![]() ![]() What’s not so logical - and this happens with every other NLE - is for a video editor to have to follow a mouse pointer all the time instead of keeping his or her eyes on the main output monitor.Īt first I didn't realize how good Lightworks was because I had become used to “drag and drop” editing, and I wanted Lightworks to be the same.īut eventually I remembered that when I was still editing tapes, I rarely took my eyes away from the program monitor because I had memorized the positions of the buttons and controls of the VCRs and other machines in the editing room - and I was much more focused on my work. It's designed as a tool for a competent editor to tell stories with." It's supremely logical software, and it doesn't have heaps of special effects tools. I remember a post by Lightworks Forum user JWRL: "I would suggest sitting in front of LW and trying things out. Yes, I struggled with the Shark, but it was worth every stumble. I can’t deny it: it wasn’t easy at first - but that was because my of previously-learned habits. A shark! That did it for me.Įven its name, Lightworks, as if it were a reference to "Lumière" (I thought it was a French NLE, since I found it through a French site) was seductive and appealing. nothing! Nothing except the toolbar, the onscreen console, and the project card (now called the import panel). Some people say everything comes to you through the eyes, and with Lightworks, that was definitely true.ĭouble click the shortcut and, wait for splash-screen, enter the workspace aaaand. ![]() Professional Lightworks user and occasional RedShark contributor Fran De Souza explains what it is about Lightworks that made him chanage from his previous NLE
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