Alternatives to Adobe Premiere

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After the appreciated article on alternatives to Adobe Photoshop we decided to create an article on alternatives to Adobe Premiere. Unfortunately we are less experts in videos than photos so this will be a summary article without going into too much detail of the various programs found.

However, as always, we have tested the programs we are talking about and searched online for comments from people who use them. So let's see what we found: as always we will give priority to the programs Open source but we will also talk about proprietary programs.

Alternatives to Adobe Premiere

Here is the list of programs alternatives to Adobe Premiere, therefore to edit videos, which we found.

Kdenlive

Open source

TO Kdenlive we have dedicated an ad hoc article a couple of years ago. It is undoubtedly one of the most interesting ethical alternatives for editing videos. It is a very complete program and is available for all platforms: Windows, Linux And macOS.

Shotcut

Open source

Another alternative Open source really very interesting. It's probably a little easier to use than Kdenlive and it is also full of advanced features. Shotcut is also available for Windows, Linux And macOS.

OpenShot Video Editor

Open source

This is a very nice alternative that we also used to make some videos. Being totally inexperienced we still managed to record the video of the screen, add music and make some changes here and there. It is therefore really simple to use. This is also cross-platform.

DaVinci Resolve

free (but not Open source)

The free version of this program (also available for a fee) has many features and we found it often mentioned in a very positive way. A curiosity: DaVinci Resolve has also been used for the creation of several famous films and various television series ¹.

Lightworks

free (but not Open source)

Non-free and professional software with a free version that has some limitations but can be used forever, without time limit. There are also two paid versions, one for €9.99 per month and a Pro for €23.99 per month. There is also the possibility of making a single payment without monthly subscriptions. TO this address find a list of all the features and a comparison table between the various options. Lightworks is multiplatform, so it is available for Linux, Windows and macOS.

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As often happens, we conclude the article by mentioning other less important but certainly interesting programs worth knowing:

• Avidemux ², software FOSS multiplatform that allows you to do simple video editing operations such as cropping or applying filters.

• Olive Editor ³, it's software FOSS very promising that allows you to edit videos. It is in alpha version but constantly evolving.

1. Media produced using DaVinci Resolve[↩]
2. Avidemux on GitHub[↩]
3. Olive Editor on GitHub[↩]

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