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+# Cuticle
+
+Cuticle is a video compositor /w live support.
+
+Features:
+
+* WebM decoding (VP8, VP9 video; Opus audio)
+* WebM encoding (VP8, VP9 video; Opus audio)
+* 16-bit linear RGB processing
+* Powerful editing capability brought by node graphs
+* Node keyframing
+
+Development-wise, the software currently needs a large amount of refactoring, but it's mostly capable for basic recording.