Survey of Open Source Multimedia Processing Software

 Open source software is any kind of program where the developer behind it chooses to release the source code for free. Whenever software has an open source license, it means anyone in the world can download, modify and distribute it without paying fees to its original creator.

 Since the open source movement took off as a software development philosophy at the end of the 1990s, it’s changed the world. Estimates even suggest that a mind-blowing 96% of all web servers globally are running on some form of open source Linux operating system, for example.

 It’s important to remember that open source doesn’t just mean “free”. Lots of companies release their software for free but maintain full copyright ownership of their code, so other developers aren’t able to modify it. By contrast, successful open source initiatives are built on the hard work of potentially thousands of collaborators who have voluntarily given up their time to create something awesome.

 Such an accessible development system has some serious advantages. Open source software is often more secure because people from around the world scrutinize new releases and bugs get reported and addressed fast. Also, people are motivated to add cool new features to open source platforms which means open source software is often just as good, if not better, than competing pay-to-use programs.

 List of open source free software for image processing:-

1) Darktable – Digital image workflow management, including RAW photo processing.

2) digikam – Integrated photography toolkit including editing capabilities.

3) GIMP – Raster graphics editor aimed at image retouching/editing.

4) Inkscape – Vector graphics editor.

5) Karbon – Scalable vector drawing application in KDE.

 Brief information about GIMP open source software

GIMP is a free and open-source raster graphics editor used for image manipulation and image editing, free-form drawing, transcoding between different image file formats, and more specialized tasks. GIMP is released under GPLv3+ license and is available for Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows.

 Stable release: 2.10.24 (29 March 2021; 12 days ago)

 Preview release: 2.99.4 (25 December 2020; 3 months ago)

 Initial release date: 15 February 1996

 Operating system: Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows

 Developer: Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis

 Programming languages: C, GTK

 List of open source free software for image processing:-

1) Audacity. It is a free, open-source and also a cross platform application for audio recording and editing.....

2) Cecilia......

3) Mixxx....

4) Ardour.....

5) Hydrogen Drum Machine....

6) Guitarix....

7) Rosegarden....

8) Qtractor.

 Brief information about Audacity open source software

Audacity is a free and open-source digital audio editor and recording application software, available for Windows, macOS, Linux, and other Unix-like operating systems.

 Size: 65.2 MB: Windows; 85.5 MB: Mac Os; includes downloaded Manual

 Developer(s): The Audacity Team

 Stable release: 3.0.0 (March 17, 2021; 28 days ago)

 Initial release: May 28, 2000; 20 years ago

 Operating system: Windows, macOS, Linux, other Unix-like systems

 Platforms: x86-32 (32 bit Intel x86), x86-64, PowerPC

 List of open source free software for Video processing:-

1) KDEnlive: KDE Non-Linear Video Editor. (Source: KDEnlive) with some updated build scripts, the new version of KDEnlive 18.08....

2) Pitivi. (Source: Pitivi) ...

3) Virtualdub. (Source: Virtualdub)....

4) Avidemux. (Source: Avidemux)...

5) OpenShot Video Editor. (Source: OpenShot)...

6) ShotCut Video Editor. (Source: ShotCut)....

7) Blender.

 Brief information about Open Shot Video Editor

OpenShot Video Editor is a free and open-source video editor for Linux, macOS, and Windows. The project was started in August 2008 by Jonathan Thomas, with the objective of providing a stable, free, and friendly to use video editor.

 OpenShot is written in Python, PyQt5, C++ and offers a Python API.

 Stable release: 2.5.1 / March 3, 2020; 13 months ago

 License: GNU General Public License, version 3 or later

 Initial release: August 2008; 12 years ago

 Operating system: Linux, macOS, Windows

 Available in: 70 languages

 Programming languages: Python, C++, PyQt