linear editing (NLE) application developed by Flash-Integro LLC. The program[1] is capable of processing high-resolution footage including 4K UHD, 3D and VR 360-degree videos. VSDC allows for applying post production effects, live color correction, and motion tracking. It supports VirtualDub plug-ins as well as the ability to capture video from screen, record voice, save multimedia files to numerous formats including those pre-configured for publishing on Facebook, Vimeo, YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter.[2]
Overview
VSDC runs on Windows 2000 and later. The editor supports video, audio, and image files recorded on smartphones, action cameras, professional cameras, drones,[3] and can be used for all common video editing tasks[4] necessary for producing broadcast-quality, high-definition video.[5]
Video processing
Basic video editing features
- Cutting, splitting into parts, merging, trimming, cropping, rotating, flipping, playback reversal, changing volume
- Resizing, quality and resolution settings
- Video stabilization
- Speed change, including 2 reframing modes for a perfect slow-motion effect
- Text and subtitle insertion
- Text effects: Recoloring, Shift position, Glyph FX, scrolling text effect
- Curve lines allows for drawing the lines and wrapping text around them
- Slideshow wizard offering 70+ transition effects
- Snapshots
- DeLogo filter that automatically hides unwanted elements in a video with a blurred or pixelated mask
- 360-degree video to 2D video conversion
- 3D video to 2D video conversion
- Quick Instagram-like filters
- In-painting mask modes to help repair corrupted pieces of an image or video.
- Full-featured text editor for titles and text-related effects.
- Embedded video converter supporting more than 20 formats
- Built-in screen recorder
- Built-in voice recorder[6]
Cropping
Quick styles
Color correction
Export profiles
Advanced post-production
Motion tracking—the software allows for tracking the movement of any element in a video and attaching a title, an icon, an image, or a mask to the resulted trajectory. With this feature, users can apply a censorship mask to a moving object, and make a title follow the object it's attached to.
Color correction
Apart from the standard tools of automatic contrast, brightness, and temperature adjustment, VSDC[7] offers color correction solutions:
- LUT editor that allows users to apply built-in and 3rd-party LUTs within VSDC, as well as create unique custom LUTs and export them for future use in 3-rd party editors
- RGB curve modifying the aspect of the whole video or image per selected color (red, green, blue or white).
- Lift, Gamma, Gain & Offset color wheels for primary color correction
- Hue Saturation curves defining color region per six colors and enables to modify the aspect of a video or an image based on the selected color.
- Gradient tool allowing for creating a gradual blend between multiple colors
- 20+ standard color adjustments
- The Scopes window, including the Vectorscope, allows to monitor the results of the color correction in real-time mode.
Mask tool – enables to apply one or several filters to a certain part of a video or an image
30+ blending modes
Movement and Time remapping – the objects on the scene can move following a chosen trajectory with the speed set by keyframes
Animation – illusion of motion and change of any static objects in the scene by means of the rapid display of a sequence of these objects
Multicam editing - this feature allows for switching between different camera angles and makes it easy to capture the perfect shot
Chroma Key [8] – 3 modes for removing any color from the video (typically used for replacing green background): HSL, YUV, and "By Chroma Key mask"
Video effects:
- 15 filters including De-interlacing, Pixelize, De-logo and Blur
- 8 transformation effects including Zoom, Mirror, Distort, and Resample
- OpenGL effects: Lens flare, Bokeh glare, and Raindrops
- A set of transition effects including transparency adjustment (Paper burn, Flow transformation, Shattered glass, Page turn and more)
- Bezier curve animation editing
- Dynamic TV effects (Aging TV, Broken TV, Noise TV)
- VirtualDub plugins support
AI Art Generator - the feature that allows for producing artistic interpretations of images and videos.
Face Landmarks - the AI-powered tool that allows for placing a stylized motion-tracked mask on a face of a person in the video.
Charts and diagrams - 3D charts including Pie, Radar, Bar, Spline, Step Line, Spline area, Funnel, Pyramid, etc. for optimized display of any complex data.
360-degree and 3D video editing
Color keyframes – the feature that allows for assigning colors to created keyframes when working with effects with a color parameter. The algorithm will calculate the linear color gradient between assigned colors and create a nice color animation.
Proxy file support - the feature that allows for creating lightweight media copies of high-resolution videos to improve the software performance and ensure smoother editing.
Audio processing
VSDC allows for splitting a video into audio and video layers and editing them as separate elements: as waveforms and video tracks.
Audio editing tools and effects:
- The Audio Spectrum tool animates a waveform to the rhythm of music or any other sounds.
- The built-in Voice over feature allows for recording voice and adding it to the footage.
- Audio amplitude effects (normalization, fading in and out, amplification) help to correct an imperfect soundtrack.
- Delay, time-stretch and reverse effects are tailored to give audio tracks relevant sounding: as if sung by a chorus, stretched in time or played backward.
- DeNoise tools (Median filter and Audio gate) for audio noise reduction.
- Simultaneous work with several audio tracks
- Edit the beat - a tool for synchronizing video effects and music beat automatically.
Formats and codecs
| Import formats | ||
|---|---|---|
| Video | Audio | Image |
| MXF, WebM, AVI, QuickTime (MP4/M4V, 3GP/2G2, QuickTime File Format), HDVideo/AVCHD (MTS, M2TS, TS, MOD, TOD), Windows Media (WMV, ASF, DVR-MS), DVD/VOB, VCD/SVCD, MPEG/MPEG-1/DAT, Matroska (.mkv), RealMedia (RM, RMVB), Flash Video (SWF, FLV), DV, AMV, MTV, NUT, H.264/MPEG-4, MJPEG, H.265/HEVC, SVG, WebP, GIF |
MP3/MP2, WMA, M4A, AAC, FLAC, Ogg, RealAudio, VOC, WAV, AC3, AIFF, MPA, AU, Monkey's Audio, CUE, CDA |
BMP, JPEG, PNG, PSD, GIF, ICO, CUR, SVG |
| Export formats | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | Web | iPhone/iPad | DVD | Mobile | PSP | Xbox | MP3/MP4 |
| AMV, MPG, QuickTime File Format (.mov), WMV, Matroska (.mkv), RealMedia, SWF, Flash Video |
for social networks including YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Vimeo, as well as MP4, WebM, FlashVideo, SWF, GIF, APNG |
M4V | DVD, VCD, AVI, MPG |
3GP, 3G2, MP4, RM |
PSP | WMV, AVI, MP4, DVD |
MP4, AMV, MTV |
See also
References
- ↑ Ellis, Cat (22 December 2018). "VSDC Free Video Editor review". Techradar. http://www.techradar.com/reviews/vsdc-free-video-editor.
- ↑ Williams, Mike. "A powerful (but complex) video editor". PCadvisor. http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/download/audio-video-photo/vsdc-free-video-editor-330-3329647/.
- ↑ Schofield, Jack (6 October 2016). "What's the best software for editing drone videos?". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2016/oct/06/whats-the-best-software-for-editing-drone-videos.
- ↑ Marshall, Adam (17 February 2022). "The best video editing software 2019". https://www.techradar.com/best/best-video-editing-software-premium-free.
- ↑ Widder, Brandon. "The Best Video Editing Software". http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/best-free-video-editing-apps/.
- ↑ Lynch, James. "VSDC Free Video Editor, editorial review". http://vsdc-free-video-editor.software.informer.com/.
- ↑ Download.com, staff. "Editor's review". http://download.cnet.com/VSDC-Free-Video-Editor/3000-13631_4-75764187.html.
- ↑ Biersdorfer, J. D. (15 May 2019). "How to Add Hollywood Special Effects to Your Videos". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/technology/personaltech/make-green-screen-video.html.
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