All file formats from: AVI, MOV, MXF, MP4, R3D, BRaw, MTS, M2TS, M2T, WAV, MP3 and more are supported natively.

Lightworks supports installation on all three operating systems: Windows, Mac and Linux.

Multiple Video, Audio and FX tracks, simple/advanced trimming, audio track sync.

Allows file import, timeline rendering of complex effects and exporting all to happen without locking out your system, continue to work while processes complete in the background.

Any change made within your project is automatically saved and available without having to remember to click Save.

Any files created using Lightworks are free from any overlays or watermarks on the image.

Create, define, and alter custom workspace layouts to suite your needs.

New scopes are more intuitive and more accurate, with CIE colour for precise gamut analysis. Customise your scope layout to suit your workflow. Requires an OpenCL-compatible GPU.

Lightworks has all the essential effects, titles and transitions built-in for you to bring your video to life.

Move your audience from scene to scene with a range of colorful, energetic and 3-dimensional transitions. Not available on Linux.

The effect mask is a powerful tool that allows editors to precisely control where and how visual effects are applied within a video, offering a high degree of flexibility and creativity in the editing process.

Exceptional title and text motion graphics made easy. Not available on Linux.

Advanced tools for remedial measures. Not available on Linux.

Features 1,500 presets in 177 video plugins in one comprehensive toolbox. You’ll find titling, stabilization, transitions, filters, background generators, and dozens of video effects. Not available on Linux.

Integrate 3rd party VFX and video plugins directly into Lightworks Pro.

Powerful clip based audio leveling and real-time, enhanced audio EQ with four independently adjustable bands.

This are pre-built effects that make it quick and easy to make improvements to the audio in the sequence timeline.

Powerful in-built audio FX allow for improvements to audio dialogue and music without the need for third party plugins.

Integrate 3rd party audio plugins directly into Lightworks Pro.

Hardware support for this USB/MIDI device.

Sophisticated embedded or linked OMF/AAF with Protools and Reaper.

The maximum file resolution that can be created from the sequence.

Predefined export options for popular social media platforms.

Create project backups (New, Update or Overwrite) with or without media.

Share sequences with other applications.

Create media files with standard wrapper formats.

Export to popular camera formats.

Choose the quality of compression of the exported H.264 file.

Define the exact format size (Height/Width) of the sequence.

Subtitles can now be exported as a separate SRT file for sharing and uploading. Subtitles are also available with YouTube uploads with all license types.

The new 10/12-bit export codecs are: Apple ProRes (Wrapped as .MOV), Apple ProRes 4444 XQ, Apple ProRes 4444, Apple ProRes 422 HD, Apple ProRes 422, Apple ProRes 422 LT, Apple ProRes 422 Proxy, AVID DNxHD/HR HQ* (Wrapped as .MOV or .MXF) Cineform (Wrapped as .MOV or .AVI), Panasonic AVC-Intra (Wrapped as .MXF), Sony XAVC (Wrapped as .MXF) * Requires license purchase.

Quickly and easily apply pre-baked LUTs to clips which changes the LOG linear characteristic.

Utilise the full range of colour and contrast available.

This enables both the BRaw tab on the project card and the Decode tab on individual BRaw files to choose the decode quality settings.

This enables both the R3D tab of the project card and the Decode tab on individual R2D files to choose the decode quality settings..

This allows users to create their own metadata columns for assets (clips etc) and for Cues (markers on clips and sequences) these fields then appear based on how they were created: Text, True/False, Multi-Choice, Number, Time, Date and Date/Time.

Integrated QScan detects all common issues, such as video levels, missing audio, photosensitive epilepsy triggers, loudness levels etc. and displays markers directly on the timeline for easy find and fix.

Fully Apple-certified Apple ProRes support enables native, high-quality creation on Windows, Mac, and Linux. Real-time performance, smaller files, and formats from 422 Proxy to 4444 XQ, with custom sizes up to 8K.

Our improved decoding pipeline guarantees that your 10-bit footage is looking its best while ensuring the maximum detail captured by 10-bit capable cameras is available within Lightworks.

Create easy to edit versions of your media which are lower resolution/quality.

Choose which codec proxies are created as.

Choose how good the proxies will look.

Choose the resolution of the created proxies.

How many Cloud providers can be signed into at the same time to import directly from them for editing.

Download assets from the Cloud provider locally to the system.

Upload exported files directly to the Cloud provider while exporting.

Import your sequence seamlessly from Reaper, ProTools, Fusion, Adobe Premiere, AVID Media Composer and DaVinci Resolve.

Export your sequence seamlessly from Reaper, ProTools, Fusion, Adobe Premiere, AVID Media Composer and DaVinci Resolve.

The best free stock videos shared by the Pexels community which is free to use and not watermarked.

Bring your vision to life, without compromise. Find inspiration by searching the largest library of royalty-free HD and 4K stock video. Watermarked footage can be imported and purchased at the time of export.