Lightworks

Overview

Lightworks is a beginner-friendly video editor that comes with advanced editing features and a library of video effects, production music, and stock videos.

While Lightworks claims to have “Hollywood strength” editing power, it still features a simple, intuitive interface that makes it easy for those with little to no experience to learn to edit their own video content. 

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Lightworks allows you to deliver your final video in a variety of formats, including SD, HD, 4K, and beyond. You’ve also got the option to publish on Facebook, Vimeo, YouTube. (The free version supports 720p in Vimeo and YouTube only.)

Beyond all the powerful features that Lightworks offers, you’ll also get access to an impressive tutorial video library as well as a community of users to help with any questions. This is invaluable to those who are just getting started and need to learn the ropes.

You don’t need a high-end, powerful computer to use Lightworks. And you won’t have to spend a lot of time learning how to use a bunch of complex features. So if you’re not a professional editor, this might be just the video editing software for you.

Key features

• Multicam editing
• Real-time effects with inbuilt presets
• Royalty-free music and stock video library
• Dedicated web export
• Customizable interface
• Optimized for speed
• Real-time project sharing