Avidemux is a powerful application that allows you to perform basic editing operations on video files. You can easily use it to edit your family movies, to join two or more clips or to cut out a part of the video file.

You can use the program to open AVI and VOB files and to convert them into other formats using the available encoders. The program includes about 20 encoders and allows you to configure the output settings for each of them in order to optimize the video quality and the file size.

The basic operations such as cropping a part of the video file or copying a segment can be performed in just a few clicks. You just need to select the part of the video file and use the Cut and Copy commands.

One of the most powerful features of the program are the filters. The program includes over sixty filters that allow you to perform advanced editing operations. The Transformation filters enable you to change the image size or to crop a part of the image. If you are editing a VOB file you might want to get rid of the black lines from the top and the bottom of the image.

The Colors and Noise filters allow you to change the image quality by enhancing the colors and removing the noise. These can be really useful when you want to improve the quality of homemade videos that often have poor lighting conditions. The user can build a set of filters, configure their settings and save them to a list that can be loaded later in order to apply the same filters to another movie.

The application includes a few preset configurations that allow you to quickly convert a movie to a CD, DVD, PSP or iPod format. You just have to select a preset and save the video file. If you need to convert a movie and fit the output file onto a CD or DVD you can use the built-in calculator to estimate the optimal bitrate.

Overall the application is easy to use and provides a nice combination of basic and advanced features that can satisfy every computer user.