Cinelerra-GG is a non-linear video editor offering a broad collection of tools for editing, compositing, audio work, effects processing, colour correction, encoding, and rendering.
The project is an actively developed community-driven fork of Cinelerra. Its code incorporates development from the original Heroine Virtual version, Cinelerra-CV, and the later GG branch. Cinelerra-GG is independent of Heroine Virtual and focuses on keeping the editor useful on modern systems while continuing to extend its capabilities.
The program uses a multi-window interface built around the timeline, compositor, viewer, and resources windows. It supports multitrack video and audio editing, keyframes, transitions, nested clips, proxy editing, masks, motion tracking, and a large collection of video and audio effects. Colour work is supported by tools including histograms, waveform displays, vectorscopes, and other scopes.
FFmpeg integration gives Cinelerra-GG broad support for codecs and container formats. Hardware acceleration is available through OpenGL, VA-API, and VDPAU where supported. The software also provides batch rendering and render farm functionality for workloads that benefit from distributing processing across multiple systems.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Non-linear multitrack video and audio editing.
- Timeline, compositor, viewer, and resource management windows.
- Proxy editing for demanding source material.
- Nested clips and nested assets.
- Multicam editing.
- Keyframe automation.
- Video transitions and effects.
- Audio effects and processing.
- Masking and compositing.
- Motion tracking and stabilization.
- Colour correction and colour grading tools.
- Histogram, waveform, vectorscope, and other video scopes.
- Extensive codec and container support through FFmpeg.
- Hardware-accelerated decoding with VA-API and VDPAU.
- OpenGL acceleration.
- LADSPA and LV2 audio plugin support.
- Background and batch rendering.
- Render farm support.
- Recording and capture facilities.
- Context-sensitive help linked to the comprehensive manual.
Website: cinelerra-gg.org
Support:
Developer: Cinelerra-GG Community
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
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You provided link of Cinelerra-cv, but Cinelerra-GG is the actively maintained fork of original Cinelerra project.
Thanks Tarek. You’re quite right.
I’ve now updated the page to cover Cinelerra-GG and point readers to the actively maintained project.
One of the difficulties with maintaining older entries is that projects can fork, development can move between repositories, and previously active branches can become dormant while newer ones take over. Cinelerra’s history is particularly complicated in that respect, so corrections like this are very useful.
Thanks again for taking the time to flag it.
Thanks for the update. I think Cinelerra is the most overlooked and neglected video editing software.