The guys from EditShare EMEA released a new version of their video editing tool, Lightworks. They say it's the most affordable professional video editor available, and that it gives you everything you need to make your movies look stunning.
Starting with the interface. Lightworks has a great choice of contrasting colors that make the interface very intuitive while they give a fresh and modern look to the program. An important aspect is that the interface is customisable.
The tools are accessible directly from the timeline, very easy to use, while you have an entire community of users ready to help you besides a huge set of tutorial videos.
About the features. This tool supports almost every format you can think of from the most common to ProRes, Avid DNxHD, AVC-Intra, DVCPRO HD, RED R3D, DPX, AVCHD (with AC3 audio), H.264, XDCAM EX / HD 422, all on the same timeline in real-time.
Furthermore, you can share your movies with colleagues, friends, and family thanks to the dedicated web export feature that converts videos to MPEG4 and H.264. Also, you can upload videos directly to your YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook and Instagram account.
Moreover, it has Multicam editing and powerful real-time effects with over 100 inbuilt presets, designed to deal with compositing effects like color correction, blurs, and masks.
Other important features are Boris Graffiti Text Effects, a plugin with over 100 2D&3D animations presets, and Boris FX, a plugin designed to customize your transitions.
In conclusion, if you're looking for a cheap editing tool, with a multitude of exporting options and numerous supported formats you can definitely give Lightworks a try.
v12.6.0 [Dec 10, 2015]
Added Export to Vimeo at up to 1080p in the Free version.
Added ability to right click a Group within the Content Manager and Copy/Move it to
another project.
Added backwards compatibility for future versions of Lightworks.
Added missing text from the Wordings file (Localization).
Improved handling of incompatible projects with future versions of Lightworks.
Improved handling of edit notifications to make them safer.
Added new keyboard .prefs file compatible with Contour Shuttle Pro drivers.
Added additional license panel on sign up that refers to existing tutorial material.
Fixed "Find bins" function not working if the bin is contained within a Group.
Fixed timeline marker jumping to the start of the sequence when un-compacting a
multicam bin.
Fixed missing [F1] Import key assignment entry in the key assignment panel.
Fixed only one clip being registered in direct to Bin Imports for Copy Local and
Transcode.
Fixed crash removing the last entry in the Key Assignments panel.
Fixed XML exports not containing the transition type information.
Fixed incorrect import of FCP7 XML containing subclips.
Fixed potential crash importing multiple files at once.
Fixed crash importing multiple frame rate files into an Auto frame rate project using
Copy local or Transcode.
Fixed export presets being saved when closing the Preset panel and not actually
clicking Save.
Fixed sorting order on the Bin list that appears when copying the contents of one bin
to another.
Fixed export presets being created with the same name as an existing preset.
Fixed incorrect audio playback on RED R3D files.
Fixed Prints not playing video content after being inserted into an edit.
Fixed FX settings panel not seeing the correct tracks on room entry.
Fixed potential crash dragging a tile to an empty viewer.
Fixed potential crash tracing an edit that contains subclips (Export of: AAF, OMF, EDL,
XML).
Fixed Playhead jumping off screen when rejoining after a trim with an FX track
present.
Fixed incorrect frame rate being identified on .MOV sample files.
Fixed bin names not being overwritten correctly when copying groups from one
project to another.
Fixed ability to copy a group containing an empty bin to another project.
Fixed incorrect display of Image Key effect when set to interlaced output.
Fixed incorrect clip being opened when dragging and dropping from a bin set to List
view.
Fixed potential crash changing the varispeed setting on an edit that is not in Record
mode.
Fixed incorrect "Audio rate" when importing multiple files into an "Auto" frame rate
project.
Fixed keyboard buffering overflow with nudging shortcuts.
Fixed unfolded FX tracks on edits preventing multicam AutoSync working.
Show progressive SD formats using allow_progressive_sd_export 1 config.dat
entry.
Renamed YouTube export options on the Export panel.
Fixed Console Play command keyboard shortcut returning the wrong play speed.
Fixed viewer transport control buttons not working correctly.
Fixed track shift on XML sequence imports from FCP7 containing FX.
Fixed audio sync issues with 25 / 30 fps exports from a 24 fps project.
Fixed potential crash changing tile sizes on compacted Multicam Bins.
Fixed potential crash repeatedly right-clicking the project browser.
Added support for Blackmagic Fusion 8.
Fixed Matrox driver copy error on systems with UAC enabled (error message when copy fails).
Fixed issues with typing certain characters into input boxes.
Fixed incorrect playback on 3D LUTs when set to 10-bit precision on the project card.
Fixed appearance of Korean text within the application.
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