From first cut
to final frame

Picture, sound and colour live in the same room. The free editor is already finished. No account, no card, and no trial clock.

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The craft

One room for the whole finish

An image with intent

Match shots, apply looks, isolate regions. Grading sits inside the edit so the picture is decided in the same room as the cut.

From first session to delivery

Stay out of the way until the work needs more

Night Sterling is more than a timeline. It is a complete environment for turning footage into a finished piece. Simple when you want a clean cut. Precise when the project demands frame-accurate control, a considered grade, or a finished mix.

Focus on the story. The rest of the suite is already here.

Editions

The same house. Three depths of room.

The suite

Edit with the whole finish in mind

Dynamic picture and sound, considered colour, practical effects and a clear path to the audience. The missing ingredient is your cut.

Timeline

Drop mixed sizes, rates and codecs. Background processing keeps renders off the cut. Precision tools wait until you need them.

Sound

Trim, layer and mix without a second application. Dialogue, music and effects sit under the picture instead of competing with it.

Effects

Titles, lower thirds and transitions that respect pacing. Composites stay on the same timeline as the edit.

Colour

Balance, match, LUT and isolate. Correction and grade share one workspace — approachable on day one, exact at delivery.

Delivery

Presets for web, social and broadcast. Direct platform upload and cloud hand-off when the shortest path is the right one.

Captions, voice and a transcript you can cut

Auto subtitles, voiceover, translation, silence removal and background isolation. They live on the timeline, next to the grade.

Vertical

TikTok, Reels and Shorts, framed for the phone

Native 9:16, 1:1 and 4:5 timelines, safe zones, templates and auto reframe. Free exports at 1080p.

In this release

Quiet upgrades, felt on every timeline

Custom workspaces
Compose layouts that match the way you cut, grade or mix — then return to them in a click.
HDR colour
Work the full range of the image. Highlights hold, shadows stay dense, the grade travels.
Video masks
Isolate, blend and refine with masks built for finishing, not for novelty.
Audio suite
Cleaner controls and better processing so dialogue, music and effects sit correctly.
Effects refinements
A faster path from a simple adjustment to a layered composite, still in the same room.
A quieter interface
Tools are easier to find. The chrome recedes so the picture can occupy the frame.

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Free, Creator and Pro

Every edition is a real editor. Capability is added as the work grows — never as a lock on the basics.

Capability	Free	Creator	Pro
1080p export	●	●	●
Auto captions & transcript edit	●	●	●
AI voiceover	●	●	●
Vertical, square and 4:5 timelines	●	●	●
TikTok, Reels and Shorts presets	●	●	●
Auto reframe	●	●	●
HDR workflows	●	●	●
Cloud import	●	●	●
4K timeline & export	–	●	●
Translate, dub & voice match	–	●	●
Multi-format adapt from one master	–	●	●
Motion graphics	–	●	●
Quick LUTs	–	●	●
Advanced effects pack	–	–	●
Script to first assembly	–	–	●
8K & cinema codecs	–	–	●
Scopes & 10-bit	–	–	●
Native audio FX / DAW	–	–	●
R3D & custom formats	–	–	●