In Kdenlive, a separate window will pop up for you to input text and titles, which has a blank background so it's harder to gauge where the text will appear on screen relative to other parts of your picture. Also, animating text in VSDC is very simple as it shows the text directly on the image (instead of in a separate window) so you can drag it to precise locations that you want it, and animate movements also with a direct view of what else is on the screen. Kdenlive has a more professional setup but it is not easy for people who are not trained in doing colour correction. That being said, VSDC makes colour correction easier for a non-technical user because they have convenient preset options. VSDC where all new media goes straight into the timeline and you need to manipulate it there. Also, in VSDC you have to pay for the audio waveform although the cost of Pro is really cheap ($20/year and they have links where you can get a lifetime licence for under $40).Īlso, Kdenlive has a more user-friendly way of dealing with all your media as it has a clip monitor screen where you can preview and cut each of your media before adding it to your timeline, vs.

VSDC buries its audio volume control as a property of each audio object, so you can mix volume equally capably but need to go into your tracks one by one and play with them. I appreciated having the audio mixer panel which shows all your audio tracks side by side allowing you to adjust and check the volumes against each other. Kdenlive's workflow mimics more closely the pro level video editing software and gives you a prettier interface. Kdenlive has proxy clips, unlike VSDC, so that might speed things up a little. I chose these two options because they take up the least disk space and hardware resources (since my computer specs are respectable but not ideal for video editing). I am currently trying out both Kdenlive and VSDC side by side as a novice aiming to produce simple instructional videos, and they have different pros and cons. It's free and open source, just like Shotcut.

If your system cannot support that, Kdenlive is one other alternative to Shotcut that you can try. In general you need at least an i7 CPU, and 16 GB of RAM, as well as a good graphics card.

While I appreciate the raw capability of DaVinci Resolve, you do need the hardware to support it (configuration guide is below but is for one version prior to the current one).

Vsdc vs shotcut