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Lightworks coming to the Mac
Looks like a fun NAB. From a just-released EditShare press release:
Lightworks 11.2
At NAB 2013, EditShare will be previewing the new Mac OS X version of Lightworks. In addition to the Windows and Linux versions, this makes Lightworks the first NLE to be truly cross platform across all major operating systems. It continues to attract a growing user base with 450,000 registered Windows users, and the floodgates are about to open for the Linux and Mac OS X communities. As always, Lightworks is available to users – for free – forever. More and more professional editors are returning to Lightworks to edit major commercial feature films and projects. A training certification program for Lightworks will also be introduced later this year.
New features in Lightworks 11.2 include:
• Added support for AJA I/O hardware
• Added support for screen capture using the record panel
• An improved import panel; now behaves similarly to bins, mark/park clips before import
• Native H.264 MOV playback
• Added Curve effect to FX Colour Correction effects– Oliver
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[Oliver Peters] “Looks like a fun NAB. From a just-released EditShare press release:”
Exciting news, looking forward!
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Good news! I’ve been playing with the latest version on my PC and it’s really cool once you get the hang of it. Looking forward to loading it up on my new iMac…
Lance Bachelder
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Lightworks is excellent stuff, and a real contender IMO. I know it has a slightly “legacy” feel to it, but that’s really skin-deep and in many ways it’s one of the most modern NLEs of all.
It’s built on a solid database foundation which leverages metadata and search functions. It promotes a highly tactile and fluid approach to editing, with amazing trim tools as its crowning feature. It’s really strong in sharing scenarios (with multi-user timelines updating in real-time and other unique features). And its interface is open and free-form, and easily accommodates a wide range of creative approaches.
Where most NLEs can feel a bit rigid and boxed-in, the Lightworks interface is like an open canvas. You can put clips in transient or permanent bins, or just plop them on the desktop and arrange them storyboard-style. You can easily use a sequence as a source clip (or vice-versa!) You can open as many source viewers as you wish, and arrange them in multiple “rooms”. Set up separate rooms for all the different scenes you’re working on. Or one for you and one for your assistant, working on a separate machine. It has the most malleable interface of any NLE, and IMO it’s also the best-looking interface, if you care about such things (and many Mac users – myself included – certainly do!)
Sure, it has a somewhat eccentric UI, but so what? So do 99% of iPad apps, and no one seems too bothered about that. Doesn’t the rise of iOS and skeumorphism spell the end of standardized, one-size-fits-all UIs anyway? (Come to think of it, Lightworks would probably work really well on a tablet.) Besides, hardware controllers seem to be all the rage again, and Lightworks has one of the best.
The EditShare guys are really cool and as far as I can tell they are in it for the long haul (check out https://www.redharknews.com for an indication of their commitment and ambition!)
There’s already a strong community around Lightworks, and the Linux crowd have just come onboard. I expect we’ll soon see a rich eco-system of plug-ins and third-party software. Personally, I can’t wait.
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[Jok Daniel] “Doesn’t the rise of iOS and skeumorphism spell the end of standardized, one-size-fits-all UIs anyway?”
Skeuomorphism needs to seriously die.
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Does anyone know the hardware requirements will be for mac?
Can it work just as well in the field as it does in the studio?
What about transferring projects or reconnecting media?
What about conform?
What about working on non editshare shared storage?
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Lots of good info on their website Jeremy.
https://www.lwks.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24&Itemid=179Re Mac … until they go into public beta then we can only guess on the requirements, but you could look to their current PC and Linux requirements for clues.
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The specs seem rather generic. I guess that’s a good thing.
i7 or higher and 1GB of whatever GPU.
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[Gary Huff] “Skeuomorphism needs to seriously die.”
Dead already apparently, Ive is in charge now
Steve Connor
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[Steve Connor] “[Gary Huff] “Skeuomorphism needs to seriously die.”
Dead already apparently, Ive is in charge now
“Yeah, I mean, seriously guys. Who needs an analog style mixer built in to our digital tools?
Die skeumorphism. Die.
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I’m curious to kick the tires. Of course I say that about a lot of software and don’t always find time to actually do it.
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