Jose Antunes has this article at the ProVideCoalition.
I have to admit I have known about Lightworks but I have still never tried it. I have never heard of a place that required it or even used it, so I have never played with it.
An article on the long running Editing software Lightworks which has been updated to 2022.
I have never tried Lightworks, though at some point I should give it a try. It at least has a timeline like AVID and Premiere unlike Final Cut Pro X.
Lightworks the open source editing software with a venerable history has now released a public beta of the Mac version of the software. It is version 12.0.a
Lightworks is free, though to get the Pro version, it is either $7.99 a month, $79.99 a year or you can buy it outwirght for $279.99. And for serious editing you will want this, since not only does it include other export optins, but it allows you to use Hardware I/O from BlackMagic, AJA or Matrox. It also allows project sharing and the ability to set project locations.
I have never tried lightworks, but need to give it a try. It certainly betrays it’s feature editing roots in that it can only work with one frame rate for the whole project. So if you need to import footage of a different frame rate you will need to convert it first.
A free or at least inexpensive cross platform editor is a great thing, but I need to play before I see how it actually is.
Scott Summons at ProVideo Coaltion talks to AVID and EditShare. Worth checking out!
I am still not 100% that Media Composer 7 is a big enough upgrade. Great that AMA is upgraded and working like AVID Media does, though you have to put it in a specific place, so it isn’t quite AMA anymore.
Never tried out LightWorks, but I am excited to give it a try once it makes it to Mac.
Creative Cow has the press release.
A free edit solution is an awesome idea, and one that is supposed to quite powerful. Looking forward to taking it through it’s paces.
CreativeCow has the news from NAB on the official full release of the pro editing suite Lightworks for Window, Mac and Linux for free, with a $60 per year Pro version.
A new Lightworks Web site will be released on May 28th.
New features include:
The Free and Paid versions will be released May 28th, 2012, and is only $30 a year for education users, and a you get a free community membership with a pro membership.
Looking forward to trying out this powerful NLE.