VideoPad Video Editor
{{Short description|Video editing application}}
{{Infobox software
| name = VideoPad Video Editor
| developer = NCH Software
| logo = VideoPad_Video_Editor_Icon.png
| logo size = 48px
| screenshot = VideoPad_7.05_Screenshot.png
| screenshot size = 300px
| caption = Screenshot of VideoPad Free 7.04 running on Windows 10, with a test project loaded.
| released = {{Start date and age|2008|12|16|df=yes}}
| latest release version = (Windows)17.14
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2025|04|23}}{{cite web|title=VideoPad Video Editor Versions - NCH Software|url=https://www.nchsoftware.com/videopad/versions.html}}
| programming language = C++
| operating system = Windows 7 and later
Mac OS X 10.5 and later
Android 6.0 and later
iOS 12.0 and later
| genre = Video editing software
| license = Freeware (with optional paid options)
| size = 2.59 MB
| language count = 8
| language = English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Italian, Korean, Russian
| website = {{URL|https://www.nchsoftware.com/videopad}}
}}
VideoPad Video Editor (or simply VideoPad) is a video editing application developed by NCH Software. It is complemented by the VirtualDub plug-ins that work with the software.{{Cite web
| title = VideoPad virtual dub plug-in support
| url = https://www.nchsoftware.com/videopad/free-plugins.html
}}{{cite news |last=Chadwick |first=Danny |date=2014-03-11 |title=VideoPad Master's Edition |url=https://video-editing-software-review.toptenreviews.com/videopad-review.html |publisher=Top Ten Reviews (Purch) |access-date=2014-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140922090615/http://video-editing-software-review.toptenreviews.com/videopad-review.html |archive-date=2014-09-22 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Muchmore |first=Michael |date=2012-03-30 |title=VideoPad Video Editor |url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2402428,00.asp |newspaper=PC Magazine |access-date=2014-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140930082052/http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2402428,00.asp |archive-date=2014-09-30 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Eldridge |first=Andrea |date=2012-07-29 |title=Nerds on Computers: Editing software brings out the awesome, skips the boredom |url=https://www.redding.com/business/nerds-on-computers-editing-software-brings-out |newspaper=Redding Record Searchlight |access-date=2014-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140922091745/http://www.redding.com/business/nerds-on-computers-editing-software-brings-out |archive-date=2014-09-22 |url-status=live }} VideoPad integrates WavePad, a sound-editing program;{{cite news|last=Fernandez|first=Edgardo|date=2014-07-25|title=NCH Software: Los mejores desarrolladores de herramientas|url=https://www.neoteo.com/los-mejores-desarrolladores-de-herramientas/|trans-title=NCH Software: The Best of Developer Tools|publisher=NeoTeo (ABC)|access-date=2014-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140930073313/http://www.neoteo.com/los-mejores-desarrolladores-de-herramientas/|archive-date=2014-09-30|url-status=live}} MixPad, a sound-mixing program;{{cite news |last=May |first=Scott |date=2011-06-28 |title=NCH Software offers fantastic, affordable apps |url=https://www.columbiatribune.com/business/pc_info/nch-software-offers-fantastic-affordable-apps/article_4209599e-dde1-5817-9e3a-d71130004eb2.html |newspaper=Columbia Daily Tribune |access-date=2014-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911162451/http://www.columbiatribune.com/business/pc_info/nch-software-offers-fantastic-affordable-apps/article_4209599e-dde1-5817-9e3a-d71130004eb2.html |archive-date=2017-09-11 |url-status=live }} and PhotoPad, an image editor.{{cite book |last=Lewell |first=John |date=2011 |title=Digital Photography for Next to Nothing: Free and Low Cost Hardware and Software to Help You Shoot Like a Pro |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IY2Yq_SHTEkC&pg=PA200 |location=Hoboken |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |pages=200–201 |isbn=978-0-470-97058-4 }}
Features
VideoPad supports frequently used file formats{{cite news |last=Anwar |first=Javed |date=2013-06-09 |title=How to be a video star |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/it-services/How-to-be-a-video-star/articleshow/20501487.cms |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=2014-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028002619/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/it-services/How-to-be-a-video-star/articleshow/20501487.cms |archive-date=2014-10-28 |url-status=live }} including Audio Video Interleave (AVI), Windows Media Video (WMV), 3GP, and DivX.{{cite news |title=NCH Software adds playback speed variation feature |url=http://iw.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_theme=aggdocs&p_topdoc=1&p_queryname=1308BA57101F1EF8&p_docnum=1&p_sort=YMD_date:D&p_product=AWNB&p_docid=1308BA57101F1EF8&p_text_direct-0=document_id=(%201308BA57101F1EF8%20)&p_nbid=G5ER51HHMTQxM |publisher=Datamonitor |access-date=2014-09-22 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240527034143/https://www.webcitation.org/6Sm5AzqNL?url=http://iw.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb%3Fp_action=doc&p_theme=aggdocs&p_topdoc=1&p_queryname=1308BA57101F1EF8&p_docnum=1&p_sort=YMD_date:D&p_product=AWNB&p_docid=1308BA57101F1EF8&p_text_direct-0=document_id=(%201308BA57101F1EF8%20)&p_nbid=G5ER51HHMTQxM |archive-date=2024-05-27 |url-status=live }} It supports direct video uploads to YouTube, Flickr, and Facebook.
VideoPad uses two screens: the first for a preliminary review of chosen video and audio snippets and the second to review the entire track. The application supports several video effects, including those involving light, color, transitions, and text.{{cite news |date=2014-05-05 |title=VideoPad Video Editor |url=https://videopad-video-editor.en.softonic.com/ |publisher=Softonic.com |access-date=2014-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140922091302/http://videopad-video-editor.en.softonic.com/ |archive-date=2014-09-22 |url-status=live }}
VideoPad is presumably trialware. The free edition is feature-limited, in particular only AVI and WMV export is supported, while the non-free version has more advanced features.{{cite news |last=Powell |first=Nigel |date=2012-11-18 |title=Don't Panic – Your tech problems solved |url=http://iw.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_theme=aggdocs&p_topdoc=1&p_queryname=142A4936BA23CA00&p_docnum=1&p_sort=YMD_date:D&p_product=AWNB&p_docid=142A4936BA23CA00&p_text_direct-0=document_id=(%20142A4936BA23CA00%20)&p_nbid=V66X59DPMTQxM |newspaper=The Sunday Times |access-date=2014-09-22 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240527034345/https://www.webcitation.org/6Sm5rELTp?url=http://iw.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb%3Fp_action=doc&p_theme=aggdocs&p_topdoc=1&p_queryname=142A4936BA23CA00&p_docnum=1&p_sort=YMD_date:D&p_product=AWNB&p_docid=142A4936BA23CA00&p_text_direct-0=document_id=(%20142A4936BA23CA00%20)&p_nbid=V66X59DPMTQxM |archive-date=2024-05-27 |url-status=live }} VideoPad Master Edition supports plugins while the free version does not. The non-free edition does not limit simultaneous video tracks, but the free one allows at most two concurrent tracks and limits export file type options after the trial period expires. VideoPad is also available on Steam.{{cite web |title=VideoPad Video Editor on Steam |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/554820/VideoPad_Video_Editor/ |website=store.steampowered.com |language=en}}
Reception
VideoPad has received generally favorable reviews from CNET and TopTenReviews, but has been noted to be vulnerable to rendering issues.{{cite news |publisher=CNET |date=2011-03-14 |title=VideoPad 5 Star Editors' Review |url=https://download.cnet.com/VideoPad-Video-Editor/3000-13631_4-10906278.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028003223/http://download.cnet.com/VideoPad-Masters-Edition/3000-13631_4-10906278.html |archive-date=2014-10-28 |access-date=2011-05-05 |url-status=live }}
Redding Record Searchlight columnist Andrea Eldridge wrote in 2012 that the "easy-to-use VideoPad brings advanced features to the beginner". She said that VideoPad has a voice-over feature Windows Movie Maker did not have. The feature allows users to either record their own narration or upload existing recordings. Softonic.com said VideoPad was "simple" and "easy to use" but noted that "more advanced users will definitely find it too basic" and lamented that the program had "only three [transitions]". Danny Chadwick of Top Ten Reviews rated VideoPad a 6.15/10. He said the application was "great for beginners" but that it lacked "many of the transitions or extras that are standard in similar applications". Maximum PC contributor Ben Kim stated in 2014 that "VideoPad is easily the best free video editor available." Kim wrote that VideoPad is "a stellar editor that manages to pack an almost obscene number of features into a surprisingly digestible package".{{cite news |last=Kim |first=Ben |date=2014-08-25 |title=Best Free Video Editor Roundup |url=http://www.maximumpc.com/best_free_video_editor_roundup_2014?page=0,1 |newspaper=Maximum PC |access-date=2014-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028001506/http://www.maximumpc.com/best_free_video_editor_roundup_2014?page=0,1 |archive-date=2014-10-28 |url-status=live }}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.nchsoftware.com/videopad/index.html VideoPad Video Editor Official Site]
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