- #Lightworks review how to#
- #Lightworks review for mac os#
- #Lightworks review upgrade#
- #Lightworks review full#
- #Lightworks review plus#
#Lightworks review upgrade#
Sadly I still have major clients who refuse to Upgrade their ops from FCP 6 or 7 and won't even contemplate a grading session with Resolve and one of my Colorists.
#Lightworks review full#
I'm in a transition right now with tech and gear for this year and am really aiming towards a full Linux implementation in my Pre ->D-Day ->Post Production pipeline and still be able to support all my current and future clients. Sorry for the long posts Manuel, and NFS family.
The reason I'm interested in Lightworks is because I'm slowly transitioning to Linux for maximum control of my DIT Station. 3D, Stills, Motion, Editing, Coloring, Graphics, and DVD/BRD authoring all from one brand with great support. For that I believe Adobes Suite wins the prize.
#Lightworks review plus#
Although it is probably the best for a large studio/production facility/broadcast environment, I personally do not see a plus using it as a solo operation. Avid is a very capable NLE, but it comes with a steep learning curve and some quirks. All of this is contingent if Resolve 11 isn't a full blown post production suite by then, minus graphics packages and 3D effects.įor an entry level person I would not recommend the Avid, unless it is something that is required for your current employment. After your skill set and knowledge of an NLE workflow has progressed switch to something more serious like Adobe or Lightworks.
#Lightworks review how to#
If you are just learning how to edit I would first try a free version of Davinci Resolve on your OS. The fact that you can Ingest, Cut, Color Grade, and Output with Resolve with every flavor of codec is a strong suit. But I would say for the basics Davinci Resolve seems to have everything even the best NLE's had only a few years ago. What OS are you mainly using, hardware specs, type of files used (R3D, ARRIRAW, ProRes, CANON RAW, MXF, XAVC, etc). Depending on what your needs are my opinion would be solely based on that. What are your impressions of Lightworks? What are the pros and cons of using this NLE as opposed to Premiere, Avid, or Final Cut? Let us know in the comments below. If you're trepidatious about giving Lightworks a whirl, this summer might be a good time to give it a try, since it'll most likely be free - or, if you'll be at NAB this year, you can get your hands on it at their booth. In fact, Lightworks is the go-to NLE for Academy Award-winning editor and frequent Martin Scorsese collaborator Thelma Schoonmaker, who has used it to edit Hugo, The Departed, and most recently, The Wolf of Wall Street. Though most production companies are a part of the AAA club (Adobe, Apple, Avid), some of the biggest titles in cinema have utilized Lightworks in the last 20 years of its existence, including The King's Speech, Pulp Fiction, and 28 Days Later. The Mac version has been in existence for some time, so is already very stable, but because reliability is essential we are looking to test this intensively from Alpha through to Beta This is the exact same process we did with the Linux version. These are users that have requested Alpha access in the past and are keen to help make sure that the Mac version is on track where it needs to be. Before that though there will be a short Alpha program to a dedicated select team of users. The most common question we get asked is when will Lightworks be available on Mac? Well, we are pleased at last to say with confidence that the Mac Public Beta will begin on the 11th June 2014. RedShark News spoke to Matt Sandford of Lightworks about the upcoming release date.
#Lightworks review for mac os#
It has been almost a year to the day when Editshare shared that their award-winner NLE Lightworks was going through alpha/beta testing for Mac OS X, and since then the question on the minds of its supporters has been, "When will the public beta of the mac version be available?" Well, it looks like they're much closer to completing the platform trifecta (Windows, Linux, and Mac), because Editshare has announced that they indeed have a date nailed down, as well as a few other pertinent pieces of information about Lightworks that you might want to know.Īccording to an article from RedShark News, Lightworks has been retooled a bit to accommodate the NLEs platform versatility, resulting in an "elegant solution where features and fixes can be added across the three platforms without incurring three times the work." As promised last year, the testing process for the Mac version of Lightworks has followed that of both the Windows and Linus versions - alpha then public beta then go to release - and now the public beta version is upon us, and the release date is set for June 11, 2014.