Lightworks

Speed

Edit as fast as you can think...
Spend more time looking at the picture, and less time navigating menus and buttons with an intuitive interface and a user-friendly toolset.

Real Time Effects

The advanced GPU effects pipeline architecture means Lightworks will scale with your system. Real time Primary and Secondary colour correctors and unlimited effects layers scale with your GPU.

Unmatched Format Support

Lightworks has the most comprehensive support available, including native support for MXF*, QuickTime, AVI, RED R3D*, DPX*, Avid DNxHD*, ProRes* and many more formats. (*not available in the free version)

Stereoscopic Editing

Lightworks introduced the stereo video track to automatically sync left and right eye media files seamlessly in the background. Edit with stereoscopic media in any supported format, without the need for new muxed files, and without the need to change your workflow.

Instant Save

Never lose anything! Lightworks backs up every keystroke so even if your system goes down, your work is safe. Open Lightworks back up at the point you left off and never get interrupted again by an ‘autosave’.

Unique Trimming

Trimming in Lightworks is faster, more intuitive and more advanced than any other NLE. And with a powerful auto-sync feature, a single click brings all your media back in sync.

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Lightworks for Windows: it’s nearly here

When we started the Lightworks Beta program, we had no idea how many people would download the software. What has happened since has taken everyone by surprise. Over a quarter of a million people have registered and downloaded Lightworks, and we’re still getting 15,000 new registrations every month.

That’s an incredible number, and unprecedented for a full-strength NLE. And now, it’s time for the next part of the story.

On 28th May 2012, Lightworks comes back to the future

It’s time to take Lightworks to the next stage in its evolution. Starting with the Windows release on 28th May 2012, over the next year we will rock the world of video editing, because never before has such power been available for so little cost - and on so many platforms (Lightworks for Linux and OS X are Works In Progress).

For the first time, you’ll be able to download the Free and Pro versions of Lightworks for Windows, which have been completely re-engineered to run on modern, multicore hardware. You’ll be able to use the same software that Hollywood editors use to craft films like The King’s Speech and Hugo.

lwks.com

To download Lightworks for Windows, visit www.lwks.com, which will replace this site completely - but not until 28th May. It will also be the home of the new Lightworks Community and it’s where you’ll find the new Web Shop, for items like the Lightworks Keyboard and Console.

Free and Pro versions

There will always be free versions of Lightworks. We want it to be available for to everyone. But we encourage you to upgrade to the Pro version for $60/€50/£40 per year. You’ll get the codecs you need to work with all common camcorder and DSLRs, the Lightworks real-time title tool, and Network Project Sharing.

If you upgrade, you’ll be supporting the whole Lightworks project - and you’ll get access to the extra features in the Lightworks Pro Community: specialist groups, events, professional profiles, a job board and a video showcase. There’s even messaging and chat between members, with real-time inter-language translation.

We’re committed to Lightworks for the long term, but the more Pro upgrades are bought, the faster Lightworks is developed. It’s already one of the best, most up-to-date NLEs on the Planet: just think where it could be in a few years time! Lightworks Pro members can directly influence the future development of this amazing tool.