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Lightworks, an Academy and Emmy award winning professional-grade editor with over 20 years of history in the film and broadcast industry. Having cut hundreds of films such as Pulp Fiction, The Departed, Centurion and Shutter Island, it includes a full feature set of editorial tools -- from advanced trimming and media management, to stereoscopic support and realtime effects including multiple secondary colour correctors. Lightworks has an advanced effects pipeline, utilizing the power of your GPU. And with support for up to 2K workflows with realtime effects, it is the most advanced editing application available. Lightworks Pro costs $60/year, more features, see version comparison.
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Latest version: 11.0.3 (October 18, 2012) Download sites: Visit developer's site Sponsored software: Supported operating systems: Windows
More information and other downloads: You must register(free) to download it from Lightworks. We have no permission to host any mirror. Sections/Browse similar tools: Video Editors (Advanced/NLE) |
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Fixes and Features in 11.0.3 View full changelog Fixed imports failing from SAN disks that appear as local disks Fixed crash rendering an SD Boris effect as HD Fixed import of PCM audio on 60fps MTS samples Fixed crash playing back an HD YUYV AVI rendered/exported by Lightworks Fixed poor playback of AVCIntra files Fixed performance issue on playback using shared projects (introduced in 11.0.2) Fixed system memory not being read correctly on some systems (primarily bootcamped Macs) Add ability to automatically restart the Sentinel License Manager Service when starting Lightworks, if the service is stopped Fixed undo function not working correctly Fixed dissolves showing unusual black rectangle on viewer Fixed display of frame rate and format of XDCAM EX material on import panel Improve memory handling for .MTS and .M2TS files to prevent crashing with large numbers of files open Fixed reading of malformed Blackmagic DNxHD MXF file Fixed potential crash reading .MXF audio on import All features / Full description: Editing
* Resolution, format and codec independent timeline * Edit at 23.976, true 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50, or 60 fps * Advanced Multicam editing with unlimited sources * Source/Record three-point editing * Insert and Overwrite editing * Replace, fit to fill, backfill * Drag-and-drop replace editing * Extend and Split edits * A/V Sync indicators on timeline * Single-click re-sync of whole timeline * Multi-colored markers for edits and clips * Matchframe for clips and subclips Trimming * Ripple * Roll * Slip and Slide * Remove and Delete * Asymmetric, multitrack trimming * Dynamic trimming during playback * JKL trimming * Trim window * Timeline trimming * Keyboard and numeric moving and trimming * Close Gap Effects * Third Party Plugin Support * Alpha Channel Matte Transitions * Global Transitions adds effects between In and Out points * Real-time effects in SD, HD and 2K * Speed Tool for varispeed changes * Keyframe graphs * Transitions, effects, and filters included * Unlimited effects user templates * Copy and paste effect attributes to multiple clips * Effects layers with node-based compositing tool * Bezier curves with movable motion paths * Numeric control and keyframe capabilities Tools * Real-time, hardware accurate video vectorscopes and waveform monitors * Multitrack Audio Mixer with full bus routing and multiple mixes * Keyboard and user interface customization tool with templates for Avid and FCP keyboard mappings * On-screen console controls * Voice Over tool for adding narration directly to timeline * Multi-split screen Viewer for original shot comparison * Shot Sync - sync two sources for playback comparison * Customisable BITC timecode and film footage overlays in Viewer Colour Correction * Real time Primary color correctors * Real time Secondary color correctors * Image control filters Audio * Subframe audio keyframing * Real-time audio adjustments during playback * OMF audio export with pan and volume levels * Real-time, software-based audio normalization * Onscreen multitrack mixing console * External Mackie control surface support * Real time fader automation * Real-time audio filters and effects * Mixed bit-rates and samples on timeline * Audio level meters per track * Pan controls * Mute and solo controls * Pre and Post Audio waveform display with realtime update Application * Full-screen, real-time SD, HD, and 2K preview on single or secondary display * Multiple timelines open simultaneously * Unlimited undo levels * Unlimited video and FX tracks * User preferences that can be moved from system to system * Customizable keyboard and user interface buttons * Customizable real-time effects settings * Customizable render settings * Customizable layouts * Customizable track layouts * Full Unicode support Film * Import RED media and DPX image sequences directly * Include timecode and keycode in the same list * Support for 35mm 3-perf, 35mm 4-perf, and 16mm-20 and mixed film formats * View feet and frames in edit * View keycode and ink number overlays on video * 24-fps EDL import and export * 24-fps EDL conversion to and from 29.97 fps * Import ALE, FLX, and CSV files * Track key numbers, ink numbers, video and audio timecode * Output Cut list, Change list, Optical list, Pull list, Dupe list, Audio EDL Media Management * Media management tools for moving, copying, and consolidating media at edit or project level * Powerful search capabilities * Rename Clips to match media and vice versa * Maintain master clips across multiple projects * Clip colors in edit (match by source, reel or timecode) * Custom comment fields * Automatic reconnect to high-resolution media * EDL and AAF import and export for metadata exchange * Instant Save – no need to save project * Batch export 3rd Party Support * Inscriber Titlemotion * Boris * Combustion * After Effects * Premiere Plugins * Digital Fusion * Sapphire I/O Support * MXF Op1a, MXF OpAtom, Quicktime and AVI * DV25, DVCPRO 25, DVCPRO 50, and DVCPRO HD * MPEG-2 I-Frame SD and HD * Uncompressed SD and HD at 8 bit and 10 bit * Avid DNxHD* * Apple ProRes* * AVC-Intra* * RED R3D* * DPX 10 bit* and 16 bit* * Sony IMX * Sony XDCAM HD* * Sony XDCAM EX* * Sony XDCAM HD422* * Panasonic P2 * Image Import and Export as stills or sequences (DPX, BMP, TARGA, JPEG, GIF, PSD, TIFF, DPX, JPEG2000, PICT, QT Image, SGI, and PNG) * Export presets for Apple TV, iPhone, iPod * Broadcast Wave Format with drop and non-drop frame timecode options * Import and Export OMF I and OMF II * Import and Export AAF * MDA support for Edit While Capture with Geevs servers * Telecine 29.97i to 24p pulldown removal * 30fps and 25fps import to 24fps project * Frame-accurate capture tool with support for batch, clip, and on-the-fly capturing * Frame-accurate insert and assemble edit-to-tape * Serial device control (RS-422, RS-232) * FireWire device control * available separately at extra cost
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Website sucks in trying to get any support for downloading. Keeps asking for a user name and password that should work. Unable to reset password to get onto the website for any kind of options to download the free version.
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I use version 10 but after struggling through the log on page to reach the download for version 11, I got nowhere at all. I don't have the fastest Internet connection in the World admittedly but after six attempts to download it, and six different resulting file sizes, none being anywhere near the advertised size, I gave up. If I can't download it I can't evaluate it. I tried with and without a 'download manager' but it just bombs out in mid download with no error showing. Very frustrating!!
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Username and Email fields always RED even if they're filled on register page : http://www.lwks.com/index.php?option=com_community&view=register I get a notice pop-up claiming : "info is required. Make sure it contains a valid value!" No way to go on so i gave up. No download, no test thus no rating. Too bad.
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This requires me to select scores so I am giving it a low rating based upon my first impressions. (I like to give my first impressions while they are still fresh in my mind). Ok first of all, you must register before you can download the software. If you're cool with that then no big deal but I find this irritating. There is a free version but there are also 2 pay for membership (yearly) options that the free membership is not privy to. Lightworks Free Membership: Free Lightworks Educational Membership: £20 (€25, $30) per year Lightworks Professional Membership: £40 (€50, $60) per year You can go here to check out what comes with the paid yearly memberships: http://www.lightworksbeta.com/index.php?option=co ... Itemid=263 After installation completed, I was presented with a small box with 3 keyboard layout options. There was no explanation for this but since I had to pick one before I could proceed, I went with the default option which was "Lightworks". I successfully imported SD DV video but there is no timeline or storyboard to work with. All I see so far is a blank screen where normally, the work area would be. (later) Ok,this required actually reading the guide, haha.To add effects, the guide says to "Click the Effects button in the Stripview". This would probably work in theory if one could actually find the effects button. After going through the guide and stumbling around some more with out being able to accomplish anything, I decided that this software in it's current form just isn't for me.
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I have been beta testing Lightworks since the free projected open source version was released in December 2011. Until December 2010, Lightworks was available only as an expensive curated turn-key solution for the film and broadcast video industry that ran on one kind of purpose built hardware. The free soon to be open source version is currently being beta tested on a multiplicity of hardware combinations that exist in its new users PCs. Lightworks is a professional tool that is used in the film and professional broadcast industry and it expects imported files to adhere to broadcast standards in terms of frame rates, resolution etc. So don't expect any old file downloaded from the Web, from webcams or from mobile phoned to import into Lightworks unless they do conform to these standards. See: http://www.lightworksbeta.com/index.php?option=co ... Itemid=269 Lightworks is currently being prepared for open source release which is scheduled for summer 2011. Linux and Mac versions are scheduled to be developed in December 2011. A quick glance at the Lightworks forum will show that the developers are very responsive to users' comments and problems. Lightworks is under intensive development and in the last 6 months has made considerable progress and stability. The Lightworks forum is just as friendly and helpful as the Videohelp forum. I work mainly with standard DV PAL and I have no problems capturing to Lightworks from my MiniDV tape camera. Lightworks currently supports AVCHD natively in QuickTime containers only (MOV, MP4) but not yet MTS or M2TS. However, Lightworks users have worked out some ways to re-wrap MTS (without transcoding) files to mp4 so that they can be imported into Lightworks. See the Lightworks Unofficial Wiki: http://lightworks.wikidot.com/ Lightworks is professional tool and because of this it has a learning curve. You wouldn't expect to learn Avid Media Composer or Final Cut Pro in a day and the same applies to Lightworks. However, the forum is very friendly, helpful and professional.
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Present version does not import DV .AVI files from Sony Camcorder. Present version does not import unencrypted .M2TS files from Hauppauge 1212. My EASE OF USE and OVERALL SCORE are invalid as I could not check out program...boxes were required FILL INS to post this comment.
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