Oak Video Editor is based on Olive, aiming to deliver a more complete and user-friendly editing experience.
- Premiere-like keyboard shortcut experience
- OpenFX plugin support — the plugin system used by DaVinci Resolve
- End-to-end color management support
- 10-bit display output
- OCIO LUT support
- Proxy editing workflow
- Timeline interchange with DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro, and Final Cut Pro via OpenTimelineIO and Final Cut Pro XML
See the Build Guide.
| Version | Theme | Core Deliverables |
|---|---|---|
| 0.5 (current) | Rust Rewrite | Oak rewritten in Rust |
| 0.6 | Color, Audio & Performance | AI video editing, scopes (waveform/vectorscope/histogram), three-way color wheel panel, multicam editing support, BWF timecode sync, audio meters (LUFS/VU), batch render queue |
| 0.7 | Animation, Tracking & Collaboration | Bézier keyframe curve editor, basic point tracking, image stabilizer |
| 0.8 | Stability Milestone | Project file format freeze (backward compatibility promise) — the "feature freeze" testing period before 1.0 |
| 1.0 | Production Ready | Complete documentation, installers, known issues list, community support channels — declared "ready for serious projects" |