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XSplit Broadcaster
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Functionality can be extended via plugins
XSplit has a source plugin store (with about 5 plugins) that add functionality such as whiteboards, image slideshows and video playlists.
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Resource heavy
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3D positioning
Any scene element can be positioned in 3D space by rotating in all axis.
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Premium version is required for commercial use
A paid license is required to use XSplit for any commercial purposes. The personal license is $4.95/mo and the premium license is $8.95/mo.
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Very short learning curve
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Windows only
XSplit runs only on Windows. Other operating systems such as OSX or Linux are not supported.
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Simultaneous broadcast
A paid license allows streaming to multiple services at the same time.
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Stream delay is behind a paywall
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Transitions
XSplit has a couple of built-in transitions for switching scenes. Transitions such as wave, fade, hole, etc, that can add a bit of character to a stream.
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Adding text requires a plugin
While a minor inconvenience, most other tools include this functionality by default.
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Has a limited free version
XSplit offers a free version that includes both XSplit Broadcaster and XSplit Gamecaster, but is limited to .aac 96 kbps mono audio, .mp4/.flv@30fps video and advanced features like image overlays, Twitch integration or a preview editor.
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Can't go above 1080p
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Some source delay support
Webcams and capture card video as well as any audio can be delayed.
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Supports interactive Flash files
XSplit allows loading .swf files to the scene that can then be interacted with using keyboard and mouse inputs.
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OS:
Windows
Video Formats:
FLV; MP4
Video Codecs:
H264
Audio Codecs:
Speex; AAC
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ShadowPlay
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2
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1
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GPU accelerated encoding
If you want to record 1080p 60fps, this will get you there. If you were having performance issues using CPU encoding before, Shadowplay will most likely work 10x better that you swear that it doesn't appear to be recording at all.
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Nvidia cards only
Only works with Nvidia cards, so those with AMD cards will not be able to use this app.
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Allow recording video after the fact
ShadowPlay can set up a recording buffer and only save to a local file if needed.
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Windows
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Wirecast
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Provides a lot of advanced functionality
Wirecast has support for rare, advanced functionality such as IP cameras, remote desktop capture, 3D virtual sets, image slideshow, scoreboards, and projectors.
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Expensive
Costs $495.
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Streams to multiple networks simultaneously
Wirecast can stream to multiple networks as long as you add non-Facebook networks using the manual RTMP method.
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Image can't be rotated
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Functionality can be extended via plugins
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Can create and automate playlists
Wirecast offers an option to create and automate playlists - even with live shots - by modifying the duration of each shot. Playlists also can be used to create highlight reels after capturing Instant Replays.
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OS:
Windows; OSX
Video Formats:
MOV; FLV; WMV
Video Codecs:
x264; H.264; Flash; ProRes; MJPEG; WMV
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Mishira
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4
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Free and open source
Mishira is licensed under GPL with source code available on GitHub.
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No longer being developed
Last update was in 2014,
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Good audio mixer
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In Alpha
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Lightweight resource usage
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Doesn't work on Windows XP
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Simultaneous broadcast and record
Mishira allows streaming to multiple services at the same time alongside recording to different files each with separate settings.
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Windows only
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Windows 7
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ScreenFlow
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4
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2
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Creates large (e.g. mp4) files
Work-around: Export using lossless codec, then use Handbrake to create your production mp4.
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Can export to animated GIFs
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Free version produces virtually unusable content
The free trial adds a large watermark to the middle of the screen which makes the video virtually unusable. Most trials expire after a week or two, however the content you create with them can still be used.
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Non-expiring trial available
The free trial never expires, however it will place a sizable "Demo Mode' watermark over the middle of the screen which makes the content unusable for anything other than trying it out.
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Suitable for novices and experts alike
Start creating vanilla screencasts. Continue exploring a plethora of presentation and editing features. You won't ever grow out of this "shirt".
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Records your iOS device too
You can plug your iOS device into your Mac, and record the screen through your Mac. You can find details on how to do this here.
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Flash Media Live Encoder
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2
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2
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Free and cross-platform
Flash Media Live Encoder is available as a free download for Windows and Mac devices.
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Very limited source functionality
Flash Media Live Encoder can only have 1 source, has no scene switcher and lacks any functionality for manipulating the source such as rotating, cropping, adjusting color, gamma or volume.
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Simultaneous broadcast
Flash Media Live Encoder allows streaming to multiple services at the same time.
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No game source capture
An external program is required to capture game source.
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Video Formats:
FLV; F4V
Audio Codecs:
MP3; Nelly Moser
Video Codecs:
H264; VP6
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Olive Video Editor
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2
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Scale / move elements directly on viewer
This video editor has the ability to move things in the visual space straight in the viewer panel compared to the others where you need to change some value of x or y to scale or move things in your composition. This might not matter much in many cases but if you have a lot of elements moving or scaling throughout your scene, this is the fastest and a much more intuitive method than having to adjust the scale/position values of individual axes separately. This again is a big reason why I prefer an alpha (a damn good alpha) version of this software than a stable release of Kdenlive.
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Still in alpha / No stable release yet
Not exactly going to be a long term con. The official website clearly states the same, which is why this piece of software should not be used for important projects. Then again it is so damn good that Olive editor is right now my primary editor for most projects. The fact that there is NO stable version of this software does bother a bit as it's ability to handle complex projects is almost unpredictable. But all said and done, it's still not crashed on me even once. Even though an alpha, the best damn alpha release ever.
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Blazing fast preview
GPU preview means a lot and I honestly cannot understand how other video editors do not have this as the default choice. Incredibly fast previews tested even on low end machines. This is the sole deal breaker for me when it comes to editing clips.
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License:
GPL-3.0
Supported platforms:
Windows linux mac
Computer Specifications:
Almost anything
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Snagit
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Includes an image editor
Allows you to adjust the capture, add captions and symbols (arrows, boxes etc).
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Pro version costs about $59.94
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Good markers for setting the capture area
Simple to choose between full-screen, window or a selected area.
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the inbuilt image editor is not user-friendly
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Can easily add annotations
The editor allows you to quickly and easily​ mark and annotate the screen capture.
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Can capture screen video
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Integrates with third party services
Google drive, Twitter, Facebook, email etc.
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Allows for delayed capture
Allows you to arrange the screen as you want it captured. Things like opening a popup menu, to have it part of the capture.
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Can capture editable text
Just about any text on the screen can be editable text. I say "just about" because it's like OCR software in that unusual and extra fancy fonts or text against a low contrast background may be a challenge. But overall it works in most situations.
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Mobile app for easily moving screenshots from smartphone to Snagit's editor
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Platforms:
Windows, Mac
Video Formats:
MP4, GIF
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JustStream
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Mirror MacBook on Apple TV
Many people prefer to use Apple hardware with the company’s own software. This is also the case when they mirror MacBook on Apple TV.
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Supports Screen mirroring Mac to Sony TV
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Chromecast Mac Streaming and Mirroring
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Supports Mirror Mac to Roku Smart TV
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Supports Mirror for Samsung TV
Cables are a thing of the past. Thanks to JustStream, you can mirror Mac to Samsung Smart TV wirelessly and easily.
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Additional External Audio
If a video file has its audio stored in a separate file, don’t fret. JustStream can open them both, and you can even adjust the audio delay.
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Complete Subtitle Support
You can expect JustStream to run any common subtitle file. Better yet, you can add external subtitles to your videos and stream like that.
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Create Streaming Playlists
Collect multiple files into a playlist and keep them running back-to-back without having to switch them manually. Forego all interruptions!
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VideoProc Vlogger
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Easy
Easy to start using it. There are many tutorials on their YouTube channel.
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No watermark
A completely free video editing software that does not have a watermark.
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Lightweight
For a video editor it is lightweight, minimum software requirements: 2GHz Intel or AMD processor minimum of 1GB RAM 600MB of empty hard-disk space
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Platforms:
Windows, Mac
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AirParrot 2
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Multi platform
Works with: Windows, iOS, OSX, Android
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Requires additional software to broadcast outside local network
Mainly designed for local network
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Cheap
Only $14.99.
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Bandicam Screen Recorder
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Recording time limitation
If you use a free version, you can only record 10 minutes per recording.
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Real-time Drawing while recording
You can simultaneously add arrows, boxes, numbers or highlights while recording.
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Free version has watermark
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Screen Recording + Game Recording + Webcam Recording
You can record not only your computer screen but also your gameplay and webcam.
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Webcam overlay while recording
You can simply add webcam video of yourself on the video that you are recording.
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Platforms:
Windows
Video Formats:
MP4, AVI
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Contentflow
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Multistream
You can live stream across multiple platforms. You can distribute your stream(s) simultaneously to several Facebook accounts, Youtube Live, Twitch, and other social media platforms
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It's expensive
1000 dollars per month.
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Subtitles
Subtitles can be created automatically and in an impressive quality.
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Graphic
Unfortunately the graphics cannot be changed during the stream.
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Video file
The video is available immediately after the livestream for download in different resolutions.
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Own player
A video player, which can be integrated into any website, is included. On request also with a chat.
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Cutting
It is possible to cut content from the running stream and export or publish it.
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Teamwork
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Graphics
Graphics, such as a logo, can be displayed
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Pitivi
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GTK based
Being GTK based, it does not require extra dependencies on gnome and other desktop environments using the GTK Toolkit.
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Encoding and decoding is not hardware-accelerated
The feature is planned, but not yet implemented.
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Free and open source
Pitivi uses CreativeCommons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license with source code available on Gnome's source code page.
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No way to modify the speed of a clip
The feature is planned, but not yet implemented.
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Uses Gstreamer instead of ffmpeg
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Lacks proxy editing
The feature is planned, but not yet implemented.
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Davinci Resolve
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Not open source
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Presets for other software
If you like the way that Sony Vegas or Adobe Premiere Pro function, there are built in templates that change the program layout and functionality to match those pieces of software. Even better, you are prompted weather you want to use these on startup so there is no digging through menus to find this feature.
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Not traditionally an editing software
While the built in editor is great, the software is mostly focused on color correction.
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Clean and modern UI
The interface is clean and modern. Providing a nice smooth experience.
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Lacks features
It functions flawlessly as a basic editor, but when you try to get into anything beyond titles, fades, and basic animations, you will likely find the toolset lacking.
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Stellar color correcting
The color correcting tools resolve provides are quite powerful
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It can take a bit of time to get used to
Because it is traditionally a color correcting software, getting to the actual editing toolset is a tiny bit difficult.
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Stable and supported
The software is actively developed on, and is incredibly stable
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Has a free version which is only lacking a few features
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Windows, Linux, Mac
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ivsEdits LE
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Windows only
Although it supports all versions of Windows, Mac and Linux users will have find another video editor, since ivsEdits is not cross platform.
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Free features that competitors lock behind paywalls
ivsEdits is frame accurate and has audio feedback on Timeline scrub. These are basic features that several free competitors miss.
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Limited free version
The free version is limited (compared to the full version) in what formats it can export, as well as supported capture formats and bundled apps. This is to be expected though as the pro version is a professional geared app that costs €800.
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Functionally competitive with other video editors
The layout is impressive, and that impression sticks throughout, especially when it comes to multiple live camera inputs.
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The UI is very easy and intuitive
It is very easy to add effects and transitions.
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A great free option
One of the better free options for editing video.
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Platforms:
Windows
Supported languages:
English, Italian
Import image formats:
BMP, JPG, TGA, PSD, PNG, TIFF
Export video formats:
AVI, MKV, MOV, MPG, WMV
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Lightstream
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Easy to use / quick setup
Go live in under 60 seconds.
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Sound issues
There can be constant crackling noises during Facebook live sessions through Lightstream.
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Browser-based
No downloads necessary, go live from your browser.
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Apps missing
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Remote guests
Add guests to your stream with the click of a link.
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Recommended ~5MB upload
Some may not have internet speeds that are fast enough for Lightstream.
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Live chat support
Help is always there if you need it.
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No longer FREE
Lightstream offers a 1-week free trial only.
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Black screen
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Camtasia
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5
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2
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$200 price tag
If you're not recording your screen on a regular basis, one of the free options might be a better choice.
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Built-in Video Editor to Edit video after recording
Multiple media layers Cut, join, insert freeze frame, change volume Annotate with shapes and images
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Quite complex for novice users
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Can record audio
Record audio from the room (via microphone) or from your device. Add sound later if you want. Or not at all.
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Tutorial instruction is plentiful
There are hundreds of tutorial lessons among the TechSmith, YouTube, and Udemy sites. The presentations are clear and small enough to assimilate quickly and easily.
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Quick start with incremental ramp-up
Although the initial workspace screen may look daunting, with just a little instruction it's quite easy to navigate. More advanced features can be brought in as needed.
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Easy to learn and use
Show somebody something real quick or create a commercial grade production with a little practice.
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Platforms:
Windows, Mac
Video Formats:
MP4, MPEG, MOV, TREC
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Blender
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Free and open source
Blender is licensed under the GPL. Some Blender modules such as the Cycles rendering engine are licensed under the Apache 2.0 license.
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Too many possibilities, no unified workflow
The operations are not optimized enough for specific tasks.
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Wide import and export format support
Support lots of modern 3D formats including DAE and FBX - ideal for game developers.
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The physics engine is a bit lagging behind, especially the destruction physics
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Has a powerful rendering engine
Blender runs the Cycles path tracing engine under the hood. Cycles is a very powerful rendering engine capable of full path tracing (light fall off, caustics, volumetrics). It is mostly compatible with OpenCL and CUDA rendering, and is implementing mycropolygon displacement features. The upcoming release has a viewport engine called EEVEE whereby you can see and interact with your work in render mode in real time!
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Difficult learning curve
Blender has a history of being unintuitive, but the 2.8 overhaul made the program far easier for beginners to pick up, and changes continue to be made to further improve the experience. However, there is still a learning curve.
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Python extensibility
Blender embeds Python 3, which can be used to write add-ons, tools, extend the interface, rig characters and automate tasks.
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Not good for Industrial Design because it uses average vertex normals
You can not create a hard surface with a radius continuity degree along a surface using a specific radius value.
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Powerful animation suite
Blender provides a full rigging system, and automates animation by interpolating between keyframe positions.
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Vertex normal issues on edges after boolean operations.
After creating a simple boolean operation the vertex normals are broken. A lot of work to fix the issue and you loos surface continuity.
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Supports both low-poly and hi-poly modeling
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Bad vertex normal after boolean operations
Does not handle well polygon intersections. And need tweaking by hand points or adding average vertex normals via modifiers.
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Regular release schedule
Releases are made every ~3 months.
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Does not handle NURBs
Is not capable of real hard surface for industrial design because is not able to reproduce surface continuity degree as a NURBs does and average vertex normal destroy surface radius.
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Sculpting and 3D painting features
Although Blender's 3d painting and sculpting tools (mostly painting) are not at par with specialized software like Substance Painter, ZBrush, or Mari, it is more than capable of getting most jobs done if the user takes the time to learn and understand it.
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Poor particle system
The Blender particle system can at times be a little limiting and finicky (and buggy) to get working. Even if it can get most straight forward jobs done, it is far from the most advanced system, and could benefit largely from advancements.
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Includes video editing & compositing tools
Blender's node-based compositor has comprehensive video sequencing and post-processing features.
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Node based modeling support
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Keyboard shortcuts
Good keyboard shortcuts for everything. Keep your left hand on the keyboard and your right hand on the mouse.
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Very useful for a freelancer
It offers a round solution (it covers many areas and professional fields) for a freelancer, for free, constantly updated, very polished, and allowing high quality results that clients do require. After some learning, it becomes very useful for professional work.
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Has a large community
There's a huge community to help you get started immediately.
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Coherent and streamlined workflow / internal use logic
The trick with Blender is to get used to its usage philosophy, as it keeps consistent through all the application. Once you get it, every feature or addition is learnt naturally, almost effortlessly.
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Very versatile
You don't have to switch between software when you want to do different things. Because modeling, sculpting, composting, video editing etc can all be done in blender.
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Generative geometry using nodes
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac, FreeBSD
Technology:
C, Python
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Yes
2D:
Yes (as of 2.8)
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KDENlive
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Open Source
Kdenlive is licensed under GPLv2, and built on top of other open source projects like FFmpeg.
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It's laggy and freezes, with some chance of crashing
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Works great as an audio editor
Audio is edited in the same way as video, which makes it one of the best audio editors.
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Timeline cursor is not working
Timeline cursor is not working well on Kubuntu, very difficult to use it. You have to switch all the time between project monitor and clip monitor to get it work.
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Surpisingly complete
Although this editor is not up with the top of the professional pack of editors, it certainly packs a powerful punch, and should provide enough features for amateur montages, ranging from alpha manipulation, to multiple audio and video live track editing.
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Dose not work well in Windows
They do not support windows well like other distribution. You will face a lot of problems.
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Its great for learn the basics of video-editing
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No hardware acceleration
If you don't have a CPU that's good for video encoding, the render time can be quite bad.
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Subtitles included
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Does not have good distribution channel
You have to go to their website to get newest version, does not auto update via package manager.
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Doesn't support multi frame-rate video editing
When you choose the mixed frame rate option, your video with 60 fps will be broken (slow down and trimmed). (This con might be just misunderstanding of how to do video editing and production from the user who typed in).
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