And for those who fancy something different, we’ve developed a dedicated keyboard with an ergonomically designed layout for optimal use. Every film that has been edited with Lightworks has been cut with a Lightworks console. It’s fast and it’s how the professionals edit. Based around a flatbed film editor, the console offers the most tactile and intuitive editing experience available. Since 1989, Lightworks has had a unique and Patented hardware Console at the heart of its editing philosophy. Unique Patented Console and Dedicated Keyboard Lightworks supports hardware from the three main manufacturers of I/O equipment: Blackmagic, AJA and Matrox. To deliver high quality video you need to be assured that what you are editing is suitable for your viewers and clients use. With time saving elements like this Lightworks might just be the fastest editing application available. Lightworks allows you to continue editing whilst you are importing a batch of material, rendering your complicated third party FX or exporting two files at the same time to your favourite format. We believe that users should be able to import, render or export without delay. Check out the detailed Tech Specs for a full list of supported formats.

MXF, Quicktime and AVI containers, with almost every format you can think of importing natively without the need for transcoding, from 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 realtime.

Lightworks has the widest format support available in any professional NLE. Lightworks gives you everything you need to make your next movie look great! Offering the same tools that professionals around the world have been using every day for the last 20 years to edit feature films, dramas, news and sports.

Our mission is to give everybody access to the most affordable professional non-linear video editor available. We believe that to make great work, you need great tools. Lightworks is our full-featured editor with all the power, performance and features you would expect, with support for all major professional broadcast formats from SD, HD, 2K and Red 4K files. Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10

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