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For beginners or those who want to try out Lightworks for an unlimited period
£0
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Create
For editors seeking advanced features and flexibility with a low price tag
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Pro
For pros seeking comprehensive tools and maximum versatility
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Key Features
Everything in Free, plus:
Everything in Create, plus:
* Requires valid QScan license
And More
Free
Create
Pro
Basics
Import Formats
Operating systems
Powerful Timeline
Background Processing
Instant auto-saving
No Watermark
Custom UI Layout Templates
Advanced Video Scopes
Vectorscope, RGB and Histogram
YCbCr
CIE, YCbCr & Split View
Effects
Inbuilt Effects, Titles & Transitions
Advanced Transitions
Video Mask Effect
Advanced Titles
Advanced Correct & Enhance Effects
Upgrade to TotalFX
OpenFX Compatible
Audio
Audio Leveling and EQ
Native Quick Audio FX
Acoustic Sweetner, Dialog Enhancer, Instrument Enhancer, Subtle Sweetner and Voice Enhancer
Native Audio FX
Compressor, Limiter , Noise Gate, Noise Reducer, Reverb
3rd Party Audio Plugins
AU, VST, LADSPA
External Midi Control (Mackie)
DAW Workstation
Export
Export Resolution
Up to 720p
Up to 4K
Up to 8K
Social Media Presets
YouTube, Vimeo
YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Snapchat
YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Snapchat
Backup
Interchange
AAF, XML, OMF, EDL, Film Cutting Lists, Reaper
Media Files
MP4
MP4
AVI, MP4, Image Sequence, MOV, MXF and WAV
Physical Media Targets
DVD and Bluray
Camera Formats
AVC-Intra, AVCHD, P2 AVC-Intra, XAVC-Intra, XDCAM EX and XDCAM HD
H.264 Bitrate Config
Set Variable/Constant. Set min/max bitrate.
Custom Output Formats
Subtitles
Advanced 10-bit Export
Media
Clip LUTs
HDR Workflows
BRaw Clip Settings
RED R3D Clip Settings
Advanced Custom Metadata
In-Edit Video Quality Control
Apple ProRes Certified
Decode
Decode
Decode and Encode
Advanced 10-Bit Pipeline
Decode
Decode
Decode and Encode
Proxy Editing
Proxy Generation
Codec Selection
H.264
H.264
Apple ProRes, AVID DNxHD (additional codec purchase required), AVC-Intra, Cineform or H.264, AVID DNxHR
Quality Selection
Low
Low/Medium/High
Up to Very High
Size Selection
Up to 720p
Up to 1080p
Up to 4K
Cloud Integration
Active Cloud Integrations
1
Not limited
Not limited
Download
Upload
Interoperability
Import Exchange Formats
Export Exchange Formats
Stock Media Providers
Pexels
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