Free Movie Maker Downloads

The following list of free video editing software are highly recommended as an alternative to Windows Movie Maker. You may also be interested in reading the Ultimate Guide to Free Video Editing Software.

VirtualDub

VirtualDub is a video capture/processing utility for 32-bit Windows platforms and is streamlined for fast linear operations over video. It is capable of batch processing capabilities and is geared towards processing AVI files, MPEG-1 and also sets of BMP images. If your capture device is Video for Windows compatible, then VirtualDub can capture video with it.

Jahshaka

The worlds first Open Source Realtime Editing and Effects System. Jahshaka takes advantage of the power of OpenGL and OpenML to give its users exceptional levels of performance. Jahshaka currently supports Linux, OsX, Irix and Windows, and Solaris is on the way!

ZS4 Video Editor

ZS4 Video Editor can be used like an object oriented photo-manipulation program with a timeline: things that can be manipulated in a photo (workshop) program can be manipulated in ZS4 using parameters which alter over time.

AVIedit

It is a great tool to work with .AVI files. Regardless of small executable size, this avi editor offers you unlimited power of digital video processing. Some high-tech tricks included into AVIedit allows you to perform with ease and fun the many interesting things, like video warping, color restore, noise reduction, etc. AVIedit allows you to join and split avi files, extract frames, capture video, heavy compress, recompression and more features.

DebugMode Wax

Wax can create 2D & 3D special effects and can work in two modes – as a standalone application which would appeal for home users/beginners, and as a “plug-in” to video editors/NLEs which would be more useful for professional editors. Currently Wax can work as a plug-in with Sony Vegas®, Pure Motion EditStudio and Adobe Premiere® and work for integrating with various other NLEs is in progress.
Input formats : AVI, WAV, all popular image formats.
Output formats : AVI, MPEG, WAV, Flash, all popular image formats.
(AVI and WAV formats support compressed audio too, using Audio Codecs installed in your PC).

Portable Movie Maker

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The following list movie makers / video editors for Linux OSes.

Pitivi

PiTiVi is a free and open source video editor based on the GStreamer multimedia framework.

Kdenlive

Kdenlive is completely free, intuitive and a powerful multi-track video editor which includes most recent video technologies.

Cinelerra

Cinelerra is a movie studio in a box which does primarily 3 things: capturing, compositing, and editing audio and video with sample level accuracy.

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The following list of free trial video editing software. After you download and install, the software will function as if it’s a full featured paid software. Only drawback is there will be a watermark on the output of the video. To remove the watermark would require a license to be purchased.

AVS Video Editor

Direct Transfer to iPod, PSP, Mobiles and Other Portable Players
Supports Virtually ALL Video Formats
Burn Movie DVDs
Capture and Edit Video from External Devices
Edit Video and Enhance Your Movies
Create Slide Shows
Make Perfect Audio for Your Video Editing Tasks
Scene Detection
Convenient Video Editing Tools and Interface

HD Movie Maker

AVS Video Tools

Convert video between almost any format
Burn video DVD
Rip home video DVD and convert video file
Cut unwanted parts and TV advertising
Convert video content for DVD/MPEG-4 player
Transfer video from DV cam
Make Flash SWF, Real Video or WMV movie
Convert video to audio tracks and images
Enhance your movies

For those searching for MAC versions, do check out Free Movie Maker and Convertor Downloads for Mac OSX

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