iMovie Alternatives for Linux

iMovie is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The most popular Linux alternative is OpenShot, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to iMovie and 16 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to iMovie are Kdenlive (Free, Open Source), Avidemux (Free, Open Source), Shotcut (Free, Open Source) and DaVinci Resolve (Freemium).

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The list of alternatives was last updated: 1/30/2019 1:46:00 PM

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Alternatives to iMovie for Linux with any license

OpenShot

Our Features Cross-Platform OpenShot is a cross-platform video editor, with support for Linux, Mac, and Windows. Get started and download our installer today. Trim & Slice Quickly trim down your videos, and find those perfect moments. OpenShot has many easy ways to cut your video. Animation & Keyframes Using our powerful animation framework, you can fade, slide, bounce, and animate anything in your video project.
- Familiar interface and full-featured app that can replace imovie for users that don't have access on non-mac platforms s3ptk1 • Jun 2018 • 3 agrees and 1 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Video editing 3D animated titles Chroma Key / Green Screen Ad-free ... Animations Cutting Fast motion No Watermark Non linear editor Edit screenshots Track multiple packages Video editing Add a feature

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Kdenlive

Kdenlive is an intuitive and powerful multi-track video editor compatible most recent video technologies. It is completely free, and open-source as defined by the GNU foundation.

Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD KDE
Video editing Sync Audio & Video Keyframe animation Visual Editing ... Ad-free Chroma Key / Green Screen Color correction GPU Support Live editing Split videos Normalize Volume Support for Windows Hello Engagement analytics Glitchy effect Support for MOV files Multiple timelines MultiTrack Non linear editor One click battery optimizer Realtime filter effects Specific for 64-Bit Tabbed interface Video editing Watermark free Add a feature

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Avidemux

Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. It supports many file types, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs. Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue and powerful scripting.
- Simple for cutting existing movies. Save/export is extremely fast. Guest • Nov 2017 • 3 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Lacks the ability to easily select part of a source video. Guest • Jan 2018 • 1 agrees and 2 disagrees
- Avidemux is superb as a quick cut and convert-tool, but it is not a full fledged video-editor Guest • Jun 2015 • 7 agrees and 2 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com
Video editing Cutting Sync Audio & Video Merge video files ... Built-in Video Converter Integrated codecs Embed subtitles into video Face masking Watermark images Lossless Muxing Supports H265 Codec Video file conversion Visual Editing Blur Filter Chroma Key / Green Screen Crop video Cut video Flip Video Frame by frame Photo effects Portable Text on videos Unlimited music Video editing Add a feature

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Shotcut

Shotcut is a free, open source, cross-platform, non-linear video editor. Supports hundreds of audio and video formats and codecs thanks to FFmpeg. No import required which means native editing, plus multi-format timelines, resolutions and frame-rates within a project. Frame accurate seeking supported for many video formats. Blackmagic Design SDI and HDMI for input and preview monitoring. Screen, webcam and audio capture. Network stream playback.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Keyframe animation Stability Timeline Video editing ... Chroma Key / Green Screen Image Editing Image Masking Lightweight Non linear editor pan–tilt–zoom camera Track everything Video filters Visual timeline Cutting Do not disturb mode Drag n drop HTML5 Support Low CPU usage Multitrack editing No Watermark Portable Video editing Normalize Volume Add a feature

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DaVinci Resolve

Complete suite for editing, color correction and professional audio post production, all in a single application. DaVinci Resolve 16 is the world’s only solution that combines professional 8K editing, color correction, visual effects and audio post production all in one software tool! You can instantly move between editing, color, effects, and audio with a single click.
- Intuitive..has slightly better offerings for transitions etc. Guest • Jan 2018 • 2 agrees and 2 disagrees
Freemium $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux
Color correction Colour grading 8K editing capabilities Compositor ... Cutting Intuitive Nodes Node Based Stability Tabs Video editing Advanced Trimming Built-in editor Chroma Key / Green Screen Color correction Colour grading Controller support Facial recognition Hardware Accelerated Integrated compositor Keyframe animation Multi-Screen Multicam Editing Multitrack editing Nodal Compositing Non linear editor Stabilizing Subtitles and captions Video editing Support for VST plugins Add a feature

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Olive Video Editor

Olive is a free non-linear video editor aiming to provide a fully-featured alternative to high-end professional video editing software. Olive is making rapid progress and users are already producing videos with it, but it's still currently in alpha meaning it is incomplete and not fully stable. Regardless we invite you to download the latest build and try it out for yourself. New features are being added every day.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Non linear editor Audio Editing Keyframe animation Video editing ... Cross-platform Custom layouts Multitrack editing Offline Data Collection Non linear editor Video editing Add a feature

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Lightworks

Lightworks is an editing powerhouse, delivering unparalleled speed and flexibility, fully integrated with the other members of the Complete Collaboration family. Lightworks is an Academy and Emmy award-winning professional-grade video editor with over 20 years of history in the film and broadcast industry.

Freemium Mac Windows Linux
Ad-free Chroma Key / Green Screen Color correction Node Based ... Keyframe animation Non linear editor Capture Video Video editing Watermarking Add a feature

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PiTiVi

PiTiVi is an open source non-linear video editor, written in Python and based on GStreamer and GTK+. Taking into account the fact that not everybody has the same knowledge of video editing, nor the same needs, PiTIVi provides several ways of creating and modifying a timeline. Ranging from a simple synopsis view (a-la iMovie) to the full-blown editing view (aka Complex View) which puts you in complete control of your editing.

Free Open Source Linux BSD
Compositor Transformation toolbox Non linear editor Capture Video Add a feature

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Cinelerra

Cinelerra is a highly advanced and professional non-linear video editing software, but still remains open source. Cinelerra solves three main tasks: capturing, editing and compositing. There is virtually no limit to the video resolution so whether its standard or High Definition (HD) doesn't really matter in Cinelerra.

Free Open Source Linux
Non linear editor Video editing Add a feature

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Flowblade

Flowblade is a multitrack non-linear video editor for Linux released under GPL 3 license. Flowblade is designed to provide a fast, precise and robust editing experience. Flowblade employs a film-style insert editing model as workflow. In insert editing clips are generally placed tightly after other clips when they are inserted on the timeline. Edits are fine tuned by trimming in and out points of clips or by cutting and deleting parts of clips.

Free Open Source Linux
Color correction Non linear editor Video editing Add a feature

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