Don't hide complexity behind mystery
If an effect exists, you should be able to understand it and change it. A preset is a stack of ordinary effects and keyframes, and nothing is baked in where you can’t reach it.
About
Built by an editor
For editors
LiteSplice exists to bridge the gap between powerful editing and intuitive design.
I edit every day. One of my channels is PUBG Mobile: short-form gaming edits, fast and formulaic, published daily. The other is movie edits: many layers, stacked audio, effects, keyframes, a lot of time in the graph editor.
For years I did both in CapCut, and I knew it thoroughly. It's quick and easy to live in, until the edit needs something it won't do, and then the answer is a workaround or nothing at all. I tried After Effects for the harder work. The power was there, but the workflow made every step feel heavier than it needed to, and I kept going back.
I was stuck between simple and powerful, and neither side had a reason to meet in the middle. So instead of accepting the limitation, I started building the editor I wanted to use.
The goal was never to copy either one. It was to take the best of both worlds: an editor that's easy to pick up, with the power and control to grow with you.
Design philosophy
Five rules the editor is built on
- 01Simple by default
The first things you reach for are right there, where you expect them.
- 02Powerful when you need it
Keyframes, curves, nesting and compositing, one step deeper and never in the way.
- 03Transparent when it matters
Every result can be opened up and traced back to what made it.
- 04Local when possible
Your footage and your AI tools stay on your computer.
- 05Built around the editor
Decisions come from real edits, not from a feature checklist.
Product philosophy
What LiteSplice refuses to do
Don't limit animation unnecessarily
If a parameter matters, it should be possible to animate it. So every parameter can be keyframed, and every keyframe has a curve.
Don't force users into cloud processing
Local AI keeps footage on your computer. The models ship with the app, which is why the installer is large; the captions model downloads once, the first time you use it.
Don't make powerful tools intimidating
Advanced capability should be discoverable a step at a time, there when you look for it and quiet when you don’t.
Don't accept arbitrary limitations
If editors need something, the product should have room to grow into it.
What's next
LiteSplice keeps growing
New effects, new presets and continued performance work keep landing in the free editor, on Windows and on Apple Silicon Macs. And further out, there's a bigger idea.
Free now · Studio later
A complete editor today
Room to go further
LiteSplice is already a complete editor. Studio is for people who eventually want to go further.
LiteSplice
FreeAvailable now
The current editor, with everything described on this site.
- No account
- No trial
- No watermark
- Keeps getting new features
LiteSplice Studio
Future paid editionIn the future · no date
For substantially more advanced professional work, built around a full 3D workspace. Directions being explored:
- Full 3D workspace with a 3D camera
- 3D camera tracking, to attach text and graphics into real footage
- Advanced AI enhancement and upscaling
Today's LiteSplice features stay in LiteSplice. Nothing is being moved behind a paywall.
Community
Build LiteSplice with us
The Discord is where LiteSplice gets talked about, broken, and made better.
- Discuss LiteSplice
- Report bugs
- Request features
- Give feedback
- Testing information, when there is some
- Meet other editors
Powerful when you need it
Simple when you don't
Free for Windows and Apple Silicon Macs.
Download LiteSpliceFreeNo accountNo watermark