Pitivi is a non-linear video editor built on GStreamer Editing Services and designed to integrate closely with the GNOME desktop. Its interface aims to make common editing operations approachable while retaining tools for more involved projects.
The multitrack timeline supports trimming, splitting, ripple and roll editing, grouping, snapping and keyframe animation. GStreamer’s extensive multimedia support allows Pitivi to work with a broad selection of video, audio and image formats and render through supported codec and container combinations.
More specialised capabilities include proxy editing, object tracking, music beat detection and automatic synchronization of clips by analysing their audio.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Unlimited video and audio layers with full undo and redo history.
- Trimming, splitting, ripple and roll editing, snapping, grouping and frame stepping.
- Keyframe curves for clip properties, opacity, volume and effect parameters.
- More than 70 transitions and a large collection of video and audio effects provided through GStreamer.
- Proxy editing allows demanding or awkward source formats to be edited using intermediate media.
- Automatic alignment synchronizes two or more clips by analysing their audio.
- Object tracking can follow a selected region through footage and apply a covering effect.
- Beat detection places markers on music so clips can snap to the detected rhythm.
- Precise audio waveforms and a playback VU meter assist with audio editing.
- Media Library supports searching, tagging and background generation of thumbnails, waveforms and proxies.
- Transform clips directly in the viewer with positioning, scaling and cropping controls.
- Project and rendering presets for frequently used configurations.
- Automatic project backups with recovery following a crash or interruption.
- Imports formats supported by installed GStreamer plugins and renders using supported codecs and containers.
Website: www.pitivi.org
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Developer: Pitivi contributors
License: GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1
PiTiVi is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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