Resources for Video/Image Editing

Whatever your production you'll no doubt need some images or have to edit some video to finish off your production before publishing it. Here we have a collection of software, resources and other tools that help with all the jobs around video and image editing.

Software and Tools

NameDescription
VirtualDubVirtualDub is a basic video encoding tool - it will let you trim off some of the fat videos get, and get rid of some of those little mistakes that happen. You can save out to various file formats, and it's great for lowering the memory size of your Muvizu videos! It's not a video editor per say, but it's definitely something you'll find useful to have.
Windows (Live) Movie MakerThis is a handy tool for trimming the fat from as well as adding effects and transitions to you videos post-Muvizu. It's easy to use, even for beginners. Unfortunately, you can only save out in .WMV format, but that doesn't stop your video from being HD.
GIMPGNU Image Manipulation Program is for anyone who needs to make those slight retouches and edits to your imported texture files! GIMP has a ton of useful features, and with a bit of practice, is easy to use and understand. And best of all? It's free!
Lightworks EditorA free video editor that is ideally suited to editing and uploading to YouTube.
Jashaka Video EditorJahshaka is a video and film compositing, editing and special fx system that uses OpenGL & OpenML hardware rendering to give operators real time interactivity. The system is cross platform, and also includes full CG, paint and image processing modules.
AVIDemux Video EditorAvidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks.
YouTube Video EditorYouTubes own video editor, just login to your account, upload your video and edit it directly on YouTube
AVI EditorIt is a great tool to work with .AVI files. Regardless of small executable size, this avi editor offers you unlimited power of digital video processing.
Any-Video-ConverterAny video converter lets you convert any video from any format to any format. Simple.
AVI Synth Special EffectsScript based video special effects tool. This requires an additional video editor to work smoothly.
Wax Video EditorWax is a high performance and flexible video compositing and special effects software. The idea for Wax is to be very general purpose and flexible in video compositing and effects, so that you can compose your dream video sequence with ease everytime.
Find-A-ColourFind the right colours for all your scenes and videos.
Resources and Public Domain / Royalty free / Copyright free Libraries

NameDescription
Squidfingers patternsSquidfingers patterns is a collection of tileable patterns that are free to use.
WikiCommonsWikiCommons is a great resource for public domain stock images.
CGTexturesCGTextures provides free to use textures for use in games, or animations.
istockphotoistockphoto is a free stock photos library
Alaska State LibraryAlaska State Library has a great select of videos, images and sounds from the great state of Alaska
DotgovwatchA large selection of Government and political videos that are copyright free.
Open-VideoA collection of free to use stock videos.
Public Domain Comedy VideosA collection of funny public domain videos. Add some laughter to your animation!