Good thing is, on startup you can choose:
AVID keymap, FinalCut keymap or Lighworks keymap.
Hint for peeps on Win7x64. It closes after startup.
You got to go to your install folder and start “ntcardvt.exe” then it starts up and after you created the first project it should start with the default desktop shortcut.
Sweet. However send sent me an email a few weeks ago saying that the ones that regestired in advance would get an exclusive beta testing before the public. Not that i care, but i am surprised that now i have not even received a note about the release by email. I eager to try it out when i get home. Sounds all very sweet.
You could say it’s exciting, but as san has noted there are still quirks such as no Linux version and according to the feature list you still have to pay for several I/O options such as DPX.
It will be truly exciting when they release the source code and make it truly open source, not just a free beta version, and allow for independent open-source development. A SDK for Lightworks will also be needed.
For now I will wait and see and hold off on the excitement.
And we don’t know what license the “open-source” version will be released under – GPL, Creative Commons, etc. Or a proprietary license that restricts anyone from doing anything with the program or source code.
as a blender-fan i’m hostile to the idea of multi overlapping window user interfaces, but i’m very excited to hear about a decent NLE solution going open source! it’s about time
What are main advantages of Lightworks to use it instead of Blender’s VSE?
As I don’t need editing too much and use it just for simple tasks I’m curious if it’s better to stick with VSE and master it or learn Lightworks from scratch.
After short playing with it seems nice but don’t figure how to trim imported data and add it to timeline… so hope there will pop-up some tutorials covering basics here and there (hm or I’ll read manual in meantime).
Lightworks is professional, battle tested software. It has edited films like: Speed 1 & 2, Die Hard 3, Batman Forever & Batman and Robin, Mission: Impossible and every Martin Scorsese movie since Casino. If you’re serious about editing, it’s a good thing to learn. If you don’t edit much and only do simple things, VSE is fine.
Oh well, I guess I can wait.