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After a 18-month beta program, EditShare released Lightworks 11 on the 28th of May, 2012.
After a 18-month beta program, EditShare released Lightworks 11 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 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, BluRay, and 4K.
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 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, BluRay, and 4K, but only for the paid Pro version. The free version supports only mpg for both import and export.


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== Design ==
== Design ==

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Lightworks
Developer(s)EditShare LLC
Initial release1989
Stable release
Lightworks 11 / May 28, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-05-28)
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows, Linux (planned), Mac OS X (planned)
Size124.77 MB
Available inEnglish
TypeNon-linear editing system
LicenseFreeware
Websitehttp://www.lwks.com/

Lightworks 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. Lightworks is a pioneer in computer-based film editing and has been in development since 1989.

The program is currently available for Windows. The release of Open source version as well as ports to Linux and Mac OS X were planned for 29th November 2011 but shortly before the planned publication were indefinitely postponed.

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.[1][2][3]

History

OLE Limited was founded in 1989 by Paul Bamborough, Nick Pollock and Neil Harris. In 1994 it was sold to Tektronix,[4] 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.[5][6]

The original development team contained former members of the computer games company Magnetic Scrolls and the Computer Film Company, some of whom went on to join the Sohonet media network development team.[citation needed]

Gee Broadcast ownership, 2004-2009

Under Gee Broadcast ownership, new product releases resumed with the release of the Lightworks Touch range[7][8], and the Alacrity[9] and Softworks[10] ranges for SD & HD editing.[11] 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.[12]

EditShare ownership, 2009-present

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.[13]

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.[14] It was presented at IBC in Amsterdam September 2010.[15]

On November 9th 2010, EditShare announced that Lightworks would be downloadable on November 29th of the same year, at first exclusively for the users who had registered during the initial announcement,[16] but subsequently publishing the software as "public beta".[17]

Release of an Open Source version was planned for Q4 of 2011, after code review has been finished.[18] 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.[19][20]

As of the beginning of 2012, EditShare has not released an Open Source version and the Linux and Mac OS platform releases have been delayed indefinitely. The Linux version was demoed at NAB in Las Vegas, and a video of it running on Ubuntu was posted on their YouTube channel[21], but it has not been made available for public download. Critics argue that the delays indicate a form of Vaporware: the announcement has negatively influenced competitors' business analysis while planning to enter the Unix-like markets.

Released at NAB 2012

After a 18-month beta program, EditShare released Lightworks 11 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 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, BluRay, and 4K, but only for the paid Pro version. The free version supports only mpg for both import and export.

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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[25], 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

  1. ^ http://www.lwks.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15&Itemid=176
  2. ^ "Thelma Schoonmaker wins Oscar editing on Lightworks" (PDF). 2007-03-09. Retrieved 2012-05-04.
  3. ^ http://www.lightworksbeta.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=120&Itemid=268
  4. ^ "Company News; Tektronix To Buy Lightworks Editing Systems - New York Times". Nytimes.com. 1995-04-11. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
  5. ^ http://www.interlab-net.com/docs/lightworks/Press_Releases/First%20major%20order%20for%20Lightworks%20under%20new%20ownership.pdf
  6. ^ http://www.interlab-net.com/docs/lightworks/Press_Releases/LWKS_PR_version2.pdf
  7. ^ http://www.interlab-net.com/docs/lightworks/Press_Releases/PR-1_Product_launch@IBC.pdf
  8. ^ http://www.interlab-net.com/docs/lightworks/Press_Releases/PR-3_editors_feel_back.pdf
  9. ^ http://www.interlab-net.com/docs/lightworks/Lightworks_Alacrity_MR.pdf
  10. ^ http://www.interlab-net.com/docs/lightworks/lw_user%20doc/Softworks&Alacrity_Manual_rev_4.pdf
  11. ^ "Lightworks ships Softworks Version 1.1". broadcastengineering.com. 2006-10-27. Retrieved 2012-05-06.
  12. ^ "Lightworks Softworks User Manual v4" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-06.
  13. ^ 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
  14. ^ Press Release
  15. ^ Press release: EditShare previews for IBC 2010
  16. ^ Lightworks News Nov 2010
  17. ^ "Lightworks". Lightworksbeta.com. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
  18. ^ "Lightworks". Lightworksbeta.com. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
  19. ^ http://www.golem.de/1111/87980.html
  20. ^ http://www.lightworksbeta.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=122&Itemid=263
  21. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek5BvjHuHPg&hd=1
  22. ^ "Lightworks: Top Features". lwks.com. 2012-05-28. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
  23. ^ "Lightworks: All Features". lwks.com. 2012-05-28. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
  24. ^ "Lightworks: Tech Specs and Compatibility". lwks.com. 2012-05-28. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
  25. ^ http://learnfinalcut.wordpress.com/the-history-of-lightworks/
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