Editing Non-linear editing (section)

== Editor brands ==

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The leading professional non-linear editing software for many years has been [[Avid Media Composer]]. This software is likely to be present<ref>{{Cite web |title=Avid Media Composer commands 4.57% market share in Audio & Video Editing |url=https://enlyft.com/tech/products/avid-media-composer |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=enlyft.com |language=en}}</ref> in almost all post-production houses globally, and it is used for feature films,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-03-05 |title=Workflow Breakdown of Every Best Picture and Best Editing 2018 Oscars Nominee |url=https://blog.frame.io/2018/03/05/oscar-2018-workflows/ |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=Frame.io Insider |language=en-US}}</ref> television programs, advertising and corporate editing.  In 2011, reports indicated, "Avid is still the most-used NLE on prime-time TV productions, being employed on up to 90 percent of evening broadcast shows."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Broadcast Engineering: Nonlinear editors |date=20 September 2011 |url=https://videoguys.com/blogs/news-and-sales/broadcast-engineering-nonlinear-editors}}</ref>

Since then the rise in semi-professional and domestic users of editing software has seen a large rise in other titles becoming very popular in these areas. Other significant software used by many editors is Adobe Premiere Pro (part of [[Adobe Creative Cloud]]), [[Final Cut Pro|Apple Final Cut Pro X]], [[DaVinci Resolve]] and [[Lightworks]]. The take-up of these software titles is to an extent dictated by cost and subscription licence arrangements, as well as the rise in mobile apps and free software. {{As of|January 2019}}, Davinci Resolve has risen in popularity within professional users and others alike - it had a user base of more than 2 million using the free version alone.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/small-business/the-aussie-tech-company-behind-the-oscar-nominees-20190124-p50tg1.html|title=The Aussie tech company behind the Oscar nominees|last=Waters|first=Cara|date=2019-01-27|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=2019-09-21}}</ref> This is a comparable user base to Apple's [[Final Cut Pro X]], which also had 2 million users {{as of|April 2017|lc=on}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsshooter.com/2018/06/21/the-seven-year-itch-fcpx-zero-to-hero/|title=The Seven Year Itch – FCP X, Zero to Hero?|date=2018-06-20|website=Newsshooter|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-21}}</ref>

Some notable NLEs are:
*[[Adobe Premiere Pro]]<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/>
*[[Avid Media Composer]]<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://pta.netflixstudios.com/participating-products|title=Post Technology Alliance|website=pta.netflixstudios.com}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/big-3-nles-place-todays-film-industry/|title=The Big 3 NLEs And Their Place in Today's Film Industry|first=Noam|last=Kroll|date=November 7, 2014|website=The Beat: A Blog by PremiumBeat}}</ref>
*[[DaVinci Resolve]]<ref name="auto" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.broadfield.com/adobe-avid-blackmagic-design-the-big-3-nles-at-nab-2019/|title=Adobe, Avid, Blackmagic Design: The Big 3 NLEs at NAB 2019}}</ref>
*[[Final Cut Pro X]] and its predecessor, [[Final Cut Pro#History|Final Cut Pro 7]].<ref name="auto1"/>
*[[Lightworks]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=updated |first=Cat Ellis last |date=2018-04-09 |title=Lightworks review |url=https://www.techradar.com/uk/reviews/lightworks |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=TechRadar |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Shotcut]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://shotcut.org/ |title=Shortcut |access-date=2022-08-17}}</ref>
*[[Vegas Pro]]