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Bring your video to life

Lightworks Pro is an easy-to-use yet powerful and versatile video editing tool for professionals and enthusiasts alike. It offers Hollywood-level editing for broadcasters and filmmakers, or anyone who wants to be one.

For 30 years, Lightworks has helped every type of video editor and creator imaginable; from Oscar-winning Hollywood legends to YouTubers. Chances are you’ve watched something created on Lightworks Pro.

The Craft Editor’s Choice

Lightworks Pro comes loaded with premium features: support for pro media formats, super-efficient file handling, flexible timeline, a full suite of trimming tools, proxy-editing, stereoscopic, multicam, advanced background processing, smart auto-save, hardware support, custom sequence output formats, custom metadata and broad interoperability.

For teams, Lightworks Pro also includes industry-leading Project Sharing – true realtime collaboration – Share media, bins and edits in realtime with full control over which user has read / write access.

OpenFX + NewBlue Post Tools

Lightworks Pro 2022 has received a major upgrade to the FX engine, with support for OpenFX – the open standard for visual effects plugins – opening up a world of effects possibilities. Lightworks Pro supports plugins written to this standard.

Lightworks Pro also includes two packages from NewBlue: Titler Pro™ – adding fantastic 2D/3D titling and motion graphics – and Essentials video tools, to correct and sharpen footage (with Stabilization coming very soon), to quickly deliver the results you need.

Enhanced Audio Tools

Lightworks Pro now supports a fantastic array of audio plugins, including VST3, AU or LADSPA, from leading plugin providers including iZotope, Waves, Sonnox, and Accusonus. Cleaning up, improving or altering audio becomes a breeze, with a simple drag/drop to the timeline.

Integrated Cloud Storage

For individuals and teams, Lightworks Pro includes enhanced Cloud Storage support. Add one or more services as Library locations and they will behave as shared local folders: browse, import and edit directly from Google Drive, Google Photos, Dropbox, Box, OneDrive and pCloud.

Feature Highlights

High-resolution H.264/MP4 export
High-resolution timeline rendering
High-resolution proxy files
Social Media Export Templates
Advanced Titling and Motion Graphics
BRaw media clip and project decoding
Apple ProRes decoding
Quick LUT support
HQ constant/variable bitrate H.264/MP4 export
Advanced 10-Bit export options
Audio effect plugin support
Video effect plugin support
Support for NewBlue TotalFX plugin
Advanced video effects – enhance, stabilize and more
Advanced custom format creation
Export interchange formats with other applications
Export camera formats
Export media file formats
Export physical media file formats
Export and upload directly to your cloud library
Import directly from up to 5 cloud libraries
More proxy file compression options
More timeline rendering wrapper options
More timeline rendering codec compression options
Third-party hardware IO support
Extended Hardware support
In-Edit Video QC
Apple ProRes encoding up to 4K
Advanced Scopes: CIE, YCbCr & Split View
Quick LUT support
RED R3D media clip and project decoding options
Stereoscopic project and export output

What’s new in Lightworks 2023?

Edit smarter, not harder, with Lightworks 2023. Enjoy Custom Layout Creation, HDR Workflows, Video Mask Effects, and more! Available now with updates for Lightworks Free, Create, and Pro!

Own Your Workspace with Custom Layout Creation – Your edit, your rules. Create, define, and adjust custom workspace layouts to maximize your edit.
Maximize Colour with HDR Workflows – Get the most from your footage by utilizing the full range of color and contrast available.
Control Your VFX with Video Mask Effects – Create and improve a variety of professional-quality effects and adjustments.
Sound Better Than Ever with Improved audio – We’ve made further improvements to our audio suite to help your project sound its best.
Sprinkle some magic with video fx improvements – Enhancements to the VFX toolset mean it’s easier than ever to add visual effects to your production.
Looking good with an improved UI – We’ve made a host of big and small upgrades to the Lightworks user interface.

Lightworks Pro Features

Your Story, Your Way

Unmatched Format Support – Import just about any common type of media file that you can lay your hands on.
Simple Social Media Export – Deliver your videos for any social media platform.
Windows, Mac or Linux – The same user interface, experience and performance regardless of which OS you choose.
Use Any Frame-rate – Import any frame rate file and play it at its native resolution and shape.

Timeline Time Savers

Proxy Workflows – Increased performance with optimized proxy files from HD, 4K and 8K media.
Background Processing – Don’t wait for effects to render or exports to finish, carry on working while we handle the hard job in the background.
Instant Autosave – Never lose your work or your projects. Lightworks auto-saves every single move so you don’t have to think about it.
Storyboard Bins – Pre-edit directly inside bins by moving content around and instantly turning it into a new sequence.

Creative Control

Powerful Timeline – From beginners to seasoned pros, our timeline is designed to help you edit as fast as you can think.
Titling & Motion Graphics – Lightworks comes loaded with 100’s of customizable pre-built graphics.
Shared Projects – Instantly see Bin updates and sequence changes, including giving permission of sequences to other users.
Cloud Connected – Edit directly from your cloud storage! Just connect, browse and drop clips into your timeline.

Built for Editors

Advanced Metadata – Custom metadata creation for easily managing content.
Fixed or Flexible Layout – Decide how best to use the application to benefit your workflow.
Keyboard Shortcuts – Save time with predefined keyboard templates or create your own.
Hardware Support – Support for Blackmagic Design, AJA and Matrox hardware for HDMI and SDI.

And much, much more…

Media

Unmatched Format Support – Import just about any common type of media file that you can lay your hands on.
Export – Full support for a wide range of export formats and target locations from social media to cloud services to broadcast formats.
Cloud connected – Edit directly from your cloud storage – at no extra cost! Just connect, browse and drop clips instantly into your timeline.
Proxy workflows – Increased performance with optimized proxy files from HD, 4K and 8K media.
Advanced Metadata – Custom metadata creation for easily managing content.
Shared Projects – Instantly see Bin updates and sequence changes, including giving permission of sequences to other users.

Edit

Drag and drop – Simply drag new content to your sequence and move it around within the sequence timeline.
Advanced editing – Multiple Video, Audio and FX tracks, Trim In/Out, Slip, Slide including complex multi-point and asymmetric trimming. Three/four point editing including, Insert, Replace,
Fit-to-Fill, backfill, audio leveling, track sync warnings
Insert, replace, Fit-to-fill, backfill – All the standard features to make your video come to life…
Trim-slip, slide, ripple, roll, multi-point – and all the pro features used to create your favorite blockbusters
Auto-save milestones – Never worry about losing an scene or project. We’ll auto-save your progess so you can focus on your edit.
Universal timeline – Mixed size, mixed frame rate – you decide what you want to edit and we’ll will handle the rest.

VFX

Titles & Motion Graphics – Over 700 advanced pre-built and fully customizable titles and motion graphics to bring your video to life.
Creative Transitions – Move seamlessly from scene to scene, build drama and set the pace with 100s of awesome transitions.
OpenFX Plugins – There’s a whole world of amazing VFX and Lightworks plays nicely with all the major plugin vendors.
NewBlue TotalFX – TotalFX from NewBlue is the complete post-production solution and is now available from LWKS
Filters & LUTs – Filters and LUTs will give your video the look you’re looking for.
Color Correction – Make sure your colors balance with and look sharp with our simple correctional tools.

Audio

Built-in EQ and filters – Unless you’re making a silent movie, you’re going to need to work on the audio too, simple prebuilt presets take the leg work out of cleaning up audio using EQ.
VST, AU, LADSPA support – Lightworks plays nicely with all major audio plugin vendors.
Analog scrub mode – Simply scrub through your audio track to easily find the precise moment you need to edit your audio.
Voiceover – Record voiceover directly over your playing timeline.
EQ Presets – Audio is the unsung hero of video, make sure you get it right the first time by using our simple EQ presets.
Automation support – Mix audio levels at the clip level within a sequence.

Extras

Multi-OS – Window, Mac or Linux. You can create your next video on any of the major operating systems.
Hardware support – Support for Blackmagic Design, AJA and Matrox hardware for HDMI and SDI.
Console – Use the legendary Lightworks Console for ultimate heads-up editing, or a contour pro shuttle for a tactile editing experience.
Multi-language support – Support for a wide range of languages including Spanish, Italian, Swedish and German – and more in the Forum.
Fixed or Flexible layout – Use the fixed layout for short-form projects or the advanced flexible layout to build your own UI and open multiple bins or timelines.
Secondary display output – Output full-screen video to a secondary display via HDMI/DVI.

Operating Systems

All versions are designed to run on Intel and AMD chipsets and motherboards.

Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10
Mac OS X 10.11 or higher
Linux Supported Debian Distros
– Ubuntu / Lubuntu / Xubuntu 20.04 or higher
– Mint 17 or higher
Linux Supported RPM Distros:
– Fedora 30 or higher

Recommended System Specifications

Intel i7 chipset or faster, fast AMD chipset
4 GB RAM or higher
Two high–resolution displays (1920 x1080) or above
PCI Express graphics card (NVIDIA or AMD) with 1GB or higher
DirectX 9 (Windows OS only)
Compatible sound card. Make sure that you can hear audio from your system
Separate media and system drives (these can be internal or external as long as the interface has
sufficient speed)
200MB Disk space for Lightworks installation
(Optional) a Lightworks Console
(Optional) a Lightworks keyboard
Internet connection required to install Lightworks and register licenses

NewBlue Requirements

Several Lightworks features use plugins from NewBlue:

Transitions requires an active Lightworks Free, Create or Pro license
Titler requires an active Lightworks Create or Pro license
Essentials requires an active Lightworks Pro license

The full suite of NewBlue tools – TotalFX – is available as a paid upgrade to Lightworks Pro.

All of these plugins require the following:

OS:
Windows 10
macOS 10.15 and later

CPU
2GHz (multicore / multiprocessor recommended)

RAM
4GB required (8GB recommended)

GPU
NVidia or AMD with OpenGL 2.1
902Mhz base clock (1506Mhz recommended)
1GB VRAM required (4GB VRAM recommended)

Wide Container Support

MXF OP1a, MXF OPAtom – P2, MXF OPAtom – native
Avid support
QuickTime
AVI, .mts, .m2ts, .m2t, .mpg, .mp4, .wmv (export only), .ts (import only), .m2v (import only), .asf (import only), .vob (import only)

Editing

Resolution, format and codec independent timeline
Edit at 23.976, true 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50, or 60 fps
Advanced realtime Multicam editing with unlimited sources (Subject to hardware and storage capability)
Source/Record three-point editing
Insert and Overwrite editing
Replace, Fit to Fill, backfill
Drag-and-drop replace editing
Extend and Split edits
A/V Sync indicators on timeline
AutoSync – Single-click re-sync of whole timeline
Multi-colored markers for edits and clips
Matchframe for clips and subclips
Comprehensive Drag and Drop support
Storyboarding – arrange tiles in Bins, adjust in and out points and convert to an edit with a single click

Multicam

Switching clips directly in the timeline
Unique Sync Group feature
Live Cut – cut between angles during playback
Sync to Lock Frame or Timecode
Sync with Edits
Unlimited Sources
Mixed Sources – resolution, format and frame rate
Auto edit sync group sources as one sequence

Stereoscopic

Support for complete stereoscopic workflow*
Individual Left and Right eye media
Automatic sync on import
No change in editing workflow
Realtime Adjustment toolset for Alignment, Scaling and Colour Correction
Multiple output options – Anaglyph, Side-by-side, Chequerboard, Individual Left and Right Eyes
Monitor desktop, secondary display and SDI outputs
Export options for various formats

Colour Correction

New preset colour looks templates, just drag and use
Real time (GPU accelerated) Primary colour correctors
Real-time multiple Secondary colour correctors
Colour image control filters
New Curve colour correction editor

Audio

Realtime Pre and Post Audio waveform display
Analogue-style multi-track audio scrubbing
Subframe-accurate audio keyframing
Realtime audio adjustments during playback
Clip and Track Gain controls
OMF audio export with pan and volume levels
Real-time, software-based audio normalization
Onscreen multi-track mixing console
Multiple mix Bus routing
External Mackie control surface support
Real time fader automation
Real-time audio filters and effects
Parametric EQ
Mixed bit-rates and samples on timeline
Audio level meters per track
Pan controls
Mute and solo controls
Direct to timeline Voice Over recording

Collaboration

Project Sharing:
- Multiple users working in the same project at the same time, sharing the same media
- Edit permissions handled within Lightworks: quickly transfer permission from user to user
- Edit changes instantly saved and updated for each user without having to save or exit Lightworks
- Bins can be shared between users and are updated in realtime
Media Sharing:
- Support for EditShare shared storage servers
- Support for a wide variety of third party shared storage (NAS and SAN)
AAF Interchange*:
- Export AAFs to Avid Media Composer, ProTools and Resolve with AAF export presets

Film

Import RED media and DPX sequences directly*
Include timecode and keycode in the same list
Support for 35mm 3-perf, 35mm 4-perf, and 16mm-20 and mixed film formats
View feet and frames in edit
View keycode and ink number overlays on video
24-fps EDL import and export
24-fps EDL conversion to and from 29.97 fps
Import ALE, FLX, and CSV files
Track key numbers, ink numbers and timecodes
Output Cut list, Change list, Optical list, Pull list,
Dupe list, Audio EDL

Third Party Support

Boris FX (64bit Windows and Mac OS X only)
Boris Graffiti (64bit Windows and Mac OS X only)
Adobe After Effects Plugins (Windows 32bit only)
Premiere Plugins (Windows 32bit only)
Blackmagic Fusion (7.5 and higher)
GenArts Sapphire (Windows 32bit only)

Import and Output

Batch Import
Transcode on Import
Export Clips, Edits, Bins, Racks and entire Projects
Telecine 29.97i to 24p pulldown removal
Import 30fps and 25fps media into a 24fps project

Record and Playout

Frame-accurate capture tool
Batch capture
Crash record
Frame-accurate insert and assemble edit-to-tape
Serial Device Control (RS422)
Firewire Device Control
Support for SDI capture devices*:
Matrox X.mio, DSX LE2/3 and MXO2 ranges
Blackmagic Decklink, UltraStudio & Intensity ranges, AJA Kona and Io XT

Trimming

Ripple
Roll
Slip and Slide
Remove and Delete
Asymmetric, multitrack trimming
Dynamic trimming during playback
JKL trimming
Trim window
Timeline trimming
Keyboard and numeric moving and trimming
Close Gap
Single click drag and trim – no separate tool required
Drag in Black
Auto Unjoin

Effects

Multi-split screen Viewer for original shot comparison
Node-based effects layer and compositing tool
Alpha Channel Matte Transitions
Global Transitions between In and Out points
Quick Transitions direct from the timeline
Real-time effects in SD, HD, 2K, 4K and 5K
Speed Tool for varispeed changes
Keyframe graphs
Fold and Unfold effects
Realtime blurs
Realtime chroma key
New quick-access to effects from timeline
Favourite Effects category for quick use
Unlimited user effects templates
Copy and paste effect attributes to multiple clips
Bezier and Linear movable motion paths
Numeric (as well as keyframe) control over variables
Stereoscopic Adjustment tools

Titling

Basic native realtime titling
Rolls, Crawls, Static
Realtime font previews
Colour and gradients
Scaling and positioning
Basic effects – Fade in and out, typewriter
All parameters can be keyframed
New title presets for lower third and titles

Media Management

Media management at edit or project level
Powerful search capabilities
Content Management
Comprehensive metadata for granular search
Bins or edits can be created from search results
Take media direct from search to the timeline
Rename Clips to match media and vice versa
Low-res to Hi-res workflow for offline / online
Maintain master clips across multiple projects
Clip colors in edit (match by source, reel or timecode)
Custom comment fields
Custom Bin views – show, hide and re-order
EDL and AAF import/export for metadata exchange
Instant Automatic Save – no need to save project
Automatic Edit backup facility
Project Archive – Logs, Picture and Sound
Batch export

Tools

New interface scaling with Retina display support
Magnetic placement of all panels
New viewer controls on source and edit viewers
Real-time video analysis, hardware accurate video vectorscopes and waveform monitors
Multitrack Audio Mixer with multiple mixes
Keyboard and user interface customization tool with templates for Avid and FCP keyboard mappings
On-screen console controls
Voice Over tool for adding narration to timeline
Shot Sync – sync two sources for comparison
Customisable BITC timecode and film footage
Customizable realtime letterboxing
Create and edit your own Macros to simplify worflow

Application

Full-screen, real-time SD, HD, and 2K preview on single or secondary display
Multiple timelines open simultaneously
Customisable Undo levels
Up to 64 Video tracks & 32 Audio tracks with unlimited FX tracks per sequence
User preferences can be moved system to system
Customizable keyboard and user interface buttons
Customizable real-time effects settings
Customizable render settings
Customizable layouts
Customizable track layouts
Full Unicode support

Please note: The software specifications stated above are subject to change without notice.
* only available in Lightworks Pro ** Separate one-off license fee required

Lightworks v2023

Added HDR workflows

HDR format is now detected from the media files (MOV/MXF/MP4)
HDR colourspace information is now available to view for HDR media in Bins and on the Metadata panel
Bit Depth of the video is now available to view for media in Bins and on the Metadata panel
Added the ability to change the ‘Playback colour space’ on a sequence (Lightworks Pro Only).
For Lightworks Free and Lightworks Create, the SDR colour spaces can be selected.
Added the ability to change the ‘Colour space’ option on the Export panel (Lightworks Pro Only)
in this version, the option is locked to the current colour space, i.e. for export of a sequence, it follows the ‘Playback colour space’.
Added the ability to change the ‘Monitor Colour space’ option on the Video->Output tab of the project card (limited to Default and rec709 currently.) The ‘Default’ option sends native video colour space (SDR or HDR) to be interpreted by the display. The ‘Rec 709’ option applies a viewing conversion from HDR to SDR.
The sequence timeline will allow mixed HDR/SDR formats for the purpose of review.
HDR format is signalled in the exported media files (Lightworks Pro Only)
Updated the CIE scope to display the sequence colour spaces above rec709 for HDR workflows (Lightworks Pro Only)
Added ‘Auto follow’ option for CIE scope Display
Added the “Apply HDR transforms” setting on the Video->Output tab of the project card. This controls if automatic colour management is active or not
Added video colour space metadata for MXF export (AVID DNxHD, DVCPRO and DV)
Added Rec 2020, P3 Display (HDR), P3 DCI (HDR), HLG (HDR), and PQ (HDR) options to the ‘Monitor colour space’ output setting
Added support for Apple ProRes HDR exports (Apple Certified)

Added Video Mask Effects

Added the ability to draw/create Masks: Ellipse, Square or Complex Shape (user defined) to various effect categories:
- DVE effects category: All
- Colour effects category: All
- Stylise effects category: All
- Key effects category: Lumakey and Chromakey
- Matte effects category: 2D Shape and Colour/Corner Gradient
- Mix effects category: Blend, Dissolve, Luma Wipe and Masked Blend
Added Inside/Outside Colour Correction effect, allowing two separate tabs for Inside (the mask) and Outside (the mask)
Added option to allow the mask wireframe to be visible when scrubbing the sequence timeline
Added Mask parameters to the keyframe graph (apart from curve point keyframes)
Added new ‘Speech Bubble’ effect under the Matte effects category
Added the ability to keyframe Effect Masks

Custom Layout Creation (Fixed Layout Only)

Added the ability to create and define custom layout templates
Added new EDIT tab layout to expose more features
Added the ability to enable/disable visible items on panels by clicking the ‘+’ icon
Added the ability to reset the view back to the default by right-clicking the tab header
Added ability to reorganize the tabs at the top of the Fixed layout
Added the ability to add the Export panel within the new fixed layouts
Added new ‘Assemble’ tab to default layouts (Fixed layout only)

Keyboard Shortcut Improvements

Added eight new keyboard shortcut assignments, ‘Add favourite 1-8’ Bound to ALT F1-F8 by default for adding Favourite Effects.
Added Faster forward and Rewind keyboard assignments: 2000%, 3000%, -2000%, -3000%

Import panel improvements

Added improved import panel, making more options and libraries visible by default
Added improved ability to drag and drop into the application, allowing drop to a viewer, bin or timeline
Added the ability to import OpenEXR media
Added the ability to import animated GIFs

Export Panel Improvements

Added ‘Optimise for streaming’ option to H.264 export option (Lightworks Pro Only)
Added ‘Keyframe interval’ option to H.264 export option (Lightworks Pro Only)
Added improvements to the GOP length on H.264 exports to improve image quality
Added in 16-bit options for PNG and TIFF image sequence exports (Lightworks Pro Only)
Added ability to include a custom thumbnail image to upload along with the YouTube upload option (2mb max JPEG/PNG only)
Added 10-bit/8-bit encoding option for H.264/MP4 export (Lightworks Pro Only)
Added the ability to export to OpenEXR media (Lightworks Pro Only)
Improved the default quality of YouTube uploads

Audio Improvements

Added Noise Gate effect (Lightworks Create and Pro Only)
Added Limiter effect (Lightworks Create and Pro Only)
Added the ability to save audio plugin effects as Favourites

Video FX Improvements

Added ability to install ‘Community Effects’ files directly to the application from the Effects settings panel (all operating systems)
Added the ability to switch between Tiles or List view for Effects (Flexible layout coming soon)
Added the ability to switch between Tiles or List view for Transitions (Flexible layout coming soon)
Added improvements to the In/Out Colour Correction effect
Added vertical resizable scrollbar to effect parameter graphs
Added ‘Graph height’ slider to the effects panel menu (ctrl + mouse-wheel still supported)
Added Graphs for grouped effect parameters to be correctly aligned with non-grouped parameters
Added independent keyframe graph panels
Added ability to drag Effects to the routing tab (Fixed layout)
Added ability to filter/search the LUTs list
Added ability to set the Black/White image colour settings from the sequence

User Interface Improvements

Added various streamlined user-interface changes throughout the application
Added fullscreen playback icon to sequence/source viewers
Added ‘Toggle auto-track sync’ icon to the sequence timeline
Added ‘Toggle audio levels editing’ icon to the sequence timeline
Added search functionality to the Font selection list
Provided panels/components for Clips/Sequences/etc (Fixed Layout Only)
Improved ‘Close gap’ to respect ‘Auto Track Sync’ setting

Lightworks V 2021.1

New Features:

Projects created in Lightworks no longer require a frame rate to be selected during project creation. This allows for any frame rate content to be imported to a project and played back, logged and added to a sequence seamlessly, including:
- All content is played at its natural rate regardless of media frame rate.
- Import 23.98fps, 24fps, 25fps, 29.97fps, 30fps, 50fps, 60fps, 120fps, and 240fps media into the same project
- The video output format is now set per sequence instead of on the project card
- Copies of a sequence can be made for different output frame rates if required
Added a sequence output format option
- Removed the project output format option
- Each sequence has its own output format. This can be viewed/changed by right-clicking on a sequence and amending the ‘Playback format’
- Clips always play back at their native Rate/Size/Shape
- Thumbnails in a bin are always shown with the correct aspect-ratio/shape, but within a 16:9 frame
Asset Associations now allow for sequences, clips, subclips, documents, and to be linked together by loading an asset into the source viewer and selecting the “Associates” tab:
- Drag and drop an asset from a bin to the ‘User’ sub-tab to associate them together
- View associations in thumbnail or list views
- View subclips associated with the clip loaded above within the viewer on the “Subclips” sub-tab
- View sequences that include the loaded clip within the viewer on the “References” sub-tab
- View constituent clips from a sequence loaded within the viewer on the “References” sub-tab
Added ability to define sequence custom output aspect ratios (Lightworks Pro Only)
Added “Square” and “Portrait” sequence output formats for social media
Added resolution preservation. There is no pre-sizing of clips, so the full detail of the sources is available throughout the effects chain (and only the final output is scaled down)
Added markers and documents to XML/JSON exports
Added ability to show which storage space a file is in
Added support on the Search panel for ‘starts-with’, ‘ends-with’, ‘contains’, ‘equals’, ‘less-than’, ‘greater-than’, ‘doesn’t contain’, and ‘doesn’t equal’
Added ability to use the UNC media path when dragging and dropping files Video Analysis sub-tab
Added new user interface changes throughout the application
Added some new icons throughout the application
Added more configuration options for configuring the user interface within the “Appearance” panel
Global, Font, Panels, Flexible layout, Menus, Popups, Buttons and Tables
Added ability to be able to export to ‘H.264/MP4″ using a custom output format (Lightworks Pro Only)
Added ability to be able to export to ‘MOV’, ‘MXF’ and ‘AVI’ using a custom output format (Lightworks Pro Only)
Added better clarification for export names (Changed ‘4k’ to ‘UHD 4k’)
Added further improvements to popup panels within the user interface
Added format dimensions tooltips to the export panel list
Added Korean Wording translations to the installers
Added Vietnamese Wording translations to the installers
Added the ability to be able to configure the default colour used for markers
Added ‘Frames’ display option for elapsed/marked durations (in addition to ‘Film frames’)
Added ability to show the ‘Rate’ of an audio only file on the import panel
Added ‘Colour’ to CSV export of Cue Markers
Added ‘DCI 4k’ (4096×2160) 19:10 as an output option for 4K media
Added the ability to adjust timeline segment colours (within the sequence timeline ‘Settings’ panel)
Added option on the ‘System Settings’ panel for choosing how to output source media to the hardware I/O
Added further icon improvements to the user interface
Added maximum codec supported bitrates to the H.264/MP4 compression panel on export

See full release notes here

Lightworks Version 2020.1

This latest version adds support for importing and decoding HEVC/H.265 media natively including being able to create proxy files to work with until switching back to the Hi-Res to render/export the sequence. Some of the other exciting new features in version 2020.1 can be seen below:

Added decode support for HEVC/H.265 files
Added ability to lasso segments on the sequence timeline
Added support for the latest versions of Ubuntu
Added ability to detect rotated phone footage and rotate it to the correct orientation automatically
Added “Libraries” heading to the Content Manager
- Moved Local files import option under this heading
- Moved Audio Network import option under this heading
- Moved Pond5 import option under this heading
Added improvements to Audio Network integration
- Media can now be imported into a project
- Media can now be used in a sequence
- Export is prevented if the sequence contains non purchased media
Added ability to handle still images correctly
- Added new “Images” filter
- Images now import at the correct scale ratio rather than being scaled to the output format
- Added ability to drag an image into the sequence viewer or timeline
- Removed pagination on search results
Added improvements to varispeed in Flexible layout
- Added segment right-click ‘Speed’ menu item
- Added ‘Show segments speeds’ option on the timeline appearance panel (to restore per-track speed widgets)
- Removed per-track speed button by default
Added HD overlay to the vectorscope
Added support for browsing “Amazing Music Tracks” from within “Libraries”
Added new enhancements for Tile view bins (text now appears outside of the tile rather than overlaying the image) Fixed layout only
Added ability to generate .lvix seek files locally (previously stored next to linked media)
Added Blackmagic BRAW decode panel to the Video tab of the project card
Added UHD Media to the Media->Transcoding tab to allow for transcoding to UHD on import
Added better Keyboard shortcut handling of using standard keyboard shortcuts ie, pressing delete deletes clips
Added ability to select segments on the sequence timeline
Added ability to right click a clip containing ranged cue markers and select Make->Sequence from Cue Markers
Added better categories for Keyboard Assignments list
Added German translation wordings into the installers
Added ability to move an effect along the timeline without changing it’s routing
Added ability to select multiple items then edit the text for one of the fields which now causes all rows to be updated
Added ability to apply effects to selected timeline segments
Added ability to change the size of the project thumbnail images by holding down CTRL and scrolling with the mouse wheel
Improved timeline sync-loss representation
Updated to the latest MainConcept SDK’s
And much more!

The full list of fixes and other improvements in version 2020.1 can be found in the 2020.1 Release Notes document on the Downloads page

14.0 revision 93046

New user interface changes
- Added new project browser layout with project search
- Choose between Fixed and Flexible (Historic Lightworks) layouts on the project browser
Added access to Pond5 media repository from within the application
- Browse the entire Pond5 database by entering search criteria
- Play the clip direct from the import panel
- Play the clip back in fullscreen mode
- Import the clip into the project and use it as local media (Lo-Res watermarked proxy)
Added access to Audio Network audio repository from within the application
- Browse the entire Audio Network database by entering search criteria
- Play the clip direct from the import panel
- Play the clip back directly over your sequence
- Sign in or register an account, to add clips to the cart for purchase
Added new Cues panel and renamed to Cue Markers
- Added the ability to change the colours of Cue Markers
- Added the ability to search for Cue Markers
- Added quick pop up of Cue Marker information
Added new import panel functionality
- Clips can now be played on the import panel the same as a tile in a bin
- Clips can now be marked/parked on the import panel the same as a tile in a bin
- Clips can now be inserted/replaced directly from the import panel to the edit timeline
- Fullscreen display can now be activated on any selected tile on the import panel
- You can now use CTRL and mouse wheel to change the size of the tiles on the import panel
Improved the Voice Over tool functionality and made it available with the Free license
- Allowed Voice over recordings at all frame rates and formats
- Added Voice over functionality to Mac OS X
- Removed the functionality from the record tool and added to a right click menu (Flexible mode)
- Improved VU audio meters on the Voice Over tool
Added support for the latest AJA drivers which gives KONA 4G Support (Windows and Mac)
Added new auto effect capability to the Effects panel
Added proxy workflow (create proxies directly from a clip or bin)
Added fullscreen playback preview controls (play, mark, cue marker, switch clip in the bin)
Added AVID DNxHD .MOV encoding to the import, render and export panels (Separate AVID DNxHD license required)
Added new Effects panel combining Adding, Settings, Graphs and Routing
Added ability to right click an empty area of the timeline and close the gap
Added ability to Play, Scrub and Mark clips in List view bins
Added improved RED R3D playback to utilise OpenCL
Added ability to automatically sync chunked Panasonic P2 files on import
Added keybinds for adding a video track and/or audio track
Added ‘Remove > Redundant cuts’ and ‘Remove > Gaps’. Remove ‘simplify’.
Added ‘make subclip’ keybindable command
Added Faster effects thumbnails (avoid regenerating the temp/preview edit for every time change)
Added ability to create user defined sub category
Added support for unusual frame rate files (11.99, 12.5, 14.99, 100.0, 119.88, 120.0, 239.76 and 240.0)
Added new RGB scopes
The full list of fixes and other improvements in version 14 can be found in the Release Notes document

v2023 Lightworks Pro