• Lightworks (Professional Video Editor) For Linux Lands In October (For Free (In Every Sense))
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[img]http://cloudfront.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Complete-Interface.jpeg[/img] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek5BvjHuHPg[/media] [quote=OMG!Ubuntu!]A release date for the Linux version of Editshare’s professional-grade video editor Lightworks has been set. October 30th will see an alpha release of the editor made available for Linux users to download. This isn’t the first time that a release date has been given for the Linux version of the editor. It was originally intended to see release in late 2011. [highlight]Tiered Membership[/highlight] Open-sourcing of Lightworks was announced back in 2010, with a Windows version of the app following shortly after. Although the application is free to download for all users a tiered membership programme is also available. This is designed to giving professional users affordable access to industry-standard 3rd party codecs and tools that are subject to licensing fees. As Editshare explain: [quote]“…an important factor is how we go about incorporating professional features, such as production-quality codecs (Apple ProRes, Avid DNxHD etc), [which] require EditShare to pay license fees to the owners of the technology.”[/quote] And the prices aren’t actually that bad: - Free User: Free Educational User: £20/€25/$30 year Professional User: £40/€50/$60 year For the non-pro’s free will work fine (supports Avi, Mpeg, Mov, etc). Support The non-linear editor will initially only support Ubuntu 12.04 (though I’d be surprised if it didn’t run without issue on Ubuntu 12.10). Editshare aim to add support for other Linux distributions at ‘a later date.’ There’s no word yet on whether the Lightworks keyboard – which offers dedicated keys for ‘just about every Lightworks function’ - will support Linux, but here’s hoping. Excited? You should be. Notable films edited using the software include ‘The King’s Speech‘ and ‘Hugo‘.[/quote] [url=http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/09/oscar-winning-video-editor-lightworks-landing-on-linux-in-october][source][/url] I'm no video editor, but I am a Linux nerd, and this should absolutely be good for the platform. Who doesn't like industry-standard software?
And open source as well. I don't see how this cannot end great!
fucking fuck yes [editline]15th September 2012[/editline] I don't use Linux but this is great
I'll stick with Avid Media Composer 6 for System 7.6. I doubt Lightworks can pull off the same magic that Gimp did over ten years ago now.
This is a really nice piece of software, and the only thing that made me uninstall it was the learning curve. I wasn't using it for any serious video editing, and since it's so different from every other program I just didn't bother learning how to use it.
[QUOTE=Ninja Duck;37674627]This is a really nice piece of software, and the only thing that made me uninstall it was the learning curve. I wasn't using it for any serious video editing, and since it's so different from every other program I just didn't bother learning how to use it.[/QUOTE] This is the one thing that seems to kill Lightworks for everyone. The learning curve. Because it isn't like your average video editors (Vegas for example) it can be a pain in the ass to learn the new workflow.
How can nobody have heard of this?
Lightworks is a very good alternative to Premiere/Vegas, although it can be very obfuscated for first time users.
[QUOTE=Mooe94;37674447]fucking fuck yes [editline]15th September 2012[/editline] I don't use Linux but this is great[/QUOTE] It's not Linux only
For video editing on Linux I had to use KDEnlive on Unity Ubuntu. Wasn't a pleasant install. This should be an improvement.
That's fricking badass! It better get added to Mint's Package Manager.
Well that's refreshing. A functional linux tool that appears to have a UI that doesn't make me want to strangle kittens. I'm looking at you GIMP.
[QUOTE=Naaz;37675567]That's fricking badass! It better get added to Mint's Package Manager.[/QUOTE] I think you are better off compiling it yourself.
My (limited) experience with Lightworks is that it is clunky, confusing to use, limited in advanced features, and lacks support for many file formats /encoding types. But hey, free is free.
[QUOTE=MIPS;37674613]I doubt Lightworks can pull off the same magic that Gimp did over ten years ago now.[/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure that it'll do more, as it literally is a professional tool. The video clip being edited in OP's video was from Hugo, a major motion picture. If it's good enough for them, I'm sure it's good enough for some kid recording with his iphone
[QUOTE=hexpunK;37674650]This is the one thing that seems to kill Lightworks for everyone. The learning curve. Because it isn't like your average video editors (Vegas for example) it can be a pain in the ass to learn the new workflow.[/QUOTE] That seems to be a common issue for a lot of linux awesome tools. Another example that comes to mind is blender.
[QUOTE=wraithcat;37683207]That seems to be a common issue for a lot of linux awesome tools. Another example that comes to mind is blender.[/QUOTE] The main problem - I think - with blender is that it does things in a more "logical" and different way than most other tools. It does it's job very well, but you have to learn how the logic behind it works first. Of course, once you understand it, it's an amazingly powerful tool, that includes not only support for different renderes (and ships with 2), but also a built-in fully features game engine with physics support through Bullet and whatnot, video editor, and a lot of other amazing stuff. I'm really blown away by the fact of how little blender is actually used, compared to it's incredible potential.
Why does the tiers require a yearly payment? That doesn't seem to make any sense to me. If it gets updates every now and again then i can kind of understand it though, since it's pretty cheap compared to other solutions out there that you have to pay up for every new version. So if you pay yearly and just get all updates with that, then it's actually nice.
[QUOTE=dgg;37687225]Why does the tiers require a yearly payment? That doesn't seem to make any sense to me. If it gets updates every now and again then i can kind of understand it though, since it's pretty cheap compared to other solutions out there that you have to pay up for every new version. So if you pay yearly and just get all updates with that, then it's actually nice.[/QUOTE] As far as I could tell the yearly payments are for certain codecs that require a license fee. The free version obviously won't get these, so if you're a professional user and you need them you have to pay.
[QUOTE=dgg;37687225]Why does the tiers require a yearly payment? That doesn't seem to make any sense to me. If it gets updates every now and again then i can kind of understand it though, since it's pretty cheap compared to other solutions out there that you have to pay up for every new version. So if you pay yearly and just get all updates with that, then it's actually nice.[/QUOTE] Read the article, you only have to pay to use the pro formats/codecs, which most people editing a video for a class project, short film etc. won't need.
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;37688260]As far as I could tell the yearly payments are for certain codecs that require a license fee. The free version obviously won't get these, so if you're a professional user and you need them you have to pay.[/QUOTE] The question is on the YEARLY part. A license for a codec only needs to be paid once. [editline]16th September 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=CreativeName;37688953]Read the article, you only have to pay to use the pro formats/codecs, which most people editing a video for a class project, short film etc. won't need.[/QUOTE] I understand that my post may have been vague. But I certainly said "why does the [B]TIERS[/B] require a [I]yearly[/I] payment". I wouldn't even be able to know about tiers or any payment if I didn't read the article because everything else just focuses on the free part.
[QUOTE=dgg;37689036]The question is on the YEARLY part. A license for a codec only needs to be paid once.[/QUOTE]Some codecs can only be licensed for a limited time. That and developers want some $$$ for future development.
[QUOTE=itisjuly;37689190]Some codecs can only be licensed for a limited time. That and developers want some $$$ for future development.[/QUOTE] Avid for DNXHD especially, they charge some pretty ridiculous prices for a lot of their stuff since they're aimed at the professional market: newscasters, film studios, record labels etc.
I'm so excited.
I'll definitely give it a try when it's out.
Lightworks has sucked for be because of its lack of codecs- if you try to import anything that's not h264 (like most fraps vids) it throws a fit.
[QUOTE=Amplar;37692653]Lightworks has sucked for be because of its lack of codecs- if you try to import anything that's not h264 (like most fraps vids) it throws a fit.[/QUOTE] Doesn't fraps save it's video in RAW data?
[QUOTE=T3hGamerDK;37697268]Doesn't fraps save it's video in RAW data?[/QUOTE] In their own FRAPS codec. RAW isn't exclusively one thing. FLAC and WAV are both RAW audio files that stores it differently.
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