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Lightworks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with the rendering (computer graphics) API called Lightworks from the UK company Lightwork Design Ltd..
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 Lightworks Beta 10.0.3 screenshot | |
| Developer(s) | EditShare LLC |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 1989 |
| Stable release | Lightworks 11.0.3 / October 18, 2012 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux (planned), Mac OS X (planned) |
| Size | 93 MB |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Non-linear editing system |
| License | Freeware |
| Website | http://www.lwks.com/ |
The program is currently available for Windows. The release of an open source version as well as ports to GNU/Linux and Mac OS X were announced in May 2010,[1] but the release date of December 2011[2] was postponed to 30 October 2012 (Alpha release).[3]
Editors using Lightworks have produced numerous internationally renowned and Oscar and Emmy Award award-winning feature films and television programs, including The King's Speech, Martin Scorsese's Hugo and The Departed, Mission Impossible, Pulp Fiction, Braveheart and Batman.[4][5][6]
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History
OLE Limited was founded in 1989 by Paul Bamborough, Nick Pollock and Neil Harris. In 1994 it was sold to Tektronix,[7] who were not successful at developing the company's products. In 1999 it was sold on to the newly formed Lightworks Inc., then owned by Fairlight Japan, and then purchased by Gee Broadcast in May 2004.[8][9]Gee Broadcast ownership, 2004-2009
Under Gee Broadcast ownership, new product releases resumed with the release of the Lightworks Touch range,[10][11] and the Alacrity[12] and Softworks[13] ranges for SD & HD editing.[14] Softworks offered the Lightworks User Interface and toolset in a software only package for laptops or office workstations. Softworks and Alacrity supported mixed formats and resolutions in real time and project output in different resolutions without re-rendering. Alacrity supported dual outputs while the same facility was available for Softworks users as an option.[15]In August 2009 the UK and US based company EditShare acquired Gee Broadcast and the Lightworks editing platform from, along with their video server system GeeVS.[16]
At the annual convention of the National Association of Broadcasters, NAB Show, on 11 April 2010, EditShare announced that they plan to transform Lightworks into Lightworks Open Source.[17] It was presented at IBC in Amsterdam September 2010.[18]
On November 9, 2010, EditShare announced that Lightworks would be downloadable on November 29 of the same year, at first exclusively for the users who had registered during the initial announcement,[19] but subsequently publishing the software as "public beta".[20]
Release of an Open Source version was planned for Q4 of 2011, after code review has been finished.[21] Money is to be made from proprietary plugins offered in an associated online shop, especially ones needed for access to video file formats used by professional cameras. Shortly before the scheduled release date of 29. November 2011, EditShare announced that an open source release of the software would be temporarily delayed, but a new release date had not been set. The announcement notes that they were not yet satisfied with the stability of the new version.[22][23]
Windows version released at NAB 2012
After a 18-month beta program, EditShare released Lightworks 11 for Windows only on the 28th of May, 2012.The non beta release of Lightworks includes a host of new features for editors, and runs on wide range of PC hardware. The software was re-designed and re-written for portability (versions for GNU/Linux and Mac OS X have been promised) and now supports many more codecs including AVCHD, H.264, AVC-Intra, DNxHD, ProRes, Red R3D, DPX, XDCAM HD 50, XDCAM EX, DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K, but only for the paid Pro version. The free version supports DV, MPEG, Uncompressed and other codecs for both import and export.[24][25][26]
Linux version announced at IBC 2012
As of June 2012, EditShare has not released an open source version and the GNU/Linux and Mac OS platform releases have been delayed. The Linux version was demoed at NAB in Las Vegas in April, and a video of it running on Ubuntu was posted on their YouTube channel,.[27] At IBC in Amsterdam in September, an updated Linux demo was presented, and it was announced that the initial alpha version for Linux would become available on October 30.[28]Design
Using a control interface similar to the industry standard Steenbeck flatbed controller, Lightworks was designed to be a non-linear editing system. When introduced in the early 1990s,[29] it had a number of unique features, such as “sync slip”, synchronized varispeed playback with audio scrubbing, synchronized multi-channel playback, and an object-oriented user interface with a dedicated hardware console. Some of these features are still unmatched by other competing systems.See also
References
- ^ Joey, Sneddon (21 May 2010). "Oscar winning Lightworks Open-Source Video editor Is Coming to Linux". OMG! Ubuntu!. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
- ^ Joey, Sneddon (8 September 2011). "Oscar-Winning Video Editor ‘Lightworks’ To Land On Linux In December". OMG! Ubuntu!. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
- ^ Joey, Sneddon (14 September 2012). "Oscar-Winning Video Editor ‘Lightworks’ Landing on Linux in October". OMG! Ubuntu!. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
- ^ http://www.lwks.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15&Itemid=176
- ^ "Thelma Schoonmaker wins Oscar editing on Lightworks.". 2007-03-09. Retrieved 2012-05-04.[dead link]
- ^ http://www.lightworksbeta.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=120&Itemid=268[dead link]
- ^ "Company News; Tektronix To Buy Lightworks Editing Systems - New York Times". Nytimes.com. 1995-04-11. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
- ^ http://www.interlab-net.com/docs/lightworks/Press_Releases/First%20major%20order%20for%20Lightworks%20under%20new%20ownership.pdf
- ^ http://www.interlab-net.com/docs/lightworks/Press_Releases/LWKS_PR_version2.pdf
- ^ http://www.interlab-net.com/docs/lightworks/Press_Releases/PR-1_Product_launch@IBC.pdf
- ^ http://www.interlab-net.com/docs/lightworks/Press_Releases/PR-3_editors_feel_back.pdf
- ^ http://www.interlab-net.com/docs/lightworks/Lightworks_Alacrity_MR.pdf
- ^ http://www.interlab-net.com/docs/lightworks/lw_user%20doc/Softworks&Alacrity_Manual_rev_4.pdf
- ^ "Lightworks ships Softworks Version 1.1". broadcastengineering.com. 2006-10-27. Retrieved 2012-05-06.
- ^ "Lightworks Softworks User Manual v4". Retrieved 2012-05-06.
- ^ http://www.editshare.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=126:editshare-acquires-geevs-and-lightworks-technology&catid=43:press-releases&Itemid=184
- ^ Press Release
- ^ Press release: EditShare previews for IBC 2010
- ^ Lightworks News Nov 2010
- ^ "Lightworks". Lightworksbeta.com. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
- ^ "Lightworks". Lightworksbeta.com. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
- ^ http://www.golem.de/1111/87980.html
- ^ http://www.lightworksbeta.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=122&Itemid=263
- ^ "Lightworks: Top Features". lwks.com. 2012-05-28. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
- ^ "Lightworks: All Features". lwks.com. 2012-05-28. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
- ^ "Lightworks: Tech Specs and Compatibility". lwks.com. 2012-05-28. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek5BvjHuHPg&hd=1
- ^ http://editshare.posterous.com/at-last-lightworks-for-linux-will-be-availabl
- ^ http://learnfinalcut.wordpress.com/the-history-of-lightworks/
External links
- Lightworks official site
- Lightworks Beta site (defunct, redirects to lwks.com now)
- Lightworks Tutorials
- Lightworks Users' Video Tutorials
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Updated info that I found on 11-12-12....
How Lightworks Falsely Rides Open Source Publicity Train
Dean Howell
November 12, 2012
2 years ago, Lightworks made a promise
to the open source community. A promise that has made them darlings of
the open source spotlight. A promise that the have yet to fulfill. One
blogger takes serious issue with this lack of fullfilment, and rightly
so. Blogger Nekohayo offers in depth insight into the failed promises of Editshare.
What’s interesting here is where
Nekohayo points his finger. In this case, his finger is pointed
squarely on a lie they’ve been telling. The lie of being open source.
From the post:
EditShare announcedtwo years ago their intention to make Lightworks “open-source” someday, and that’s it. They have never released any source code since then. A code drop was planned for 2011 and it was postponed indefinitely. Calling Lightworks an “award-winning open-source video editor” currently is a lie. Even if they do open-source it someday, until the very day they do so, that statement remains a lie. Such a statement can only be a “truth” when you start saying it after the source code has actually been released under an open-source license.Read More...
http://www.thepowerbase.com/2012/11/how-lightworks-falsely-rides-open-source-publicity-train/
Lightworks (for Windows and soon Linux) is a professional NLE system for editing and mastering of movies in 2K and 4K as well as television productions in PAL, NTSC and HD
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- Rob Fearnside on making Lightworks' code OS independent | opensource.com
- Lightworks for Linux - Google Search
- [Phoronix] Lightworks Linux Alpha Planned For Next Month
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- LightWorks for Linux: how long will it take? | Libre Graphics World
- lightworks | OMG! Ubuntu!
- Lightworks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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