Lightworks:editing software
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Idunnobutiwastold
Gaming AcolyteThanks, Devildog. :-)
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Video editors, you might want to check this out.Posted 13 years ago # -
This one looks like a winner.
Lightworks is an Academy and Emmy award winning professional-grade editor with over 20 years of history in the film and broadcast industry. Having cut hundreds of films such as Pulp Fiction, The Departed, Centurion and Shutter Island, it includes a full feature set of editorial tools, from advanced trimming and media management, through to stereoscopic support and realtime effects including multiple secondary colour correctors. Lightworks has an advanced effects pipeline, utilizing the power of your GPU. And with support for up to 2K workflows with realtime effects, it is the most advanced editing application available.
Thanks, Devildog.
Posted 13 years ago # -
Yes, that looks great - the bad thing: I have never edited videos.
Good time to start with a new hobby :)Posted 13 years ago # -
Idunnobutiwastold
Gaming AcolyteA word of caution: as with any program, take precautions that will allow you to restore your computer to its previous settings — in case the installation should go wrong. I installed this Beta version today then rebooted and found that Windows would not start. Short story: I'm now reinstalling loads of stuff.
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If you want to Beta-test , "just be careful out there".Posted 13 years ago # -
Idunnobutiwastold
Gaming AcolyteThe Lightworks Newsletter (Online Magazine):
http://www.redsharknews.com/New Lightworks Website:
http://www.lwks.com/-----
p.s. The Lightworks NLE is out of Beta. Free and Paid versions are available for download. :)Posted 12 years ago # -
mikiem2
ModeratorFWIW I've got nothing for/against Lightworks itself, but it's the least intuitive video editor I've ever run. Originally, when there wasn't talk of a paid version, I thought it was OK for a community type project, expected the lack of support, & didn't mind their reliance on the IMO terrible Matrox codecs [I just did without them]. I can understand them charging for stuff that costs them money, but personally disagree with where they've drawn the line between pro & free -- some of the stuff they charge for is available free, e.g. AVC/H.264 -- & would expect them to have dropped the Matrox junk once they reached the level of having something they charge $60 for a 1 year license.
If you use Lightworks & are happy with it cool... Otherwise free *nix alternatives are getting better all the time. Roxio was bought by Corel, who already owned Ulead & their video apps, so depending on what Corel does [merge them?] it might get really interesting -- as it is Roxio's video apps have been quite respectable when/if the price was right on sale. Nero 12 is out, & the video editor's supposed to be improved, but I've also read they cut back on the very good audio apps included in the bundle or suite. Nero 11's video encoding was not as fast as Roxio's, but more flexible & very high quality, & the video editor is the closest to pro level I've seen in a non-pro app. Nero has always been best bought as an upgrade, IMO making cheap, limited OEM versions worth buying if/when you need to get your foot in the door -- I usually pay $30-$40 upgrade for their top [Platinum] package, but if you're in the US & don't mind MIR the std. version is often on sale for free. A pricing anomaly, I noticed it's cheaper to upgrade to 12 from 10 than 11 (?).
Cyberlink IMHO makes a good player, but the rest of their stuff tends to junk. Sony Creative's Vegas no longer tries to go head to head with Adobe Premiere Pro (pity), but it's still a pro app used by more pros every year, & Sony's apps have among the best audio handling/features available. Vegas is the most intuitive video editor I've seen -- ever. Video encoding is good to excellent depending on what you're doing -- smaller frame size AVC is better done in Nero or one of the ffmpeg-based GOTD converters, but for Blu-Ray spec AVC at 1080p, or anything mpg2 Vegas rules IMO with very good quality & good speed. Vegas Pro 12 just came out, & till 10/31 is $140 upgrade [including their DVD/Blu-Ray authoring app] -- after that it goes up $50, though it *may* reach $140 again next spring on sale. Home versions are somewhat often available for as little as $0 after MIR. Adobe's Premiere Elements is pretty cool, & I've always seen some decent pricing from time to time -- in the past I never went near it because it wouldn't do anything with HD, but it looks like that may have changed.
With anything video, graphics hardware acceleration is best considered an unknown -- in a nutshell don't assume it'll work for you until you try it on your hardware. Also figure it can break with any driver or software update -- I had to restore a full backup yesterday because a new ATI driver broke mpg2 in Vegas Pro 11. And many times once that hardware acceleration or assist breaks, so does the app -- sometimes you can just turn GPU assist off & deal with the slowdown, but not always.
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/ has a good listing broken up into several categories, e.g. Video Editors (Advanced/NLE), Video Editors (Basic) etc.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Idunnobutiwastold
Gaming AcolyteLightworks for Linux (Beta) Available For Public Download
Announcement Here
http://www.redsharknews.com/technology/item/689-thinking-about-lightworks-for-linux-here-s-our-linux-overviewPage With Download Link:
http://www.redsharknews.com/technology/item/680-lightworks-for-linux-goes-public-beta-download-now-availablePosted 11 years ago #
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