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Testing Lightworks 2020.1 Video Editor for Linux

Company EditShare reported about the start of beta testing of a new branch of the proprietary video editor Lightworks 2020.1 for the Linux platform (the last branch of Lightworks 14 was published in 2017). Lightworks belongs to the category of professional tools and is actively used in the film industry, competing with such products as Apple FinalCut, Avid Media Composer and Pinnacle Studio. Editors using Lightworks have won numerous technical Oscar and Emmy awards. Lightworks for Linux available for download as a 64-bit assembly in RPM and DEB formats.

Lightworks has an easy-to-use interface and an unrivaled set of supported features, including a large set of tools for video and audio synchronization, the ability to apply a variety of video effects in real time, native support for SD, HD, 2K and 4K video in DPX and RED formats. , tools for simultaneous editing of data captured on multiple cameras, using the GPU to speed up computing tasks. Free version of Lightworks limited saves your work in Web-friendly formats (such as MPEG4/H.264) at resolutions up to 720p and does not include some advanced features such as collaboration tools.

Among changes in the new version:

  • Support for decoding files in HEVC / H.265 format;
  • Ability to capture segments on the timeline;
  • The Libraries section has been added to the content manager, which contains local files and import options from the Pond5 and Audio Network media content repositories;
  • Improved integration with the Audio Network repository, added support for importing resources into a project and using them in sequence on the timeline;
  • Added a new filter for importing images and the ability to move images to the timeline in drag&drop mode;
  • Scrollbars for audio and video tracks are offered for the timeline;
  • Added the ability to apply effects to segments selected on the timeline;
  • Added support for Ubuntu 18.04+, Linux Mint 17+ and Fedora 30+;
  • HD overlay added to vectorscope;
  • Metadata, Decode, Cue Markers and BITC tabs added to the editor;
  • Added support for local generation of lvix files;
  • Added support for transcoding with UHD quality;
  • Added the ability to resize project thumbnails by rotating the mouse wheel while pressing Ctrl.

Source: opennet.ru

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