Wax is a software that lets you create and add special effects for video files.

The user interface of the program is standard. Navigating through it can be a little confusing at first. You can get started by importing media files into the project and placing them on the timeline.

Plus, you can move around the timeline and use general editing tools, such as  delete, move, crop and insert.

Additionally, you can use plugins to add effects to your media, like transition presets.

So, you can generate texture, apply quick 3D and "RotoMate", stretch pixels, warp, shatter image and add a chroma key.

But you can also position, rotate and scale an object in 3D space, map the video on 3D objects, create a light that shines on 3D objects, add 3D text, use particles to simulate fire, water, smoke, and others, load 3D models and objects from external files, and more.

Transition presets include 3D models, balls and cylinders, bars, circles, crossing, cubes, fade in and out, fold, liquid, panes, replace, rolling balls, shatter, slide, spherize, spin, split, and others.

Furthermore, you can add various plugin presets, such as colors, flashing windows, noise, molecules frames, shapes, colored screen, split screen, video walls, windows etc, as well as DirectX plugins and transitions.

Wax also lets you use a preview window, the "Undo" and "Redo" buttons and AviSynth scripts, as well as render quality by using hardware acceleration, save projects, include and exclude third-party plugins, and more.

The program uses a moderate-to-high amount of system resources, includes a comprehensive user documentation and didn't freeze or crash during our tests. On the other hand, you have to separately install third-party software in order for Wax to fully function.

First-time users would probably feel more comfortable with a program that has a more intuitive interface. Since Wax comes with advanced video editing settings, we mainly recommend it to power users.