This lets you maintain an overview even when numerous film snippets are involved. Filters can be created and added only to those clips displaying specified characteristics. Lightworks lets you group loaded clips into bins. You can enlarge the elements of the user interface in the basic settings, permitting operations on high-definition monitors.įigure 5: Lightworks users must juggle numerous windows, even when working on smaller projects. Editing functions can be activated through one of the following: using small symbols found along the edges of the window, via the context menu invoked by pressing the right mouse button, or using keyboard shortcuts. Lightworks remembers the visual arrangement of the subwindows as part of a saved project. Lightworks takes up the entire screen when it starts ( Figure 5). Problems can occur during video processing when using free drivers. For proprietary graphics card drivers, Lightworks strongly recommends Nvidia or AMD. Beginning with version 20 of Fedora, the software is offered as an RPM package. The manufacturer offers the Linux version as a DEB package for Ubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu as of version 14.04, and Linux Mint 17. Regardless of the choice of payment, the pro version is always activated via the Internet. Alternatively, you can choose a rental payment option of EUR20 per month. Lightworks Pro has a complete set of functions you can purchase for around EUR338. Also, some functions are missing right from the start, including support for 3D videos and team-editing functions. The free version only produces videos in MPEG4 format.

You can download Lightworks Free free of charge, but you must register with EditShare after starting the program. A free version of Lightworks is also available from EditShare. The commercial version of the Lightworks editing program has played a role in the production of well known films such as The King's Speech

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